Luis Mendoza No-Hitter

by John Sickels on Aug 15, 2009 1:37 AM EDT

I saw Luis Mendoza throw a no-hitter for Oklahoma City tonight. Of course, this would JUST HAPPEN to be the day that I forgot to juice up the battery on my video camera. No big deal, i thought....i'll get plenty of video of Smoak and Wood Saturday and Sunday. Ha ha. Joke's on me.

Mendoza was throwing 93-94 MPH all night, with movement on the fastball. I thought his slider was sloppy and unimpressive in the first three innings, but in the fourth inning he started to tighten it up and in the late innings it was working really well. I only saw a couple of changeups, but the fastball/slider combination was very potent.

Smoak looked excellent tonight....I saw nothing to worry about. Full report on this game when I get my trip summary done.

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Mendoza

Mendoza is a maddening guy. As you saw last night, John, when his two seamer/breaking ball combo is on, he can be lethal. A sinking fastball he can throw hard and get ground balls with, and an impressive offspeed pitch when it is on.

But he hasn’t been able to consistently command it…he’ll look terrible for a couple of games, then come out and be devastating and seem untouchable.

Just inexplicable.

Do you have any thoughts on Chris Davis?

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 15, 2009 10:49 AM EDT reply actions

davis

He looked fine last night. He and Smoak were locked in.

by John Sickels on Aug 15, 2009 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Tempe Angels Combined No-Hitter

Three Tempe Angels pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter as well last night, winning 12-0 over the Phoenix A’s in Rookie-A Arizona League action. Jose Perez struck out nine and walked one in five innings, with Josh Blanco adding three innings and converted catcher C.J. Bressoud retiring the side 1-2-3 in the 9th.

by FutureAngels on Aug 15, 2009 5:05 PM EDT reply actions