Noticeably Effective
A 5 2/3-inning start is usually not highly notable, but Greg Bicknell caused a few waves with his Saturday night because of the first 16 batters he retired to carry a no-hitter into his last frame of the evening. With the league ERA above 6.00, that's practically a godsend. Afterward, the soon-to-be 39-year-old got done with a postgame handshake/autograph session with members of the Durham Bulls youth program he runs out of his hometown outside Chico when he couldn't help but laugh when one of his players was curiously affable toward the coach after his solid outing in front of 2,000-plus at Nettleton.
"He was paying more attention to me than usual," Bicknell said. "He had a totally different look in his eyes when he looked at me."