If I had to pick a Y-D pitcher from Stanford to throw a no-hitter, it would probably be Brett Mooneyham. He’s the lefty with the big fastball and the big credentials, and he leads the league in wins.
But he wasn’t the one that did it.
Stanford sophomore Jordan Pries tossed the first no-hitter of the season last night as Y-D beat Orleans 2-0.
Pries had made three appearances so far this summer. In one start, he allowed two runs on seven hits in 4.2 innings. The next time out, he pitched in relief and worked a scoreless inning.
Everything was different on this night.
Pries struck out four and walked three and faced just two over the minimum. He did it against a talented Orleans lineup. The Firebirds are only hitting .229 as a team — seventh in the league — but their order features Danny Muno, Kolten Wong, Steve Selsky, Jason Esposito and Preston Tucker, a pretty fearsome group.
Pries mowed them down, taking a perfect game into the seventh. He walked two in that inning, but got out of the jam. In the ninth, he walked the leadoff batter but then induced a double play. He recorded the last out on a fly ball to center field.
Pries now has a 2-0 record, a 1.23 ERA and the best pitching performance of the season to his name.
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Just two games on the schedule tonight. Logan Verrett (Baylor) is slated to toe the rubber for Chatham in Harwich. Verrett struck out nine in seven innings in his first start of the summer.