Rockies SP Ubaldo Jimenez has thrown a no-hitter against the Braves! He gave up zero hits in a 4-0 win, despite giving up six walks along the way. This is the first no-hitter in Colorado Rockies history!

The ninth inning was no cake-walk for Ubaldo, as he got the red-hot Martin Prado to pop out to second base, Chipper Jones to fly to left, and finally Brian McCann to ground out to second. Jimenez was immediately mobbed by his teammates!

As I said, Jimenez did walk six men, but a no-hitter is still a no-hitter. As a result, it took him 128 pitches to get the 27 outs. It should be noted though, he didn’t have any walks after the fifth inning.

Jimenez struck out seven Braves along the way, with one double play. Catcher Miguel Olivo also picked off a man at second base in the third inning.

Ubaldo is now 3-0 with a 1.29 ERA on the 2010 season and he certainly proving himself to be an ace of the staff and a top-tier pitcher in the majors.

Oh yeah, incase anyone is wondering how the Rockies scored, they actually got an RBI single from Jimenez, along with a few ribbies from Carlos Gonzalez and a sac fly from Troy Tulowitzki. This makes me wonder how many pitchers who picked up a no-hitter also nabbed an RBI along the way. What an awesome day!

Congratulations Ubaldo!!!!

-Chris