Zito almost throws no-hitter

[Providence A's]

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NAS...=.jsp&c_id=oak

Just like Harden the night before in his bid for a perfect game, Zito came within 5 outs of a no-hitter.

[General]

Horseshoes, handgrenades and nuclear weapons. That's where almost counts.

Congrats to Zito though.

[Providence A's]

from the article:

Zito, who has allowed six runs in his past five starts -- five on solo homers -- for a 1.41 ERA, has a four-game winning streak and has won six of his past eight decisions to improve to 7-8 with a 3.74 ERA overall.

Almost as in they both are the only 2 pitchers to even carry a no-no or a perfect game into the 7th inning, nevermind the 8th. Go back to crying about last nights beat and a half at the hand of the 25 players / 25 cabs

[Kingdom]

The kingdom is alive.

[redsrbetter]

Man, these A's pitchers are on a tear of late. Nice to see these guy pitch well after the big three was split up. They still have a case to build for a great pitching staff. So, who is going to throw a no-no this season?