San Diego Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove made history throwing the first no-hitter in team history on Friday night against the Texas Rangers. And it’s even more impressive given the circumstances.
During his post-game press conference, Musgrove hilariously revealed that after drinking around 11 or 12 water bottles before the game that he had to “hold it in” from around the fourth inning and on.
If you know anything about baseball, there are some things you can’t chance when it comes to superstition, which is why Musgrove held it in for the duration of the game.
“That was the one thing I didn’t want to break, the superstition of it,” Musgrove said. “I didn’t want to have to go use the bathroom in the middle of a start.”
"I had to piss so bad in like the fourth or fifth inning."
Joe Musgrove held it in during his no hitter despite drinking "11 or 12" water bottles 😅 pic.twitter.com/hk8oWtC8pC
— Sporting News (@sportingnews) April 10, 2021
When you have to go, you have to go. But when you’re in the middle of throwing a no-hitter like Musgrove was, you have to make sacrifices. Luckily for Musgrove, that sacrifice paid off.
Before Friday night’s game, the Padres were the only team in Major League Baseball to never have a no-hitter. Musgrove snapped that 8,206 regular-season streak in a 3-0 victory over the Rangers. He allowed just one baserunner and struck out 10 batters over nine innings.
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