Rookie Gilbert threw a no-hitter Saturday night in his first Major League start as Arizona cruised by the Padres, 7-0.
The 27-year old Gilbert becomes just the fourth player in league history to throw a no-hitter in his first career start, and he’s the first player to accomplish the feat since Bobo Holloman in 1953. Gilbert needed only 102 pitches to get the job done, striking out five batters and walking three others.
Gilbert got the better of Padres’ starter, Joe Musgrove, who had tossed a no-hitter earlier this season.
Tyler’s feat–the eighth no-hit game this year–breaks the modern record and ties the all-time mark, which was set in 1884. Gilbert also became the third pitcher in Diamondback’s history to throw a no-no. Journeyman Edwin Jackson did it in 2010, and the iconic Randy Johnson crafted one in 1984.
For Gilbert, it is a “rags to riches” story. Plucked from obscurity in last December’s Rule 5 draft after the Dodgers left him exposed, Gilbert will now have his name etched in the history books.
