San Francisco Giants left-hander Blake Snell threw the third no-hitter of the major league season, blanking the Reds 3-0 in the first complete game of his career Friday night.
The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner struck out 11 Reds and walked three as the Giants built a 3-0 lead through eight innings at Great American Ball Park. The 31-year-old Snell threw 114 total pitches, 78 for strikes.
“Seventh inning I felt a little tired, and then I kind of looked at the scoreboard and that’s when I noticed (the no-hitter), and I said, ‘You better wake up,’ ” Snell told NBC Sports Bay Area on the telecast after the game. “What a feeling.”
Casey Schmitt and Tyler Fitzgerald homered, and Fitzgerald had an RBI double for the Giants in a game that was delayed an hour by threatening weather.
Snell came into the game 0-3 with a 5.10 ERA. He threw six perfect innings on July 14 before the Twins’ Manuel Margot singled leading off seventh inning.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
