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Jonathan Sanchez was freshly returned from the Giants starting rotation with Randy Johnson's on disabled list, he was put back in the rotation this season and threw the first no-hitter Friday night in a 8-0 win over Padre. Juan Uribe committed an error in the eighth inning to keep the perfect game. Sanchez, the Giants version of Oliver Perez, is good, but was 2-8 with a 5.54 ERA as a starter. Aaron Rowand made a leaping catch in front of the center field wall with one in the ninth to preserve the no hitter.




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Sanchez, a 26-year-old left hand, threw his career complete game and struck out a career-high 11 of throwing 110 seats, 77 for strikes. He was consistently ahead in the count and had a wicked breaking pitch. It came against a poor Padre offense, but Sanchez has had a very bad season. It certainly is a big surprise, especially that Sanchez not issue a walk. He came in with 46 walks in 69 2 / 3 innings.



But 26-year-old left-hand morphed from erratic to efficient against Padre.
Go to the bullpen enabled Sanchez to work more intensively to change his motion and refining his offspeed deliveries with pitching coach Dave Righetti. Sanchez explained that he had gone too fast for his release, which caused his arm to drag behind. Then he slightly lowered his body and his leg kick, which improved his fast ball.


Result: Sanchez threw 77 strikes in 110 pitches against San Diego, the mixture of command and the things he had flashed intermittent injection while compiling the career 15-26 record and 5.26 ERA he took the start.

"He has always had the equipment," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.
Many non-hitter requires luck or defensive gems for conservation. But Padre, who entered the game ranked last in the National League in scoring and kind, hardly tested Sanchez - with the notable exception of Adrian Gonzalez, their best hitter.

Gonzalez drove the opposite-field fly ball to the warning track in left, the leader of the second inning. He did the same with a 3-1 pitch to open the eighth inning, but this time the path appeared more suggestive of a home run. But John Bowker caught the ball a step or two ahead of the wall.

The rest of the eighth inning was some adventure for Sanchez. Next batter, Chase Headley, hit a tricky ground that Uribe, who moved over from second one inning earlier tried to field on a short hop. The ball caromed of Uribe's chest and eluded him as he hastily fumbled the ball, allowing Headley to reach first base safely. The official scorer quickly ruled the play an error.
It is in the past, "Sanchez said, insisting that the concentration was not disturbed." You have to keep pitching and forget it. "

In the last week, Oliver Perez, who was the fear of a disabled list stint, returned and even though he went seven in five innings, he beats Dodgers. Manny Parra, who spent almost a month in Triple-A, returned on Thursday and threw seven scores less innings giving up three hits, one walk and struck out seven in a no-decision against the Cardinals. How many of you had any of these three in the lineup?