Box Score of No Hitter by Al Leiter

Al Leiter took the Florida Marlins where they had never been before when he threw his first career no hitter, the Florida Marlin's first no hitter, and the first no hitter of the 1996 season.

"I can't describe the way I feel right now. Later, I'll understand what I've accomplished, it's jubilation, relief and exhaustion." - Al Leiter
Al Leiter

No Hitter Boxscore
May 11, 1996
Joe Robbie Stadium

Name Pos AB R H RBI
Eric Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Walt Weiss ss 3 0 0 0
Dante Bichette rf 3 0 0 0
Andres Galarraga 1b 2 0 0 0
Ellis Burks lf 2 0 0 0
Vinny Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Trenidad Hubbard cf 2 0 0 0
Mike Munoz p 0 0 0 0
b-Jason Bates ph 1 0 0 0
Lance Painter p 0 0 0 0
Jayhawk Owens c 2 0 0 0
Mark Thompson p 0 0 0 0
John Habyan p 1 0 0 0
a-Quinton McCracken ph-cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 25 0 0 0

Name Pos AB R H RBI
Devon White cf 5 0 0 0
Alex Arias ss 5 1 1 0
Greg Colbrunn 1b 5 3 3 0
Gary Sheffield rf 1 3 0 0
Jeff Conine lf 2 1 1 3
Terry Pendleton 3b 4 2 3 5
Charles Johnson c 4 1 1 3
Craig Grebeck 2b 4 0 2 0
Al Leiter p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 11 11 11

Hitting & Fielding Notes

a: Grounded out for Habyan in 6th inning.
b: Popped out for Munoz in 8th inning.

Double Plays: Weiss-Young-Galarraga, Arias-Grebeck-Colbrunn,
Leiter-Arias-Grebeck.
Double: Conine.
GIDP: Hubbard, Habyan, Johnson.
Home Runs: Pendleton, Johnson.
Left on Base: Colorado 1, Florida 5.
Sacrifice Hits: Leiter.

Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 6 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 x 11 11 0

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Mark Thompson 1.1 7 8 8 3 1
John Habyan 3.2 2 1 1 0 5
Mike Munoz 2.0 2 2 2 2 1
Lance Painter 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Al Leiter 9.0 0 0 0 2 6

Pitching Notes

Hit By Pitcher: Sheffield (by Habyan), Burks (by Leiter).
Losing Pitcher: Thompson.
Wild Pitch: Habyan.
Winning Pitcher: Leiter.

Game Notes

Attendance: 31,549.
Length of Game: 2:22.
Umpires: HP: Steve Rippley, 1B: Mark Hirschbeck, 2B: Paul Nauert, 3B: Rich Reiker.



Did you know that Al Leiter threw one-hundred three pitches during this game and sixty of them were strikes?

In the locker room at the end of the game, Al Leiter said, "I'm numb, it's like when Joe Carter hit the home run to win the World Series in 1993.""

During the first inning, Al Leiter's fastball never went above ninety-two miles per hour. By the ninth inning, he was throwing around ninety-five miles per hour and commented, "as the game went on I got a little sharper and slowly gained more confidence."