Oklahoma Sooners baseball commit fans 21 in no-hit performance

Tuttle ace Hunter Watson records all 21 outs via strike out
Tuttle's Hunter Watson struck out 21 batters in a no-hit victory over Bridge Creek this week. Watson is committed to the University of Oklahoma.
Tuttle's Hunter Watson struck out 21 batters in a no-hit victory over Bridge Creek this week. Watson is committed to the University of Oklahoma. / BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK

Tuttle pitcher Hunter Watson was completely un-hittable in his start against Bridge Creek, in Oklahoma high school baseball action, on April 21, as he struck out 21 batters in a seven inning, no-hit effort, which his team won, 10-1.

Watson, who is committed to the University of Oklahoma, struck out the side in order in five of the seven innings, allowing his only walk in the second. In the fourth, Ethan Taylor was the only Bridge Creek player to put the ball in play against Watson when he hit an infield grounder and went to second on a two base error. Taylor then came around to score on back-to-back passed balls.

Every player in the Bridge Creek lineup struck-out at least twice as Watson mowed them down with 108 pitches.

Jett McCoy paced the Tuttle offense with two hits in four trips, driving in two and scoring a run in the win. Dakota Mallory went 2-for-2 with a pair of RBI.

The contest was the first game of a double-header and the Tigers won the second game, 11-1. They are now 24-6 this season.


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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato is the Senior VP of Content for High School On SI and SBLive Sports. He began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University. In 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.