Madison Bumgarner held the Atlanta Braves to no hits through seven complete innings on Sunday, but unfortunately in the eyes of the MLB, it doesn’t officially count as one. The Arizona Diamondbacks shut out the Braves twice on Sunday, holding Atlanta to just one hit on the day, off the backs of Zac Gallen and Bumgarner’s exceptional performances on the mound.
Bumgarner, especially, had a fantastic game, going all seven innings in the second match of the double header while striking out seven batters. Thanks to the MLB’s official rules, Bumgarner won’t get credit for having a complete game no-hitter since it was not a nine-inning game, but the performance was still phenomenal all the same.
Here’s his final out from Sunday’s game, as he got Marcell Ozuna to fly out to right field.
Madison Bumgarner, who came so close to throwing multiple no-hitters for the Giants, just threw a 7-inning no-hitter against the Braves that doesn't count as one: pic.twitter.com/DYay4MtcaI
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) April 25, 2021
Even though Bumgarner’s no-hitter is unofficial to the MLB, the league on social media did get in on the fun with this great tweet giving the pitcher a gold star for his efforts on Sunday.
Since it's an unofficial no-hitter, we made this for Madison Bumgarner to celebrate this momentous occasion pic.twitter.com/xofIw0ZoBm
— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 25, 2021
The meme is at least a nice consolation prize for Bumgarner, who has not thrown an official nine-inning no-hitter in his MLB pitching career.
Oh well, there’s always next time!
