The San Francisco Giants must have some incriminating photos of the baseball gods. No team has been more fortunate over the past few years than San Francisco.
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It's not just the three World Series titles in the past six seasons, either. The club seems to have a knack for throwing no-hitters lately.*
Giants are the first team to pitch a no-hitter in four straight seasons since the 1962-65 Dodgers (Koufax, Koufax, Koufax, Koufax)
— James Smyth (@JamesSmyth621) June 10, 2015
The Dodgers needed just one man to accomplish the feat. The Giants have needed three.*
Chris Heston became the latest member of the organization to throw a no-no Tuesday. Tim Lincecum accomplished the feat in both 2014 and 2013, and Matt Cain did it back in 2012.*
If you want to extend that fact a little further, you don't have to go far.*
Giants pitchers have thrown five no-hitters since the start of 2009. Sweet sassy malassy.
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) June 10, 2015
Did you forget about Jonathan Sanchez's no-hitter back in 2009? He pitched one heck of a game.
In fact, it might be fun to look at each pitcher's stat line from each of their no-hitters.
Year Player IP H BB K HBP GS
2009 Jonathan Sanchez 9 0 0 11 0 98
2012 Matt Cain 9 0 0 14 0 101
2013 Tim Lincecum 9 0 4 13 1 96
2014 Tim Lincecum 9 0 1 6 0 92
2015 Chris Heston 9 0 0 11 3 98
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The "GS" column refers to game score, a metric developed by Bill James that evaluates pitchers' starts. According to the stat, Cain's no-no in 2012 was the best of the bunch. That's not a surprise, considering he struck out 14 hitters without giving up a walk.*
Heston's is tied for second with Sanchez. Amazingly, Sanchez did not issue a walk during his no-hitter. Sanchez walked exactly five hitters per every nine innings he pitched over his career.*
Lincecum may have the two lowest game scores of the group, but he's the only player to appear on this list twice. That's a pretty significant accomplishment, so we're sure he's not too upset about his game score.*

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If recent history is any indication, the Giants won't receive any odd year magic in the playoffs this season. Still, Tuesday's no-no confirms that the baseball gods still favor San Francisco. Well, that and the fact that they hate the Mets.*
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