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Ryan Hendrix unknowingly closes out Team USA's no-hitter vs. Cuba

July 2, 2015
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What are your plans for July 4th?

Team USA's are simple: ballin'.

Three SEC pitchers — Missouri's Tanner Houck, Florida's A.J. Puk and Texas A&M's own Ryan Hendrix — combined for a historic no-hitter of Cuba on Wednesday night, giving the Stars and Stripes' Collegiate National Team a 2-0 victory in the first of a five-game series.

As our friends at D1Baseball were quick to point out, this is kind of a big deal. To keep it simple: no one has ever no-hit the Cubans in international play.

"This isn’t just a group of college-aged Cubans; this team features most of the best players Cuba has to offer, a bunch of physically imposing fully grown men in their 20s and 30s," Aaron Fitt wrote. "Facing a group of American underclassmen who are still developing."

After Houck and Puk had both thrown four scoreless innings apiece, Hendrix entered the game with the save and the no-hitter on the line. The best part: he had no clue.



It did. It did.

Hendrix, who later said his parents had driven 15 hours to North Carolina to watch the game, got three ground-ball outs to ice it before realizing he had just completed a no-hitter.

In summary: SEC = USA. You're welcome, America.

Happy July 4th.


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Ryan Hendrix unknowingly closes out Team USA's no-hitter vs. Cuba

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Beau Holder
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Ryan Hendrix unknowingly closes out Team USA's no-hitter vs. Cuba
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That is freaking awesome. Gig'em Ryan.
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Justice Beaver
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Suck it Cuba!
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Keeping up the embargo! No hits allowed from Cuba!
Southlake Ag
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bmc13
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that's awesome
centralaggie13
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That's awesome!
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Outstanding!!!
La Bamba
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As a Cuban American and Aggie I can say Gig em Ryan and Team USA. And good luck to the Cuban national team against everyone but the US. Hope to see Hendrix next year kill it in the SEC.
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