Combined No-No for Italiano

by AthleticsReign on Apr 9, 2008 6:57 PM PDT

Only a 7 inning game but good signs from him considering the injury he sustained.

He went only 5.2 innings no hits no walks and 9 K's. Gotta be happy with the outlook of all our young pitching. If even one of our homegrown pitchers pans out that would just be the icing on the cake.

On a side note Ryan Webb is clocking in at 94-96mph(89-91mph before) and is looking really good.

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woo hoo

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Apr 9, 2008 8:15 PM PDT reply actions

Box score link?

"Looks like you brought two too many."

by BWH on Apr 9, 2008 8:29 PM PDT reply actions

front page of minorleaguebaseball.com

Italiano rebounds with no-hitter

box score

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Apr 9, 2008 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Fantastic.

"Looks like you brought two too many."

by BWH on Apr 9, 2008 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions

also, kane county off to a good start

MID Western W L PCT GB
Kane County 7 0 1.000 -

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Apr 9, 2008 10:09 PM PDT reply actions

good for him and us

he also had seven straight K's during one stretch in the game.

And good for Webb too, I saw several times when he was with Stockton. He always rattled easily and clearly was not getting all he could from his body (realxed muscles instead of tense muslces).

by jakarta on Apr 9, 2008 10:19 PM PDT reply actions

and no walks or errors

Too bad about that HBP by Italiano, otherwise that's a perfect (short) game.

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by hunter on Apr 10, 2008 10:21 AM PDT reply actions

5.2

why take him out

by Future Ed on Apr 10, 2008 10:59 AM PDT reply actions

Pitch count yeah,

but come on, one more batter.

by Future Ed on Apr 10, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions

It wasn't going to be a true 9-inning no-hitter anyway...

and we're talking about a guy who just spent most of the last two seasons injured.

FWIW, personally, I'm a lot more impressed by the 9 Ks than the 0 hits. Particularly in the low minors, what is and isn't a hit is really, really random. 9 Ks tells me he's dominating hitters, which is indicative of an ability to succeed at higher levels. Hopefully he'll be ready for the call to Stockton once the first of the Fab Five moves on to Midland.

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by PaulThomas on Apr 10, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions

Not just 9K's

But he managed to do it with no walks which is what I find very encouraging. We always knew he could throw hard and get batters to swing and miss, but if he can keep it in and around the zone while missing bats that would be a great sign.

by OkayJay81 on Apr 10, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions