The San Diego Padres have finally done it! For the first time in the team’s 52-year history, the Padres have no-hit a team on the back of San Diego native Joe Musgrove’s herculean effort on the mound on Friday night.
Musgrove went all nine innings, threw 112 pitches and had 10 strikeouts in the historic moment for the Padres franchise as the team bested the Texas Rangers 3-0. Not only was the no-hitter the Padres first since the team’s inception in 1969, it is also the first no-hitter of the 2021 season and the latest since Alec Mills no-hit the Milwaukee Brewers in the Chicago Cubs September 13 match last year.
After the final play — a routine throw from short stop Ha-Seong Kim to first base — the Padres erupted in a mob of emotion around Musgrove at the mound to celebrate the historic occasion.
.@ItsbuccnJoe59 tosses the first no-hitter of 2021! 👏 pic.twitter.com/wSSRbtUxHh
— MLB (@MLB) April 10, 2021
POV: You just witnessed the first no-hitter in @Padres history. pic.twitter.com/qC8FUBWX1s
— MLB (@MLB) April 10, 2021
This was also the sixth time the Padres entered the ninth inning with a no-hitter on the line, showcasing just how close San Diego has been over the years to reaching this milestone.
But now, thanks to Musgrove’s efforts, the Padres finally have a place in the history books.
