The Topes offense provided more than enough run support for Capuano and the Topes went on to beat the Chows 5-0. "Everything was working out there tonight," said Capuano after the game. "This is crazy. Who would have thought that I would throw a no-hitter when great pitchers like C.C., Weaver, and the rest of the guys on the staff have never thrown one?" Capuano had high praise for his catcher, A.J. Pierzynski. "This belongs to A.J. just as much as it belongs to me. He hit a homer and called a great game. I just threw what he called and never shook him off all night."
The tension in Springfield started to build around the 7th inning and only continued to build as Capuano kept retiring Chow Chow after Chow Chow. Capuano cruised in the 9th, retiring Dan Uggla, Darwin Barney, and Michael Bourne in order to preserve the no-hitter.
Topes GM Doug Sherlag was effusive in his praise for Capuano. "This is why we brought Chris into Springfield. He has no-hit type stuff every time he takes the bump."
BOXSCORE: 2013 Illinois Chow Chows At 2013 Springfield Isotopes 7/28/2013
Capuano NO HITS Chows - Retired 27 Straight Chows
Chow Chows AB R H RBI AVG Isotopes AB R H RBI AVG
M.Bourn CF 3 0 0 0 .276 S.Choo RF 4 0 0 0 .369
J.Reyes SS 3 0 0 0 .271 A-C.Gomez CF 1 0 0 0 .199
A.Ramirez 3B 3 0 0 0 .261 L.Forsythe 3B 3 1 2 0 .258
C.Ross LF 3 0 0 0 .259 B-D.Wright 3B 0 0 0 0 .298
S.Perez C 3 0 0 0 .246 J.Ruggiano LF 4 0 2 1 .276
J.Upton RF 3 0 0 0 .232 C-C.Gonzalez LF 0 0 0 0 .317
Y.Alonso 1B 3 0 0 0 .222 M.Saunders CF,RF 4 1 1 0 .325
D.Uggla DH 3 0 0 0 .159 A.Dunn DH 3 1 1 1 .223
D.Barney 2B 3 0 0 0 .230 M.Moreland 1B 4 1 1 1 .300
S.Castro SS 3 0 1 0 .314
D-C.Pennington SS 1 0 0 1 .264
G.Beckham 2B 3 0 0 0 .207
A.Pierzynski C 3 1 1 1 .320
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Totals 27 0 0 0 Totals 33 5 9 5
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Choo In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Forsythe In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ruggiano In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Castro In 8th Inning
Chow Chows...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0
Isotopes........ 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 - 5 9 0
Chow Chows (14-37) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
J.Vargas LOSS(3-6) 7 2/3 9 5 5 3 6 3 5.62 A1 D8
J.Axford 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.15 D9
Totals 8 9 5 5 4 6 3
Isotopes (52-27) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
C.Capuano WIN(8-5) 9 0 0 0 1 5 0 4.22 A1
Totals 9 0 0 0 1 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 40,145 DATE- Tuesday, July 28th 2013 TIME- Night
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Chow Chows: 1 Isotopes: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Chow Chows: 0 Isotopes: 0
DOUBLES- L.Forsythe-2(10th), J.Ruggiano-2(15th), M.Saunders(20th)
HOME RUNS- A.Dunn(16th), M.Moreland(9th), A.Pierzynski(19th)
WALKS- M.Bourn, L.Forsythe, A.Dunn, G.Beckham, A.Pierzynski
STRIKE OUTS- S.Perez-2, D.Uggla-2, D.Barney, S.Choo, M.Saunders, M.Moreland-2,
S.Castro-2
2-out RBI- J.Ruggiano
RLISP 2-out- M.Saunders-2, C.Ross, J.Ruggiano, A.Pierzynski, C.Gomez-2
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Cody Ross robbed Shin-Soo Choo of an extra base hit.
