Tim Lincecum Throws Second Career No-Hitter Against Padres

San Francisco Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum threw his second career no-hitter this time against the San Diego Padres, 4-0 at AT&T Park.

Lincecum joins Josh Beckett and Clayton Kershaw as pitchers who have thrown no hitters in 2014, and became just the second pitcher in major league history to twice no-hit the same team. Addie Joss did it for Cleveland against the Chicago White Sox in 1908 and again in 1910.

Lincecum, 30, no-hit the Padres at Petco Park last July. He threw a career-high 148 pitches in that game. This time around he only needed 113.

He struck out six and allowed just one walk. The walk was Chase Headley in the second inning.

It was the third no-hitter thrown at AT&T Park, all by Giants pitchers, since it opened in 2000. Left-hander Jonathan Sanchez stymied the Padres, 9-0, on July 10, 2009, and Matt Cain pitched a perfect game against Houston in a 10-0 rout on June 13, 2012.