I have never personally been able to watch a no-hitter thrown by a Cardinals pitcher in my lifetime and that streak continues with today’s game. But Michael Wacha almost broke that streak. It is unfathomable to me that the Cardinals haven’t had a no-hitter since Bud Smith in 2001 while no-hitters are becoming way more common than they used to be. We’ve had great pitching staffs too!
With the proliferation of no-hitters across the league, sometimes pitchers pitch as good as the no hitter moniker would suggest and sometimes, well you wonder when they found a monkey’s paw to get all balls to magically find gloves.