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The Washington Nationals Now Own This Piece of Baseball History

With the Oakland Athletics getting no-hit on Wednesday, the Washington Nationals are now the team to go the longest without being no-hit.

Brady Farkas

The Washington Nationals Now Own This Piece of Baseball History
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The Oakland Athletics were on the wrong side of a perfect game on Wednesday night. Domingo German of the New York Yankees threw the 24th perfect game in history as the Yankees beat the A's, 11-0.

We covered the game here, and all the history that came out of the game here.

But, there was one more interesting little factoid that came out of the performance, and it affects the Washington Nationals.

Per James Smyth of the YES Network:

Domingo German's perfect game: the first no-hitter against the Athletics since an Orioles combo on July 13, 1991 (Bob Milacki/Mike Flanagan/Mark Williamson/Gregg Olson) 

Ends MLB's longest active streak without being no-hit, now it's Expos/Nationals (David Cone perfect 7/18/1999)

So the Nationals are up next in baseball history, having not been no-hit in nearly 24 years. They've actually never been no-hit as the Nationals, but with a shared history with the Montreal Expos, it's 24 years.

It seems difficult to imagine that this year's Nats would be no-hit. With as aggressive as they are at the plate, they just put the ball in play, and the more you put the ball in play, the better chance you have to find some green and open space.

The Nationals are 32-48 this season, which is the second-worst winning percentage in the National League, but they just took two of three from the Seattle Mariners in Seattle.

Washington will be off on Thursday but will take on the Philadelphia Phillies in National League East play on Friday night.

First pitch is 6:05 p.m. ET.

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Brady Farkas
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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