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 | Thompson Outstanding, No-Hits Lumber Kings Friday, June 24th, 2011: The Lakeside City Generals relied on no-hit stuff from Brian Thompson to defeat the Milton-Freewater Lumber Kings 10-0 at Miller Park. "It's quite a thrill," a candid Thompson told the media afterward, "This is a top-notch league. A no-hitter against any team in the league is something special. I can't believe I did it." To get his name logged in the MLBA records, he stopped Milton-Freewater cold, with no hits, surrendering 4 walks and fanning 7 batters, facing only 33 batters. Thompson said in a postgame interview, "Games like this are something special. They don't come around very often, if ever. I knew from the fifth inning that I had a no-hitter working. I just tried to get it out of my mind, but you just can't. They have too many scoreboards in the park. They are everywhere you look." In a jovial mood, his manager kiddingly told the reporters, "He definitely made it easy for me today. I didn't have any great decisions to make like I usually have to do. Didn't even have to come up with a pinch hitter. I love it when my pitchers pitch a no-hitter." This season Thompson has worked 85 innings with 95 strikeouts en route to a 3-7 record and a 4.55 ERA. |   |
