[stake1]

If Matz gets the 7-inning-no-hitter, does he go into the history book?

[stake1]

I mean its like the attendant at the roller coaster ride. Where sign says "MUST be MINIMUM of 4'0" tall to ride", and the guy lets someone like fredo landers on the ride when he is 2 inches short of the minimum

[KVB]

I do not believe he gets credit for the no hitter in the 7 inning game, but it won't matter now anyway.

[KVB]

Here's the ruling on that...

https://www.mlb.com/news/seven-innin...20to%20extras.

...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Major League Baseball’s official statistician, neither a team nor an individual pitcher will be credited with a no-no in a scheduled seven-inning game of a doubleheader -- unless that game goes to extras. If the contest extends to at least nine innings and that pitcher (or a team’s group of pitchers) has still not allowed a hit, then it goes down in the history books as a no-no...

[KVB]

More on that...

...Elias’ designation follows the tradition of a 1991 ruling by a committee led by then-Commissioner Fay Vincent that stated that in order for a pitcher to be credited with a no-hitter:

“…a pitcher or pitchers had to pitch a complete game of nine innings or more without allowing a hit. Any game of fewer than nine innings in which a pitcher or pitchers do not allow a hit should be considered as a ‘notable achievement.’”

And if you’re wondering if a pitcher can throw a perfect game in a seven-inning game of a doubleheader, even if innings eight and nine begin with an automatic runner on base, the answer is yes. According to Elias, "A perfect game is a game of at least nine innings where no batter reaches base safely. In the case of a runner on second to start the inning he is not a batter to reach safely. Therefore it is a perfect game.”...

[stake1]

Thanks KVB

[pavyracer]

[Otters27]

No hitter is no hitter.

7 innings or 9 shouldn't matter. Not sure about record books though