Reid Detmers, a 22-year-old rookie making just his 11th Major League start, threw the 12th no-hitter in Angels history, and the first since a combined no-hitter by Taylor Cole and Felix Peña on July 12, 2019.
Little did Joe Maddon know how prophetic he would sound when the Angels manager was asked before Tuesday night’s game to assess the progress of pitcher Reid Detmers, a 22-year-old left-hander who was occasionally effective but mostly erratic in his first five starts.
He took the mound for the ninth with his pitch count at 94. Vidal Brujan popped out to catcher Chad Wallach for the first out, and Kevin Kiermaier grounded out to second.Reid Detmers was the Angels’ top draft choice in 2020. After losing a season to the pandemic, his composure, command and routine have him in the majors.
The last individual no-hitter was by Jered Weaver against the Minnesota Twins on May 2, 2012, in Angel Stadium. Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon made a leaping catch of a Brujan line drive for the first out. First baseman Jared Walsh made a back-hand grab of Kevin Kiermaier’s grounder down the line, stepped on the bag and fired to second to complete an inning-ending doble play.
Reid breezed through a one-two-three eighth, getting Brandon Lowe to fly to left, Zunino to fly to right and Walls to pop out to second. The game got so far out of hand in the eighth that Rendon, batting from the left side against position-player-turned-pitcher Brett Phillips, lined a two-run home run to right field to cap a four-run inning.Angels infielder David Fletcher underwent surgery Tuesday to repair muscles in both legs and abdominal that will sideline him for a couple of months.
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