Box Score of Kent Mercker No Hitter

On April 8, 1994, Kent Mercker became the second Atlanta Brave pitcher to throw a complete no-hit game and the first to hurl a gem on the road.

"To me, the changeup is the best pitch in baseball. The changeup is equally effective for guys that don't throw hard, because it's a pitch that's thrown off your fastball." - Kent Mercker
Kent Mercker

Kent Mercker

No Hitter Box Score
April 8, 1994
Dodger Stadium

Atlanta Braves
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Deion Sanders cf 4 0 1 0
Jeff Blauser ss 4 0 0 0
Ryan Klesko lf 3 0 0 0
Dave Gallagher lf 0 0 0 0
Fred McGriff 1b 3 2 1 1
David Justice rf 3 2 1 1
Terry Pendleton 3b 4 2 3 3
Javier Lopez c 3 0 0 1
Mark Lemke 2b 3 0 0 0
Kent Mercker p 4 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 6 6

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Los Angeles Dodgers
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Delino DeShields 2b 3 0 0 0
Brett Butler cf 2 0 0 0
Mike Piazza c 4 0 0 0
Eric Karros 1b 3 0 0 0
Tim Wallach 3b 3 0 0 0
Raul Mondesi rf 3 0 0 0
Billy Ashley lf 3 0 0 0
Jose Offerman ss 3 0 0 0
Pedro Astacio p
Pedro Astacio p 2 0 0 0
Gary Wayne p 0 0 0 0
Mitch Webster ph 1 0 0 0
Chan Ho Park p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 0 0

Hitting & Fielding Notes

Double: Pendleton.
Double Play: Los Angeles 1.
Home Runs: McGriff, Justice, Pendleton.
Left On Base: Atlanta 3, Los Angeles 4.
Stolen Base: DeShields.
Sacrific Fly: Lopez.
Triple: Pendleton.

Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 6 0
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Atlanta Braves
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Kent Mercker 9.0 0 0 0 4 10

 
Los Angeles Dodgers
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Pedro Astacio 7.2 5 4 4 2 11
Gary Wayne 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Chan Ho Park 1.0 1 2 2 2 2

Pitching Notes

Losing Pitcher: Astacio.
Winning Pitcher: Mercker.

Game Notes

Attendance: 36,546.
Length of Game: 2:28.
Umpires: HP: Ed Rapuano, 1B: Frank Pulli, 2B: Joe West, 3B: Greg Bonin.



This game was the first time Kent Mercker had ever pitched passed the seventh inning during his career!

Did you know Kent Mercker became the second pitcher to ever pitch in a combined no-hitter and a nine inning no-hitter?

During the ninth inning Chan Ho Park entered the game, bowed to the umpire, and became the first Korean born Major League baseball player!