MLB (US Professional Baseball) Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Michael Lorenzen (31, USA) achieved his first no-hit, no-run (a pitcher does not score a hit). In the United States, no-hit, no-run is usually used as a no-hitter. Lorenzen debuted in a Cincinnati Reds uniform in 2015 and played mainly as a bullpen pitcher. His career record was 37 wins, 36 losses, and an earned run average of 4 points. He was 6-7 with a 3.48 this season.
He started the home game against the Washington Nationals on the 10th and threw 124 pitches in 9 innings, allowing no hits and winning a scoreless shutout. He struck out 5 and allowed 4 walks. This is the fourth major league no-hitter this season. He became the 14th pitcher in Phillies history to taste a no-hitter.메이저놀이터
The Phillies hitters scored three runs from the bottom of the first inning. Afterwards, he scored 1 point each at the end of the 2nd, 4th and 7th innings, lightening Lorenzen’s shoulders. In the top of the ninth inning, Lorenzen treated opponent hitter Dominic Smith (28, USA) with a fly ball in the outfield on the center field side in the second out, confirming a 7-0 victory, embracing his teammates who rushed out to the ground and enjoying the joy of a record. Cheryl, the mother in the crowd, and her wife Cathy, who was holding their daughter, cried ‘Oh my God’ and shed tears of joy.
But his life was far from ordinary. Born as the youngest of four boys, he admired his older brothers who played baseball from a young age. However, Lorenzen’s parents lived under the influence of alcohol and drugs and quarreled frequently. “It was to the point where the police came to my house every week,” he recalled. Lorenzen also dabbled in drugs during his middle and high school years. Then, at the age of 17, Lorenzen’s life changed when a man read the Gospels to him on the side of the road. He became a Christian, gave up drugs, and devoted himself to baseball. As a result, he was called up by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2010 draft. However, he decided that his skills were still lacking, so he chose to go to college (California State University Fullerton campus) instead of making his professional debut. As a result of steadily building his skills while also serving as an outfielder in college, Lorenzen was selected by the Reds in the 2013 draft. He stepped on the MLB stage in 2015, but was sluggish with an earned run average of 5.40 (4 wins and 9 losses).
Rather than making a name for himself as a pitcher, he aroused a lot of attention as a ‘two-hitter’. On July 1, 2018, against the Milwaukee Brewers, he appeared as a pinch hitter in the 7th inning and hit a home run. The pitcher’s pinch-hit home run was the first record in 65 years. In addition, on September 5, 2019, against the Phillies, after appearing as a pitcher in the 7th inning of the game, he came out as a batter in the 8th inning and crossed the fence, and in the 9th inning, he even took on the defense of the center fielder. At the time, Lorenzen became the first player in 98 years since Babe Ruth in 1921 to experience winning pitcher, home run, and fielder defense in one game. However, it was not a ‘starter feeling’, so he continued his career as a bullpen pitcher until 2021. Ahead of the 2022 season, he moved to the Los Angeles Angels, which guaranteed selection. He regained his confidence with an earned run average of 4.24 (8 wins, 6 losses). And in November of that year, he had a daughter and became his father.
This season, he moved to the Detroit Tigers and enjoyed the honor of being selected as an ‘All-Star’ for the first time in his career. Then he was traded to the Phillies on the 2nd. And on the first day he stood on the mound at home stadium after becoming a member of the Phillies, Lorenzen shone brilliantly by completing the no-hitter pitch he dreamed of.