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San Francisco Giants Pitchers Part of History Not Seen in 22 Years

Blake Snell threw a no-hitter on Friday night for the San Francisco Giants, pairing him in team in history with teammate Logan Webb.

Brady Farkas

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Blake Snell (7) pitches against the Cincinnati Reds in the first inning at Great American Ball Park on Aug. 2.
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Blake Snell (7) pitches against the Cincinnati Reds in the first inning at Great American Ball Park on Aug. 2. / Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports
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The San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 on Friday night as Blake Snell tossed his first career no-hitter. The lefty, who has turned his season around of late, tossed all 9.0 innings, allowing just three walks and striking out 11. He's now 1-3 on the year with a 4.29 ERA.

In addition to the historic nature of the no-hitter, Snell and also paired with teammate Logan Webb to do something not done in the last 22 years of team history as well.

Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com on social media:

Logan Webb and Blake Snell are the first Giants to throw shutouts in consecutive team games since Livan Hernandez and Jason Schmidt on Aug. 19-20, 2002

Webb had thrown a complete game shutout on Wednesday in a 1-0 win against the Oakland Athletics. When the Giants signed Snell this offseason, this is what they anticipated: dominant pitching that could help lead them back to the playoffs.

It hasn't gone according to plan as Snell has spent most of the year injured, but perhaps there's still time to make one last push. The Giants are 55-56 on the season and are just 4.0 games back in a crowded National League wild card picture.

The Giants and Reds will play each other again on Saturday night with first pitch coming at 7:15 p.m. ET. Rookie Kyle Harrison will be next on the mound for San Francisco while Hunter Greene will pitch for Cincy.

Harrison is 6-4 with a 3.69 ERA while Greene is 7-4 with a 2.97.

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BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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