Detroit Tigers Do Something Not Done For 130 Years in No-Hitter of Toronto Blue Jays

The Detroit Tigers no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon, doing something that hasn't been for 130 years in baseball history.

The Detroit Tigers no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon in a 2-0 win.

The trio of Matt Manning, Jason Foley and Alex Lange subdued the Jays powerful lineup and ran the Tigers record to 39-49 on the season.

With the no-hit performance, the Tigers also made some baseball history, doing something that hasn't been done in 130 years.

Per @OptaSTATS on Twitter:

The @tigers are the second team in MLB history to allow at least a dozen runs in one game and then no-hit that same team in their very next game. 

The other was the 1893 Baltimore Orioles, who allowed 14 runs to Washington on August 15 before Bill Hawke no-hit them the next day.

The @tigers are the second team in MLB history to allow at least a dozen runs in one game and then no-hit that same team in their very next game.

The other was the 1893 Baltimore Orioles, who allowed 14 runs to Washington on August 15 before Bill Hawke no-hit them the next day.

— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) July 8, 2023

The Tigers were pummeled by Toronto, 12-2, on Friday night, but as they say 'momentum is only as good as the next day's starting pitcher.'

In this case, that starting pitcher was Matt Manning, who led the charge in the no-hitter by tossing the first 6.2 innings. He struck out five in moving to 3-1 on the year and lowering his ERA to 3.72.

The Tigers are in third place in the American League Central. They are 5.0 games back at the time of this posting and given the mediocrity of the division, they should remain around the race for the second half of the season.

Toronto fell to 49-41 in the loss. They are currently tied for the third and final playoff spot in the American League wild card picture.

The two teams finish up the series on Sunday at 1:40 p.m. ET.

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