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Originally Posted by cheech411
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Phillies Aaron Nola - photo this page/section 25725.
Aaron Nola made it to the wrong side of the history books in his major leagues debut 7/21/2015 when he lost 1-0 to the opposing pitcher's (Tampa Bay's Nathan Karns) home run.It was Karns' first major leagues hit. Otherwise, Nola looked pretty strong over six innings.
The last time an American League pitcher homered to win a game 1-0 was 53 years ago. On April 18, 1962 Baltimore pitcher Milt Pappas (eventually a 200+ games winner) homered to win a 1-0 game over the NY Yankees (victim: Bill Stafford).
It was also the first time in Philadelphia Phillies franchise history (133 years) that one of their pitchers lost a game 1-0 on an opposing pitcher's home run.
It was also the first-ever Interleague play game decided in such a fashion and it was just the second home run by a Rays pitcher in their 18-year-history.
The only other one was by Esteban Yan 6/4/00 off righty Bobby J. Jones in a 15-5 shellacking of the NY Mets..