‘He Pitched for Me’: How the Angels Honored Tyler Skaggs in
the Most Emotional No-Hitter in MLB History
With an entire roster of No. 45s honoring the late Tyler Skaggs, the Angels no-hit the Mariners in the team’s first home game since his death. This is how it all unfolded, through the eyes of those who were there.
On July 12, eleven days after 27-year-old Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs was found dead in his Texas hotel room before a game against the Rangers, his grieving teammates played the first of a three-game home series against the Seattle Mariners. The Angels honored Skaggs in their first home game since his death by all wearing his No. 45 jersey and having his mother throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Nine innings later, two Los Angeles pitchers had remarkably combined to no-hit Seattle.
Here, then, are the Angels themselves, in their own words, describing the night they paid tribute, in a way that will almost certainly never be duplicated, to a player who was more than a teammate.
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photos by Erik Sarni …East Side Media 2019
