Jackson's No-Hitter, 4th of 2010. Ties History.

Baseball is a game that loves and lives by its stats. So when it comes to receiving the prestige of throwing a no-hitter, and the majesty of throwing a perfect game. You forever become a part of baseball history.

Entering Friday night, the 2010 Major League Baseball season had already scene three pitchers forever etch their names into the pantheon of greatness. On April 17th Ubaldo Jimenez of the Colorado Rockies threw a no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves, May 9th Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics got himself a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays, and on May 20th Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies threw a perfect game against the Florida Marlins. All three pitchers showing true dominance.

Coming into his Friday road start against the Tampa Bay Rays, 26 year old Arizona Diamondbacks right handed pitcher Edwin Jackson simply looked to get his team the win. Sporting a record of (4 - 6) with a (5.05) ERA coming into the game, Edwin Jackson completed his start throwing the 267th no-hitter in Major League Baseball history. Getting his Arizona Diamondbacks team a (1 - 0) win, and himself into the MLB record books with the Diamondbacks 2nd ever no-hitter. (The previous being pitched by Randy Johnson back in his 2004 perfect game).

It was not pretty, but Jackson managed to get through after throwing 149 pitches (a MLB record for a no-hitter) and a whopping 8 walks (tying a MLB mark with Dock Ellis and Nolan Ryan for 2nd all-time in a no-hitter). Jackson once a Tampa Bay Ray was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks, and like a diamondback does in the wild, he bit back.

But in a weird twist of fate, the Tampa Bay Rays have to had a strange misfortune, getting the short end the stick with all these good pitching performances. Making it the third time the Tampa Bay Rays have been blank in the last two seasons, and the first in the Rays home ballpark of Tropicana Field. Get this, in the 13 years the Rays have existed, they have been no-hit 4 times.

The first came on April 27 , 2002 when ex-Red Sox Derek Lowe no-hit the Rays ,then called the the Devil Rays, at Fenway park. Fast forward to July 23, 2009 when Mark Buehrle threw his perfect game against the renamed Rays. Remember center field defensive replacement Dewayne Wise making the heralded play only known as “the catch.” And then Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden throwing a perfect game against the Rays on Mother’s Day, May 9 ,2010.

But on June 25 it was Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Edwin Jackson’s night to shine. He helped write a stat that ties the major league record with a combined total of (4) no-hitters being pitched before the All-Star break between both the American and National League. Only in one other year has Major League Baseball scene a season start like this before the All-Star break, and that was 1990.

For sure baseball is making a case that this is the year of the pitcher. And Edwin Jackson, the 267th no-hitter in baseball history, showed us why.