Following Michael Lorenzen’s No-Hitter, Angels Now Hold Incredible Active Streak in MLB
Former Angel and current Phillies RHP Michael Lorenzen threw a no-hitter on Wednesday night against the Washington Nationals. Lorenzen threw an incredible 124 pitches, and walked four batters across the nine no-hit innings.
Incredibly, it was Lorenzen's first home game with the Phillies, as he was traded to Philadelphia at the trade deadline. This was quite a first impression.
While the Lorenzen no-hitter is incredible for many reasons, it actually puts his former team in a pretty cool spot.
Lorenzen no-hit the Nationals, and became the first pitcher in MLB history to no-hit them.
Now that the Nationals have been no-hit, there's a new active leader in terms of teams not being no-hit — and that leader is none other than the Los Angeles Angels.
The Angels now have the longest active no-hit streak in the MLB at 3,760 games, as the Nationals were no-hit after 3,810 games.
The last time the Angels were no-hit was September 11, 1999, when Eric Milton of the Minnesota Twins no-hit the Halos.
It's been nearly 24 years since the Angels have been no-hit, and they now have the longest active streak in the MLB. So, Michael Lorenzen may not be playing for the Halos anymore, but he is still finding ways to help them out.
Congrats to Lorenzen on this incredible accomplishment, and congrats to the Angels for now holding a pretty impressive active streak.
