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No-hitter leads into the playoffs

No-hitter leads into the playoffs

Last updated on: September 29, 2014 at 5:29 am by Gene Veith

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No-hitter leads into the playoffs 2014-09-28T18:06:35-04:00 Gene Veith

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The climax of the Washington Nationals’ league-leading season came Sunday on the last game of the regular schedule when Jordan Zimmermann threw a no-hitter against the Miami Marlins. The Nationals’ hand for the playoffs includes five aces in the starting rotation. And yet, the playoffs and the World Series are often full of surprises.

So what are your predictions for the playoffs, which begin on Thursday? (By the way, we also had baseball predictions on this blog at the beginning of this season. We’ll see who was right!)

From Nationals’ Zimmermann tosses no-hitter in season finale, USA Today:

Jordan Zimmermann’s mission in last start of the regular season was to show manager Matt Williams he’s ready and able to pitch in the Division Series later this week.

Is a no-hitter a strong enough statement?

The Washington Nationals right-hander shut down the Miami Marlins for a 1-0 victory and the first franchise’s no-hitter since it moved to Washington in 2005. The last one for the franchise was Dennis Martinez’s 1993 perfect game against the Dodgers for the then-Montreal Expos.

But it took a diving catch by September call-up and late-inning defensive replacement Steven Souza Jr. in deep left-center field for the final out.

“I thought that was a double for sure and here he comes out of nowhere and makes the play,” Zimmermann said. “This is the best, for sure. You want to go out on top, that’s for sure, and get some momentum going into the playoffs.

“I knew it was over my head,” says Souza. “I was just hoping I had a prayer of laying out. Anything can happen when you hit the ground. I came down like a football catch and that thing wasn’t getting out.”

It’s the second consecutive year the Marlins’ season ended with a no-hitter. Henderson Alvarez, the losing pitcher Sunday against Zimmerman, pitched one last year against Detroit, a no-hitter that wasn’t official until the Marlins scored the game’s only run in the bottom of the ninth. . . .

Zimmerman, 28, is in his sixth season with the Nationals after being selected by the team in the second round of the 2007 draft. He’s 14-5 this season and lowered his earned run average to 2.66 this year after leading the NL with 19 victories last season.

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