Blake Snell creates buzz with first career no-hitter

While Blake Snell has achieved a lot in his career, he completed a notable first on Friday — a no-hitter.

Snell took the ball for the San Francisco Giants for the opening game of a three-game series at the Great American Ball Park against the Cincinnati Reds. Snell was overpowering, going the full nine innings while allowing no runs and only three walks with 11 strikeouts. Of course, he also surrendered no hits.

Snell got Cincinnati’s Elly De La Cruz to fly out to San Francisco right fielder Mike Yastrzemski for the final out of the game.

It was not just the first no-hitter of Snell’s career. Snell is one of only 22 pitchers to win multiple Cy Young Awards and is one of only seven to win the Cy Young in each league. Despite that, Friday’s no-hitter was the first complete game of his career. In fact, Friday’s no-hitter marked the first time in his career that Snell even completed eight innings.

Not only pitching into the ninth inning but completing the no-hitter got the attention of the baseball world.