{"id":1217,"date":"2014-04-03T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballontheisland.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/03\/a-swing-and-a-miss-fest\/"},"modified":"2014-04-03T15:50:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T15:50:00","slug":"a-swing-and-a-miss-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2014\/04\/03\/a-swing-and-a-miss-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"A Swing-And-A-Miss Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/baseballontheisland.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/90644-dscf4097.jpg\" data-rel=\"prettyPhoto[image-1217]\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/baseballontheisland.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/90644-dscf4097.jpg\" height=\"213\" width=\"320\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 320px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 320\/213;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Calling it a perfect game would be selling it short. Perhaps it could be called a Swing-and-a-Miss Fest. Carle Place\u2019s junior pitcher Mike Delio tossed the rarest of no-hitters; 21 up, 21 down via strikeout in Tuesday\u2019s 15-0 win over Hempstead.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThis is the first no-hitter at any level that I\u2019ve thrown,\u201d said Delio who was pitching in his first game at the varsity level after two seasons on JV. \u201cObviously nothing like this either,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">To put this is in perspective, no Major League pitcher has ever struck out more than 14 batters in a perfect game. That was done on two occasions; 1965 by Sandy Koufax and 2012 by Matt Cain. Those feats were accomplished against 27 batters, Delio was able to accomplish his 21 batters in two fewer innings.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Delio noted that he enters every game with the thought of throwing a no-hitter in the back of his mind, and while it \u201cusually never happens,\u201d he began to take notice after the second inning when the number crept up to six.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI would never imagine that it would hit 20,\u201d he said. Besides the obvious difficulty of not allowing a batter to make contact, another obstacle was the pitch count.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Head Coach Brian Krummenacker noted that his pitch count was pre-determined to be between 80 and 85 pitches. Fortunately, he was able to work quickly and finish the 21<sup>st<\/sup> strikeout with only 84 pitches, an incredibly efficient number considering the amount of strikes.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">For historical perspective, Johan Santana of the New York Mets tossed a no-hitter in 2012. His pitch count was 134, which made the job of manager Terry Collins very difficult to decide whether to use a relief pitcher. That never became an issue because of his ability to throw strikes.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>Delio has certainly put himself on the local radar with this accomplishment, but he stated that the real work was done in the offseason when his hours in the gym resulted in an increase of velocity of eight MPH. That added velocity helped to keep the Hempstead batters behind on his fastball all game, and he was able to use his curveball to keep them off balance.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">The junior stated that the past couple days have been crazy between all the support he has been shown in the media and by his friends and family.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI was fortunate enough to have my parents witness it,\u201d he said. Although he may never experience results of this magnitude, Delio will certainly garner attention throughout the season with his ability on the mound.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling it a perfect game would be selling it short. Perhaps it could be called a Swing-and-a-Miss Fest. Carle Place\u2019s junior pitcher Mike Delio tossed the rarest of no-hitters; 21 up, 21 down via strikeout in Tuesday\u2019s 15-0 win over Hempstead. \u00a0\u201cThis is the first no-hitter at any level that I\u2019ve thrown,\u201d said Delio who was pitching in his first game at the varsity level after two seasons on JV. \u201cObviously nothing like this either,\u201d he added. To put this is in perspective, no Major League pitcher has ever struck out more than 14 batters in a perfect game. That was done on two occasions; 1965 by Sandy Koufax and 2012 by Matt Cain. Those feats were accomplished against 27 batters, Delio was able to accomplish his 21 batters in two fewer innings. Delio noted that he enters every game with the thought of throwing a no-hitter in the back of his mind, and while it \u201cusually never happens,\u201d he began to take notice after the second inning when the number crept up to six. \u201cI would never imagine that it would hit 20,\u201d he said. Besides the obvious difficulty of not allowing a batter to make contact, another obstacle was the pitch count. Head Coach Brian Krummenacker noted that his pitch count was pre-determined to be between 80 and 85 pitches. Fortunately, he was able to work quickly and finish the 21st strikeout with only 84 pitches, an incredibly efficient number considering the amount of strikes. For historical perspective, Johan Santana of the New York Mets tossed a no-hitter in 2012. His pitch count was 134, which made the job of manager Terry Collins very difficult to decide whether to use a relief pitcher. That never became an issue because of his ability to throw strikes. \u00a0Delio has certainly put himself on the local radar with this accomplishment, but he stated that the real work was done in the offseason when his hours in the gym resulted in an increase of velocity of eight MPH. That added velocity helped to keep the Hempstead batters behind on his fastball all game, and he was able to use his curveball to keep them off balance. The junior stated that the past couple days have been crazy between all the support he has been shown in the media and by his friends and family. \u201cI was fortunate enough to have my parents witness it,\u201d he said. Although he may never experience results of this magnitude, Delio will certainly garner attention throughout the season with his ability on the mound. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[460],"class_list":{"0":"post-1217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-archive","7":"tag-archive"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Swing-And-A-Miss Fest - Axcess Baseball<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2014\/04\/03\/a-swing-and-a-miss-fest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Swing-And-A-Miss Fest - Axcess Baseball\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Calling it a perfect game would be selling it short. Perhaps it could be called a Swing-and-a-Miss Fest. Carle Place\u2019s junior pitcher Mike Delio tossed the rarest of no-hitters; 21 up, 21 down via strikeout in Tuesday\u2019s 15-0 win over Hempstead. \u00a0\u201cThis is the first no-hitter at any level that I\u2019ve thrown,\u201d said Delio who was pitching in his first game at the varsity level after two seasons on JV. \u201cObviously nothing like this either,\u201d he added. To put this is in perspective, no Major League pitcher has ever struck out more than 14 batters in a perfect game. That was done on two occasions; 1965 by Sandy Koufax and 2012 by Matt Cain. Those feats were accomplished against 27 batters, Delio was able to accomplish his 21 batters in two fewer innings. Delio noted that he enters every game with the thought of throwing a no-hitter in the back of his mind, and while it \u201cusually never happens,\u201d he began to take notice after the second inning when the number crept up to six. \u201cI would never imagine that it would hit 20,\u201d he said. Besides the obvious difficulty of not allowing a batter to make contact, another obstacle was the pitch count. Head Coach Brian Krummenacker noted that his pitch count was pre-determined to be between 80 and 85 pitches. Fortunately, he was able to work quickly and finish the 21st strikeout with only 84 pitches, an incredibly efficient number considering the amount of strikes. For historical perspective, Johan Santana of the New York Mets tossed a no-hitter in 2012. His pitch count was 134, which made the job of manager Terry Collins very difficult to decide whether to use a relief pitcher. 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