Daily News | Michael Lorenzen throws first Phillies no-hitter in eight years in 7-0 win over Nationals
after being acquired at the trade deadline, standing atop the mound with his arms raised as Dominic Smith’s fly ball landed in center fielder Johan Rojas’ glove for a 7-0 victory over the Nationals and a 124-pitch no-hitter.Murphy: Michael Lorenzen could be more Roy Oswalt than Joe Blanton. First impressions of the newest Phillie are good.
Lorenzen finished the seventh inning at 100 pitches, seven shy of his career high. He finished the eighth at 111 pitches. Dylan Covey was loosening in the bullpen, but manager Rob Thomson wasn’t removing Lorenzen from this game.Lane Thomas began the ninth inning by hitting a grounder to third that was gobbled up by Alec Bohm. Joey Meneses followed with a strikeout. Smith worked the count full, but instead of drawing the Nationals’ fifth walk, he hit a medium-depth fly ball to Rojas.
The Phillies gave up touted infield prospect Hao-Yu Lee to get Lorenzen from the Tigers. He was billed as rotation insurance, pitching depth in case one of the Phillies’ top five starters gets injured down the stretch.
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