Shorebirds no-hit - again! (with video)

For the second time in 10 days, Delmarva's bats were silenced by the pitching staff of the Lake County Captains. This time it was a 3-0 whitewash in front of a large crowd drawn by the post-game fireworks. And for the home crowd, those would be the only fireworks seen from anyone connected with the Delmarva side.

Lake County hurlers Hector Rondon and Neil Wagner combined to mystify the Shorebird bats, Rondon (6-4) tossing six no-hit innings and Wagner the final three frames for his 10th save. Brandon Snyder's popup was the final out and set off a celebration of Captains in the middle of the diamond.

And it just so happened I had my camera. Now it has a sort of limited video capability (only 320 x 240) so it's not the best quality video ever shot, but it's a bit of history. So here's the video I uploaded of the final out and celebration. (It's about a minute and 45 seconds all told, takes a bit to download.) I managed to keep off-color comments to a minimum.

I know this is the first no-hitter I've personally witnessed, and I'm certain it's rare (if ever) that a particular team has no-hit another team twice in the same season, let alone in a span of less than 10 days. And I congratulate Rondon and Wagner on their fine effort. Fortunately we're through with playing the Captains until the tail end of August so maybe their better pitchers will be called up by then.

Update 11:32 p.m. - Here's a wrapup and game summary, along with the box score from the Minor League Baseball website.