Dennis Yard |
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1970 Season Stats W-L 2-1 ERA 4.55 K 30 WHIP 1.36 |
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Yard Spins No-Hitter Against Appleton
The no-hitter is one of baseball's truly egalitarian achievements. It's done by the great and the not-so-great alike, and for nearly all of them it represents the pinnacle of a career. Clinton Pilots pitcher Dennis Yard had his moment at Riverview Stadium, holding the Appleton Foxes hitless and beating them, 10-0.
"Everything was working for him," Foxes manager <Tommaso Venni:coach#528> said. "He had a lot of late movement that seemed to cause the guys trouble, especially from the fifth inning on. He was in command."
Yard rung up 11 strikeouts, issued 4 walks and faced only 31 hitters in his historic outing. After the game, he spoke to BNN reporters in the Clinton locker room.
"I really got nervous in the last inning," Yard recalled. "I knew I had a chance at a no-hitter but it was hard to stay calm and concentrate. Thank goodness for my catcher. He told me he would do all the thinking and I could just concentrate on hitting his glove."
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