It’s easy to forget about Shaun Marcum, as he missed the entire 2009 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. On opening day, he once again made you pay attention.
Marcum carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning at Texas before giving up a single to Vladimir Guerrero with one out. If you were simply looking at the box score, you might not be all that impressed by Marcum allowing three runs on two hits and one walk, striking out six over seven innings. Yeah, it’s impressive, but the fact of the matter is the bottom fell out all in one shot.
The walk, by Josh Hamilton, came right before Guerrero’s single. The runs came right after Guerrero’s hit, courtesy of a three-run bomb from Nelson Cruz.
You take out that three-batter stretch and won ...
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