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From: lor@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: losing a no hitter
Message-ID: <4083@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 22:19:36 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 25 22:19:36 1985
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Reply-To: lor@ucla-cs.UUCP (Kar-Wing Lor)
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
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Summary: 

>>Does anyone know how Tom Hughes lost 5-0 in a game in which
>>he pitched a no-hitter? (Hint: he was pitching for the Yankees).
>
>Is this a quiz? Here are some possible answers:
>   1) He walked 22 batters, mostly in the 3rd inning.
>   2) His shortstop committed 37 errors. The rest of the team
>      couldn't field either.
>   3) He hit 14 batters in the 5th inning.
>   4) Steinbrenner paid off the scorekeeper.

	Besides the above four ways, a pitcher can easily lose a game
in a no-hitter. He is credited with the no-hitter after he pitches nine
innings. He might have lost the game in extra innings.

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					Eddy Lor
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