New York Yankees young starting pitcher Domingo German was not only dominant in his first MLB start, he turned out to pitch in historic fashion.
Folks, it doesn’t get much better than this. New York Yankees starting pitcher Domingo German put on a clinic at new Yankee Stadium on Sunday.
With his team hot and the Cleveland Indians in town, the youngster made his first career MLB start and finished with dominant, historic numbers.
German no-hit the Tribe in six innings pitched. No runs, no hits and nine strikeouts accounted as his final line prior to Aaron Boone pulling the kid with 84 total pitches on his ledger.
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German, 25, was that “throw in” that brought Nathan Eovaldi and Garrett Jones to the organization. On Sunday, he broke MLB records in the category of first Major League Baseball start.
In his starting debut, Yankees RHP Domingo Germán threw 6 no-hit innings before he was pulled to start the 7th.
No player has thrown a no-hitter in his 1st career start since Bobo Holloman for the St. Louis Browns on May 6, 1953. pic.twitter.com/Nso3LkSnVb
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 6, 2018
Aaron Boone is confident that Domingo German will give the Yankees "some quality innings" in his first MLB start today. #YANKSonYES pic.twitter.com/Xg3c06mKga
— YES Network (@YESNetwork) May 6, 2018
Domingo German's 1st career MLB start & he exited w/ a no hitter through 6 ?"1st Pitcher ever since 1908 to have 9+ K's & 0 Hits in 1st start!"-@ktsharp #BabyBombers #RE2PECT #PinstripePride pic.twitter.com/CTgtza8uvc
— RE2PECT 2 JETER (@RE2PECT2JETER) May 6, 2018
In terms of the curious case of why he was pulled so early, manager Aaron Boone did reveal in the postgame that he was under a close watch with an explicit pitch count number to not go over. That number was not revealed by Boone.
If you were to spell his name based on the scoreboard, it'd be Doming-000000. Or, in words, six shutout innings! #YANKSonYES pic.twitter.com/ZHORxqPNJ0
— YES Network (@YESNetwork) May 6, 2018
German’s start ended with another New York Yankees youngster, Gleyber Torres, smacking a walk-off three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
