Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

Matt Young was a little wild during his eight-inning gem - so wild in fact, that he lost his own no-hitter 2-1. The powerful Cleveland Indians never needed their long ball and scored two runs on Young's seven base on balls, six stolen bases, and an error by Luis Rivera. Boston had no problems getting hits, but could not get them across the plate and stranded eleven runners during this unique contest.

"This piece (sculpture pictured below) also speaks to human dynamics and irony: in baseball, at the Major League level, if you are left handed, and can throw ninety mph, you get a shot. Matt Young is my cousin." - Artist John Petek
Matt Young No Hitter

Matt Young

April 12, 1992

Boston Red Sox
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Wade Boggs 3b 5 0 2 0
Jody Reed 2b 5 0 1 0
Mike Greenwell lf 4 0 0 0
Ellis Burks cf 3 1 2 0
Phil Plantier rf 4 0 0 0
Jack Clark dh 3 0 0 0
Herm Winningham pr-dh 0 0 0 0
Mo Vaughn 1b 2 0 1 0
Luis Rivera ss 4 0 2 1
John Flaherty c 3 0 1 0
Scott Cooper ph 0 0 0 0
Tom Brunansky ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 9 1

Cleveland Indians
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Kenny Lofton cf 1 1 0 0
Glenallen Hill dh 4 0 0 0
Carlos Baerga 2b 4 0 0 2
Albert Belle lf 4 0 0 0
Mark Whiten rf 3 0 0 0
Paul Sorrento 1b 3 0 0 0
Brook Jacoby 3b 3 0 0 0
Junior Ortiz c 2 0 0 0
Mark Lewis ss 1 1 0 0
Totals 25 2 0 2

Hitting & Fielding Notes

Caught Stealing: Burks, Whiten.
Double Plays
: Cleveland 2.
Double
: Flaherty.
Error: Rivera.
GIDP: Greenwell, Rivera.
Left on Base: Boston 11, Cleveland 6.
Stolen Bases: Ortiz, Burks, Hill, Lofton 4.

Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1
Cleveland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x 2 0 0

Boston Red Sox
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Matt Young (L) 8 0 2 2 7 6

Cleveland Indians
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Charles Nagy (W) 7 8 1 1 4 10
Brad Arnsberg 1 0 0 0 1 1
Derek Lilliquist (S) 1 1 0 0 1 0

Game Notes

Umpires: Garcia, Morrison, Welke, Scott.
Length of game: 2:37.



Did you know that this was the first Red Sox no-hit game to take place that had less than nine innings for or against the team?

Since 1901, this was only the second American League no-hitter of less than nine innings which was a losing effort for the pitcher who did not allow a hit. The first was tossed by Andy Hawkins of the New York Yankees on July 1, 1990!

Matt Young, during his ten year major league career, always had the skill needed to pitch in the big leagues and averaged 6.48 strikeouts per nine innings. However, he always suffered from control issues and his 4.27 bases on balls per nine innings prevented him from becoming a true superstar!