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Orozco Tosses No-Hitter Against Tornadoes Monday, August 1st , 2039 The no-hitter is one of baseball's truly egalitarian achievements. It's done by the great and the not-so-great alike, and for nearly all of them it represents the pinnacle of a career. Portsmouth Dockhands pitcher Sergio Orozco had his moment today at Ship Yard, holding the Drumright Tornadoes hitless and beating them, 1-0. "Everything was working for him," Tornadoes manager Carlos Moreno said. "He had a lot of late movement that seemed to cause the guys trouble, especially from the fifth inning on. He was in command." Orozco rung up 5 strikeouts, issued 1 walk and faced only 27 hitters in his historic outing. After the game, he spoke to BNN reporters in the Portsmouth locker room. "I really got nervous in the last inning," Orozco recalled. "I knew I had a chance at a no-hitter but it was hard to stay calm and concentrate. Thank goodness for my catcher. He told me he would do all the thinking and I could just concentrate on hitting his glove." This season Orozco has fanned 80 in 126 innings and collected a 9-7 record with a 3.14 ERA. View Boxscore |
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