Not just another no-hitter
The Angels honored Tyler Skaggs on July 12, 2019. With his family gathered on the field, the team held a touching video tribute before the game, a powerful moment that was both sad, as expected, and celebratory. What happened after that was something out of a dream-scripted Hollywood film. Not only did Tyler’s mom, Debbie, zip in a perfect strike during the ceremonial first pitch (and that’s not easy, just ask 50 Cent and countless others) but the Angels went on to throw a combined no-hitter (and that’s really not easy) in a 13-0 beatdown of the Seattle Mariners.
Even more incredible were the numerical similarities that were discovered after the game. Tyler’s birthday was 7/13/91. The Angels scored seven runs in the first, won by 13, and the last combined no-hitter in California happen in 1991…on July 13.
It also was the Angels’ 11th no-hitter—the number Skaggs wore in high school.