Miami Marlins starting pitcher Edinson Volquez threw the sixth no-hitter in franchise history. (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)Just three days after an embarrassingly small number of fans came out to Marlins Park in Miami to cheer on the home team, pitcher Edinson Volquez gave them good reason to show up more frequently. The 33-year-old threw the MLB season’s first no-hitter at the Arizona Diamondbacks in a 3-0 victory. “I dedicated this game to Jose Fernandez and Yordano Ventura,” Volquez said on the local broadcast (via MLB.com’s Adrian Garro), referring to the two star pitchers. Before the game, he wished Ventura, who died in a car crash in January, a happy birthday in a touching Instagram post.

Source: Washington Post June 03, 2017 23:26 UTC