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Throws Second No-Hitter Nearly four years after throwing his first no-hitter, Verlander flirted with perfection on his way to notching a precious second no-hitter in a 9–0 win against Toronto on a Saturday afternoon during the 2011 season. In front of 23,453 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, he used a mid-90s fastball, mixed in with a slider and change-up, to keep Blue Jays’ hitters off balance and off the bases. The only Toronto player to reach base was J. P. Arencibia, who was walked with one out in the eighth inning, erasing Verlander’s bid for a perfect game. Verlander had to throw just 10 pitches in a pressure-filled ninth inning to secure the no-hitter. He got the first two batters out on a pop-up and ground

out, and then struck out Rajai Davis (who would become his teammate in Detroit three years later) swinging to complete the historic afternoon. In major league history only 35 pitchers have thrown two or more no-hitters.

Justin Verlander collected the second no-hitter of his career against the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2011 season.

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