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Piranhas Spellbound, Montgomery Hurls No-Hitter Sunday, July 21st, 2019 The Northern Virginia Retrievers relied on no-hit stuff from Drake Montgomery to defeat the Panama City Piranhas 9-0 at Piranhas Ballpark. "It's quite a thrill," a candid Montgomery told the media afterward, "This is a top-notch league. A no-hitter against any team in the league is something special. I can't believe I did it." To get his name logged in the 3L records, he stopped Panama City cold, with no hits, surrendering 1 walk and fanning 3 batters, facing only 28 batters. Montgomery said in a postgame interview, "Games like this are something special. They don't come around very often, if ever. I knew from the fifth inning that I had a no-hitter working. I just tried to get it out of my mind, but you just can't. They have too many scoreboards in the park. They are everywhere you look." In a jovial mood, his manager kiddingly told the reporters, "He definitely made it easy for me today. I didn't have any great decisions to make like I usually have to do. Didn't even have to come up with a pinch hitter. I love it when my pitchers pitch a no-hitter." This year Montgomery has posted a 5-6 mark in 13 starts and has a 4.42 ERA. |
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