Santana Gets Mets’ First No-Hitter: Today in Sports History
On June 1st, 2012, after 50 years and 8,019 games, Johan Santana threw the New York Mets first no-hitter in franchise history.
Santana’s performance included 134 pitches, tied for the fifth-most recorded pitches in a solo no-hitter. He struck out eight batters and walked five.
Coming off of shoulder surgery from the previous season, the 33-year-old may not have had his best stuff against the St. Louis Cardinals, but they kept biting early at Santana’s pitches.
To this day, it remains the Mets’ only solo no-hitter.