Mavericks Combine For No Hitter

The High Desert Mavericks (Royals) recorded the first no-hitter in franchise history Monday as Patrick Green and Jarod Plummer combined to shut down the Inland Empire 66ers (Mariners).

Green faced the minimum through six innings by throwing his sharp slider for strikes early in the count. Womack reached on a two-out walk in the bottom of the second on an 0-2 pitch, but was thrown out between first and second as he took off too early and Green's throw to Irving Falu at the second base bag was in time to catch the baserunner. Working against a small strike zone where neither starting pitcher was given any benefit of the doubt on the outside corner, Green began to labor in the seventh as he issued three walks in the frame and left with the bases loaded and two outs, giving way to Plummer who induced the Womack popout to shallow left on a running catch by James Tomlin. In the ninth inning, Plummer struck Luis Valbuena and Arroyo swinging, though Arroyo took first on the passed ball. Ronnie Prettyman then send a slow chopper up the middle, though Falu charged the ball, picked it up on the shorthop, and fired over to Stodolka at first for the second out of the inning as Arroyo took second base. With a 2-2 count on Casey Craig, he got underneath a ball and popped it up on the infield as Mike Gaffney moved underneath it and pulled it down on top of the third baseline for the final out of the game.

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The Mavericks and 66ers play in the California League (Class A Advanced).