Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, June 30, 1990 TAG: 9006300366
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A1 EDITION: METRO
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Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dave Stewart of the Oakland A's pitched the fourth and fifth no-hitters of the 1990 season. There were none in 1989.
Valenzuela beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0 and Stewart beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0.
A few hours after Stewart no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 at the SkyDome, Valenzuela duplicated the feat against the Cardinals, 6-0, in Dodger Stadium.
It was the first time in baseball history that no-hitters had been thrown in both leagues on the same day.
Two National no-hitters were thrown on Oct. 15, 1892, by Charles Jones of the Cincinnati Reds against Pittsburgh and John Stivetts of the Boston Braves in five innings against Washington.
On May 2, 1917, James Vaughn of the Chicago Cubs and Fred Toney of the Reds pitched an unprecedented double no-hitter through nine innings. Vaughn gave up his first hit with out in the 10th, eventually losing after giving up two hits in the inning.
Valenzuela and Stewart, coincidentally, were teammates for three years with the Dodgers in the early 1980s.
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