PHOENIX - It hurts now, but Dodgers starter Rich Hill soon will understand that a player can achieve more fame by just missing history than making it, as Giants bullpen coach Mark Gardner well knows.
Major League Baseball has sanctioned 283 single-pitcher no-hitters. Hill and Gardner are among 12 others who pitched nine no-hit innings that are not officially recognized because they allowed a hit in extra innings.
Hill lost his no-hitter, shutout and the game in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night when Josh Harrison homered on Hill's first pitch of the 10th inning to end a 1-0 game.