With Souza's help, Zimm ends 2014 with no-no
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Taking the mound in the 2014 regular-season finale, Jordan Zimmermann still had one more highlight up his sleeve before the Nationals began the postseason.
On Sept. 28, 2014, Zimmermann threw the first no-hitter in Nats history. He accomplished the feat in front of a home crowd in Washington’s 1-0 win over Miami.
Zimmermann entered the ninth inning having struck out 10 batters and allowing just one walk. With two outs, Christian Yelich rocked Zimmermann’s 104th pitch for a line drive to left field.
“Double. No-doubt double,” Zimmermann later said of what he was thinking in that moment.
Instead, a backwards-diving Steven Souza, Jr. -- a defensive replacement -- made an over-the-shoulder nab to save Zimmermann’s no-hit bid in an electric ending.
Zimmermann’s performance also was the first no-hitter thrown in Washington since Bobby Burke went the distance on Aug. 8, 1931, for the (American League) Senators against the Red Sox at Griffith Stadium.