Edwin. It just resurrected my game." Jackson (5-6) walked eight, all but one in the blue ribbon three innings, Read.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Edwin Jackson was so odd first there was no rationality to characterize he would even termination the game, recall throw the fourth no-hitter of the season. This being the Year of the Pitcher, though, anything was possible.

Jackson made it happen, all right, throwing a great 149 pitches - the most in the majors in five years - primary the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 1-0 quelling Friday evensong over his erstwhile team, the Tampa Bay Rays. "It’s one of those moments where you’re just caught up in the moment. It’s one of the craziest games I’ve had, especially the event starting off how it did. Not being able to locate the dawn on domain with the fastball," Jackson said. "Good constituent I could baffle the slider for strikes in any count. It just resurrected my game.

" Jackson (5-6) walked eight, all but one in the beginning three innings, but the Rays still were no-hit for the third control since aftermost July, including Dallas Braden’s incomparable round at Oakland on May 9. Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez no-hit Atlanta on April 17 and Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay tossed a unerring recreation at Florida on May 29. Armando Galarraga demolished his apt design with two outs in the ninth on a blown entitle by moderate Jim Joyce.

Jason Bartlett grounded to shortstop Stephen Drew for the settled out and Jackson’s teammates congested him on the catch after the fanciful feat. Jackson improved his livelihood accomplishment to 43-45 in eight seasons. He was an All-Star stay year for Detroit before being traded to Arizona in the offseason in a three-team clientele with the Yankees that included Curtis Granderson. "That’s moderately an triumph against a surely rectitude team," Detroit proprietor Jim Leyland said after the Tigers belabour the Braves.

Jackson was hit with a pie in the countenance by a teammate as he was doing an on-field interview. "It was finally a great feeling, especially after those cardinal few innings. … After the fifth I looked up and said ‘Wow’ there’s no hits."’ Jackson said.

"It’s one of those bittersweet moments. You project a no hitter and it’s against your ramshackle team," Jackson added. "At least it’s with a mob that you’ve had achievement with and you can do in first of someone who will increase it." The load of 18,918 stood and applauded the initial no-hitter at Tropicana Field in the extent stubby biography of the Rays, who get a bang the Diamondbacks began put in 1998.

Randy Johnson has the only other no-hitter in Arizona history, a masterful unflinching at Atlanta on May 18, 2004. Adam LaRoche homered off Jeff Niemann (6-2) with one out in the second, all the uphold Jackson would need. "He’s a great athlete and a great kid. He’s one of the very few who can do that," Tampa Bay superintendent Joe Maddon said, noting Jackson’s capability to go on to send well without considering a excited fire count.

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