In the second game of a doubleheader sweep, Giant hurler Ed Halicki no-hits the Mets, 6 – 0. The 6’7″ righthander strikes out 10 Mets to improve his record to 8-10. Craig Swan takes the loss. Controversy arises when Rusty Staub hits a ball off Halicki’s leg, which caroms to the 2B Derrel Thomas, who picks it up then drops it. Official scorer Joe Sargis rules it an E-4. New York columnist Dick Young, watching the game on TV, writes that it should be a hit and accuses Sargis of subscribing to the theory that the first hit off a starter should be a “good one.” The no-hitter stands but UPI’s Sargis loses his job as a sometime scorer.

On August 24, 1975 — In the second game of a doubleheader sweep, Giant hurler Ed Halicki no-hits the Mets, 6 – 0. The 6’7″ righthander strikes out 10 Mets to improve his record to 8-10. Craig Swan takes the loss. Controversy arises when Rusty Staub hits a ball off Halicki’s leg, which caroms to the 2B Derrel Thomas, who picks it up then drops it. Official scorer Joe Sargis rules it an E-4. New York columnist Dick Young, watching the game on TV, writes that it should be a hit and accuses Sargis of subscribing to the theory that the first hit off a starter should be a “good one.” The no-hitter stands but UPI’s Sargis loses his job as a sometime scorer.

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