We have the earliest no-hitter in history!

Plus: Imanaga's debut lives up to the hype

Tuesday, April 02 View In Browser  TOP NEWS First no-hitter of the season comes courtesy of an unlikely Astro   Thirty-year-old Ronel Blanco wasn't supposed to be part of Houston's rotation. In fact, he wasn't even a starter until last year. But every unconventional step of his career led to a thrilling no-no vs. Toronto. Who is Ronel Blanco, newest member of no-hit club? 9 fun facts about Ronel Blanco's no-hitter Returns of Volpe, Gil power Yanks to first 5-0 start since '92 Westburg's walk-off follows debut of 'home run handlebars' No ordinary rookie: Imanaga flirts with no-no, K's 9 in debut Trout makes history with 473-foot moonshot on 2-HR night 'Gritty' Bucs battle to their first 5-0 start since 1983 Jung suffers fractured right wrist on swing MORE TOP NEWS TOP PERFORMANCES Ronel Blanco: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K's Throws no-hitter in 8th career start Shota Imanaga: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K's Tied for most K's with no walks or runs allowed in debut Mike Trout: 2-for-4, 2 HRs, 2 R, 2 RBIs 473-foot HR is the longest in MLB this season Sean Manaea: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 8 K's  5 2/3 IP no-hit bid is longest by a pitcher in his Mets debut Jarren Duran: 3-for-5, 2 R, 3 SB 1st Red Sox player with 5+ SB in 1st 5 games of season PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MUST-SEE PLAY José Abreu's sliding stop and toss to first preserved Ronel Blanco's no-hitter in the ninth. STAFF PICKS Predicting the 2024 All-MLB Team Though the 2024 season is just getting started, a panel of MLB.com experts assembled to vote on which players they think will end up making up the All-MLB First and Second Teams at the end of the campaign. How 8 teams can overcome early injury challenges Every team knows injuries are unavoidable at any point in a 162-game MLB season. But which clubs have been bitten the most by the injury bug in 2024? Astros' 17 no-hitters the most of any expansion franchise Look back on each one of them, starting with Don Nottebart's in 1963. 'I think you are more handsome, Shohei-san' Sit Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto across from one another, and they obviously have plenty of compliments to pay one another -- but who can do it with a straight face? Wrigley goes wild for Morel's Little League homer Christopher Morel has electrified the Wrigley Field audience multiple times throughout his young career -- but never in the home opener. MLB Big Inning on MLB Network Get all the best action from around the league with live look-ins, breaking highlights and big moments as they happen beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET on MLB Big Inning, which also streams seven days a week on MLB.TV. MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD ATL 9 CWS 0 COL 0 CHC 5 PIT 8 WAS 4 KC 4 BAL 6 CIN 6 PHI 3 LAA 7 MIA 4 TEX 9 TB 3 DET 5 NYM 0 TOR 0 HOU 10 BOS 9 OAK 0 CLE 4 SEA 5 STL 6 SD 2 NYY 5 ARI 2 SF 3 LAD 8 © 2024 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You () received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.