Manaea’s No-Hitter Could Signal Breakout Season

By Matt Citak
For most people outside of Oakland, California, there’s a good chance that Saturday night was the first time you heard of Athletics starting pitcher Sean Manaea.
Manaea put himself in the record books on Saturday by tossing the first no-hitter of the season, leading the Athletics to victory over the league-leading Boston Red Sox. It took the 26-year-old just 108 pitches to get through nine innings, surrendering two walks while striking out 10 batters.
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