Santana Throws Mets’ First No-Hitter
The Mets’ historic streak without a no-hitter is over. Ace left-hander Johan Santana needed 134 pitches to complete the first no-hitter in the team’s 51-year history Friday as the Mets topped the St. Louis Cardinals 8-0. Read more: NY1
On Johan Santana’s magical night at Citi Field, NY Mets fans finally see a no-hitter
This was for all the times the Mets came close over the half-century they have been in business, the most famous of all when Tom Seaver had a perfect game against the Cubs one time and then a guy named Jimmy Qualls broke it up in the ninth inning. Read more: Daily News
Photo gallery from Santana’s no-hiter. View here: Daily News
Terry Collins sticks with Johan Santana and the rest is NY Mets history
The Friday started with thoughts of how Carlos Beltran would be received by the Mets faithful. But as the game wore on, as Mets ace Johan Santana, kept blanking the Cardinals on a magical Friday night at Citi Field, those thoughts quickly faded into the background. Read more: Daily News
Santana steals show in Carlos Beltran’s return to New York, ends 8,019-game drought
An intense cocktail of emotions coursed through Citi Field with two outs in the ninth inning Friday night. The 27,069 souls in the stands teetered on a precipice between joy and disappointment, desperate to see Mets history, while Johan Santana coped with surges of determination. Read more: Daily News
Baxter hurts shoulder preserving Mets’ no-hitter
Mike Baxter, after making the catch of his life last night, struggled to pull his T-shirt over his head after the game. Shaken, and in serious pain, he said he felt great on a night he gave up his body to keep Johan Santana’s no-hitter intact. Read more: NY Post
WATCH: Santana thanks Mets teammates in clubhouse. Watch here: NY Post
Beltran’s hit that wasn’t had some crying foul over Mets’ no-no
The umpire blew it, but the call and the no-hitter will stand. Maybe because of last night’s call by third base umpire Adrian Johnson, there will be new calls for expanded replay. Read more: NY Post
In Mets’ 51st Year, Finally, Their First No-Hitter
For 8,019 games, across 51 seasons, it had never happened for the Mets. Not at the Polo Grounds, not at Shea Stadium, not at Citi Field, not on the road. Not for Ryan or Seaver, not for Koosman or Matlack, not for Gooden or Cone, not for Leiter or Glavine. No Mets pitcher had ever thrown a no-hitter. Not until Friday. Read more: NY Times
Santana secures place in Mets lore
Johan Santana was the right man to do it, the right pitcher to deliver a magical moment that escaped more than a half-century’s worth of New York Mets. Truth is, he had this no-hitter coming to him since the day he tried to lift the Mets into the playoffs with a torn meniscus in his left knee. Read more: ESPN New York
