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Sunday, May 15, 2016

Virgil Trucks Tosses No-Hitter


May 15, 1952. Detroit Tigers pitcher Virgil Trucks fires a no-hit victory over the Washington Senators 1-0. Vic Wertz provides the winning blast with a  home run with two outs in the ninth inning. It was only the second no-hitter in franchise history, and the first since 1912.





Joe Glasgow is a former senior staff writer at Fanstop.com, and is the author of the book Play Ball! Growing Up With Baseball https://amzn.to/2o4M62h

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