2 Re: Spahnnie's
Posted by karl – 08/13/2013 at 9:08 PM

With google news you can read the account in the Milwaukee Sentinel of that game.

1 Spahnnie's "consecutive" no-hitters -- May 3, 1961
Posted by R Succa – 07/21/2013 at 10:58 AM

Of course, Johnny Vander Meer is the only MLB pitcher to have thrown consecutive. However, Warren Spahn matched that feat but for some shoddy defensive play behind him by (at best) utility-infielder turned left-fielder Mel (no-hit/no-glove) Roach. Having no-hit the SF Giants the prior Friday night, Spahn next pitched against the LA Dodgers Wed. May 3, 1961. In the top of the third inning, Jim Gilliam hit a routine flyball to left field which (in my memory at least) Roach misplayed into a double. As I recall Earl Gillespie's call on the radio, it went something like, "Roach breaks in, now goes back, comes in again... ball falls in behind him..." Scored a double since he never got a glove (never got near) it. Cost Spahn a repeat no-hitter. The recapitulation here says, "fell out of the reach of Roach."

Anyone here who remembers just what happened or knows of a narrative description of the game online?

Oh... You will note that it actually went into the books as a two-hitter. That's