Dodgers Rookie Throws Near No-Hitter In MLB Debut

SAN FRANCISCO (CBSLA.com) — Talk about an awesome debut.

Dodgers rookie pitcher Ross Stripling threw 7 and 1/3rd innings of no-hit ball Friday night.

When Dodgers manager Dave Roberts came out of the dugout to remove the 26-year-old, even Giants fans booed.

The Dodgers were up 2-0 when the rains started to fall.

Perhaps from fatigue, Stripling started missing the strike zone. After walking outfielder Angel Pagan on a 3-1 count, Stripling was removed in favor of relief pitcher Chris Hatcher.

Had Stripling completed the no-no, he would have been the first rookie in modern times to do so.

Catcher Trevor Brown came up against Hatcher and hit a two-run homer to tie the game.

Stripling looked crushed as Giants fans went wild.

Twenty-one of Stripling's family flew in from Pennsylvania to watch his big-league debut.

The new Dodgers hurler had not pitched above Double-A before Friday evening.

According to the MLB network, the only pitcher in MLB history to pitch a no-hitter in his debut was Bumpus Jones for Cincinnati in 1892 -- the last game of the season.

The possible historic no-hitter was of such import, MLB cut away from their other programming to cover it live.

Stripling, it should be noted, was smiling and laughing with teammates minutes after he was pulled and the Giants home run cost him a victory in his debut.