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Zach McKinstry steals (12) 2nd base. The man is a machine!

Jack’s cap looks as sweat stained as my Tigers caps looked like when I lived in Tucson, Arizona in the early 70s, although I wore my caps for two and three years at a time until they finally wore out.

That inning brought Jack’s pitch count back to where it should be at this point.

Jack with his seventh strike out all swinging.

Nice unassisted DP for Tork.

Some serious Rays BABIP occurring.

You are welcome!

Tork bomb

While there isn't a specific statistic for this scenario, the rarity of no-hitters in general suggests that the vast majority of games that start with no hits after three innings will not end up as no-hitters, according to Baseball-Reference.

I switched over to radio this inning. I saw the ice cream, I just didn’t hear it.

This ump behind the plate has been decent tonight. Keith had the courage not to swing at a ball out of the strike zone and the ump correctly called it a ball.

Matty steals 2nd.

At least the perfect game is over because the batter got hit. The catcher got hit. And the ump got hit.

There have been 10 no-hitters pitched in MLB history by players with a last name that begins with the letter “P” Among them are Jim Palmer, Milt Pappas, and Gaylord Perry.

Ryan Pepiot has a perfect game going let’s jinx it.

We need some Wenceel magic

Jack charges back from 2-on no out. The Game of Living Dangerously.

Now we need a double play

We need a triple play

And Jack gives up his obligatory first inning home run

One pitch one out

To paraphrase Moneyball, Jack Flaherty does indeed “look like a baseball player.“

The Tigers have gone 18–9 for an .667 Pct. against teams in the AL Central so far and have 25 remaining games against these foes. They've gone 40-25 against everyone else in baseball for a .615 Pct. They haven’t just been “beating up on their own weak division.” I don’t know if anyone credible would say that they’ve been doing this, although my son’s coworkers in Idaho have been needling him with this BS. If they had lost only two more games to Central clubs they would have a .609 intradivision winning pct. and less than what they’d achieved overall against all the rest of baseball. This team plays well against everyone.

Wow, that’s about the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.

I hope Jack can return to something resembling an acceptable groove today.