MLB no hitter question.
Say a pitcher has not given up a hit until there is two outs in the ninth inning. He then gives up a hit. After that hit he retires the next batter. Is it a no hitter?
shareNo. A no hitter means no one reaches base via a hit. What you describe would be 8 and 2/3rds innings of no hit baseball. A really good performance, but not a no hitter.
shareTrue. I don't watch much if any baseball, but I jut assumed it meant no score. No runs.
shareWhat if there was a no ball two strike count on the hitter when he got the hit?
shareA hit, any base hit, erases the no-hit possibility. Score, count, outs, all doesn’t matter.
shareWhat if on a 0-2 pitch one pitch before the hit the hitter barely hits the baseball and the baseball goes into the glove of the catcher but it barely pops out and the catcher cannot catch it by the slimmest of margins?
shareThe catcher can throw it to first base for the out, or if the throw is not on time, the runner is safe and no out is recorded. In either of those cases, the no-hitter is still intact.
Edit- sorry, you described a foul tip, remains two strike count and the at-bat continues....I was thinking of swing-and-miss strike and the ball hits the ground.