Matt Garza Throws No-Hitter Against Tigers, The First In Rays’ History

You know how you know you’ve made it? Twitter. Twitter is how you know you’ve made it. This, even two hours after the conclusion of Garza’s one-walk no-hitter of the Detroit Tigers:

Let this be a lesson to those of you who feel that no-hitters have become old hat. The world is still enchanted.

Let’s just get this out of the way: it’s July 26th, and Matt Garza just threw the sixth* Major League Baseball no-hitter of the season. That’s too many. That’s too many no-hitters. But anyway, many congratulations to Garza, who finally gives the Rays one in the win column when it comes to this particular achievement. A history of no-hitters involving Tampa Bay:

4/27/02: Derek Lowe no-hits Devil Rays, Red Sox win 10-0

St. Petersburg, FL (Sports Network) -- Matt Garza tossed the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay history in a 5-0 win over Detroit in the opener of a four-game set at Tropicana Field.

Garza threw 120 pitches to etch his name in the record books and throw the fifth no-hitter in the major leagues this season. It’s the first time since 1991 that at least five no-hitters have been thrown in a single season.

Matt Garza and Max Scherzer both took a no-hitter into the sixth inning in Tampa. But Scherzer and the Tigers made it interesting, loading the bases with one out on a pair of walks and a catcher’s interference call.

Matt Joyce ended Scherzer’s no-hit bid with a grand slam, giving the Rays a 4-0 lead. Still a no-hitter for Garza. It was Joyce’s second grand-slam of the month after he hit one in Minnesota on July 3.