The Colorado Rockies record book was inked with the name Ubaldo Jimenez on Saturday night after he became the first pitcher in team history to throw a no-hitter. It wasn't easy for the Rockies' ace, but he worked through many innings, and as a grounder went to Clint Barmes at second and made it way into Todd Helton's glove for his 27th out, history was made.
A great accomplishment for a great teammate as one can see my his post-game interview, given to The Denver Post, "It's an unbelievable feeling, an honor to have teammates hugging you and admiring what we did," Jimenez said. "Every single guy was pulling for me. You could see it in their faces."
His pitiching stats for the game, were interesting, to say the least. He walked the leadoff batter in innings three through five, but settled down to end the innings hitless. He ended the night, according to The Denver Post, throwing 128 pitches, the last being 97 mph, seven strikeouts, six walks, had an average fastball of 97 mph, and three times went over the 100 mph mark.
No one, besides Jimenez, will ever be able to say they threw the first no-hitter for the Colorado Rockies, and it's great achievement for a guy like Jimenez, for he deserved it.

