Padres head to hitter-friendly Coors Field in search of no-no
Feature photo: Nice Night at Coors Field by Kari Sullivan licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0).
The San Diego Padres have just five more chances to avoid reaching the New York Mets’ 8,019-game record for no-hit futility, and three of those games will be played in the majors’ most hitter-friendly park. The good news is that the Padres are one of just four major league teams to allow one hit or less at circa-1995 Coors Field.
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Hideo owns the only no-no in Coors Field history, but there have been six one-hitters — including one by the Padres.
On Monday, September 19, 2011, Padres starter Cory Luebke threw 5⅔ innings of no-hit ball before the Rockies’ Mark Ellis hit a two-run home run over the center-field wall for the 6,834th Padres game with no no-hitter. Luebke stayed in through the seventh, and Ernesto Frieri threw two innings of perfect ball in relief as the Padres topped the Rockies 8-2 for a combined two-hitter.
The Padres have three games at Coors Field — Friday, Saturday, and Sunday — then two at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday and Wednesday before returning to Petco Park next Thursday. If the Padres can’t throw a no-no, the team would tie the Mets mark of 8,019 regular-season games without a no-hitter on Wednesday in L.A. and break the mark at home Thursday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. NoNoHitters.com will be at both.
Here are all the games of one hit or less thrown at Coors Field:
No-hitter at Coors Field
Hideo Nomo
Colorado Rockies
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Colorado Rockies 0
One-hitters at Coors Field
1
Jon Gray (7)
Adam Ottavino (1)
Wade Davis (1)
Colorado Rockies
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Spoiler: José Altuvé, one-out RBI double off Gray in the fourth.
Colorado Rockies 3, Houston Astros 2
2
Kyle Freeland (8⅓)
Jordan Lyles (⅔)
Colorado Rockies
Sunday, July 9, 2017
Spoiler: Melky Cabrera, one-out single to left off Freeland in the ninth.
Colorado Rockies 10, Chicago White Sox 0
3
Cory Luebke (7)
Ernesto Frieri (2)
San Diego Padres
Monday, September 19, 2011
Spoiler: Mark Ellis, two-run homer to center off Luebke with two outs in the sixth inning, marking Padres no no-hitter No. 6,834.
San Diego Padres 8, Colorado Rockies 2
4
Roy Oswalt
Houston Astros
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Spoiler: Brad Hawpe, single up the middle to lead off the sixth inning.
Houston Astros 2, Colorado Rockies 0
5
Jason Jennings (7)
Tom Martin (1)
Brian Fuentes (1)
Colorado Rockies
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Spoiler: Jason Kendall, leadoff single to right in the first inning.
Colorado Rockies 6, Oakland Athletics 0
6
Pat Rapp
Florida Marlins
Sunday, September 17, 1995
Spoiler: Dante Bichette, single to short with two outs in the fourth inning.
Florida Marlins 17, Colorado Rockies 0
