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Throws First No-Hitter A twenty-four-year-old Verlander, in the middle of just his second season in the major leagues, tossed a no-hitter against the National League Central Division–leading Milwaukee Brewers on June 12, 2007, in Detroit’s 4–0 win. Marking just the second complete game of his young career, he had 12 strikeouts and issued four walks in becoming the first Detroit pitcher since Jack Morris in 1984 to throw a no-hitter. Verlander’s fastball was humming all night during his 112-pitch assault. He showed no signs of tiring as he hit 101 miles per hour on the radar gun in the ninth inning and struck out the first two hitters before getting J. J. Hardy to fly out to the right fielder Magglio Ordonez, sending Tigers’ fans into celebration mode. Verlander’s gem was the first no-hitter ever

thrown at Comerica Park and the first by a Detroit pitcher at home since Virgil Trucks did it in 1952 at Briggs Stadium, the Tigers’ home at that time.

When he blanked the Milwaukee Brewers in 2007, Justin Verlander became the first Detroit Tigers’ pitcher to hurl a no-hitter since Jack Morris in 1984.

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