Bailey’s 2d no-hitter sends Reds over Giants, 3-0

CINCINNATI — Homer Bailey has thrown his second no-hitter in 10 months and the first in the majors this season, pitching the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over the slumping San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.

Bailey (5-6) became the third Reds pitcher with more than one no-hitter, joining Jim Maloney and Johnny Vander Meer — still the only big leaguer to toss two in a row. Bailey beat the Pirates 1-0 in Pittsburgh last Sept. 28 and got another 17 starts later.

The right-hander walked Gregor Blanco to lead off the seventh, the only Giants batter to reach base. First baseman Joey Votto threw out Blanco as he tried to reach third on a grounder.

With 27,509 fans on their feet chanting "Homer! Homer!" Bailey finished it off by getting Brandon Crawford on a high comebacker, striking out Tony Abreu and getting Blanco on a grounder to third.

^{Baltimore – Bob Milacki (6 innings), Mike Flanagan (1), Mark Williamson (1) and Gregg Olson (1) vs. Oakland, 2-0, July 13, 1991}

^{Boston – Jon Lester vs. Kansas City, 7-0, May 19, 2008}

^{Chicago – x-Phil Humber at Seattle, 4-0, April 21, 2012}

^{Cleveland – x-Len Barker vs. Toronto, 3-0, May 15, 1981}

^{Detroit – Justin Verlander at Toronto, 9-0, May 7, 2011}

^{Kansas City – Bret Saberhagen vs. Chicago White Sox, 7-0, Aug. 26, 1991}

^{Los Angeles – Jered Weaver vs. Minnesota, 9-0, May 2, 2012.}

^{Minnesota – Francisco Liriano at Chicago White Sox, 1-0, May 3, 2011}

^{New York – x-David Cone vs. Montreal, 6-0, July 18, 1999}

^{Oakland – x-Dallas Braden vs. Tampa Bay, 4-0, May 9, 2010}

^{Seattle – x-Felix Hernandez vs. Tampa Bay, 1-0, Aug. 15, 2012}

^{Tampa Bay – Matt Garza vs. Detroit, 5-0, July 26, 2010}

^{Texas – x-Kenny Rogers vs. California, 4-0, July 28, 1994}

^{Toronto – Dave Stieb at Cleveland, 3-0, Sept. 2, 1990}

^{Arizona – Edwin Jackson at Tampa Bay, 1-0, June 26, 2010}

^{Atlanta – Kent Mercker at L.A. Dodgers, 6-0, April 8, 1994}

^{Cincinnati – Homer Bailey vs. San Francisco, 3-0, July 2, 2013}

^{Chicago – Carlos Zambrano vs. Houston at Milwaukee, 5-0, Sept. 14, 2008}

^{Colorado – Ubaldo Jimenez at Atlanta, 4-0, April 17, 2010}

^{Florida – Anibal Sanchez vs. Arizona, 2-0, Sept. 6, 2006}

^{Houston – Roy Oswalt (1 inning), Pete Munro (2 2/3), Kirk Saarloos (1 1/3), Brad Lidge (2) and Octavio Dotel (1), Billy Wagner (1) at N.Y. Yankees, 8-0, June 11, 2003}

^{Los Angeles – Hideo Nomo at Colorado, 9-0, Sept. 17, 1996}

^{Milwaukee (AL) – Juan Nieves at Baltimore, 7-0, April 15, 1987}

^{New York – Johan Santana, vs. St. Louis, 8-0, June 1, 2012}

^{Philadelphia – Roy Halladay, vs. Cincinnati, 4-0, Oct. 6, 2010, NLDS}

^{Pittsburgh – Francisco Cordova (9) and Ricardo Rincon (1), vs. Houston, 3-0, 10 innings, July 12, 1997}

^{St. Louis – Bud Smith at San Diego, 4-0, Sept. 3, 2001}

^{San Diego – None}

^{San Francisco – x-Matt Cain vs. Houston, 10-0, June 13, 2012}

^{Washington – x-Dennis Martinez (Montreal) at L.A. Dodgers, 2-0, July 28, 1991}

^{x-perfect game}