Edgar Ramos Throws The Only 9-Inning No-Hitter in Jackson Generals History
	Jackson Generals 3 Shreveport Captains 0   August 6, 1996

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Ramos No-Hits Caps ©The Jackson Clarion-Ledger SHREVEPORT-- Edgar Ramos became the first Jackson General pitcher to throw a no-hitter Tuesday night, blanking the Shreeveport Captains 3 - 0 in the opener of a five-game Texas League series. Ramos, a 21-year old righthander from Venezuela, walked four and hit two batters in becoming the first jackson pitcher to notch an individual no-hitter wince the Jackson Mets' Juan Rodriguez in 1982. It was the second no-hitter in Generals history. Kevin Gallaher and Jamie Daspit combined on a rain-shortened, seven-inning job against Tulsa in 1994. Rodriguez' no-hitter was also seven inngs. The last nine-inning no-hitter by a Jackson pitcher was the Mets' Rick Anderson in 1979. - Ramos, who struck out seven, had his closest call in the seventh inning when Gary Phillips' one-out line drive was caught by a diving Donovan Mitchell. Ramos, 4 - 3, extended his streak of consecutive [scoreless] innings to 17. In an eight-inning performance Thursday, he blanked Tulsa 1 - 0 on two hits. He retired the first eight Shreveport batters before hitting pitcher Keith Foulke and walking the next batter. He walked one and hit one in the fourth and walked two straight on eight pitches in the sixth. The eighth featured leadoff man Dante Powell reaching on shortstop Russ Johnson's error. From there, Ramos retired the last six batters in a row, closing the deal on Jon Sbrocco's fly ball to left fielder Buck McNabb. It was the first Texas League no-hitter since 1994. Ramos threw 119 pitchers in the 2-1/2 hour masterpiece. "He didn't have his best stuff," said Generals manager Dave Engle. "He had a better curveball his last start." The Generals took the lead in the first on Richard Hidalgo's two-run home run. , his 13th of the season and fist since June 29. In the sixth, Hidalgo scored on catcher Mitch Meluskey's sacrifice fly. Ramos was promoted to the Generals in June from Kissimmee of the Florida State League. He lost his first two decisions, compiling a 13.50 ERA in three starts. He then missed three weeks with a back injury. His return has seen him allow only six earned runs in 35 innings.

Jackson Generals R H RBI Gary Mota, 2B 3 1 0 0 Buck McNabb, LF 4 0 1 0 Richard Hidalgo, CF 3 2 1 2 Russ Johnson, SS 1B 4 0 2 0 Mitch Meluskey, C 2 0 0 1 Tim Forkner, 3B 4 0 0 0 Dennis Colon, 1B 4 0 1 0 Donovan Mitchell, RF 3 0 0 0 Edgar Ramos, P 2 0 1 0       Jackson totals 29 3 7 3		Shreveport Captains R H RBI Dante Powell, CF 3 0 0 0 Brett King, SS 4 0 0 0 Derek Reid, LF 4 0 0 0 Doug Mirabelli, 1B 2 0 0 0 Chris Singleton, RF 3 0 0 0 John Bess, C 3 0 0 0 Jon Sbrocco, 2B 4 0 0 0 Gary Phillips, 3B 3 0 0 0 Keith Foulke, RF 2 0 0 0 Edwin Corps, P 0 0 0 0 Ricky Pickett, P 0 0 0 0 Shreveport totals 28 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Jackson 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 1 Shreveport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0