The combined no-hitter by Oneonta pitchers David Stokes, Anthony Shawler, and Tyler Stohr Monday night was the first suffered by the Lowell Spinners in their 13-year, 918-game history. It was the first no-hitter thrown against a Lowell minor-league team since 1915 when the Lowell Tigers were no-hit in both games of a doubleheader in Portland, Me.
Oscar Tuero of the Portland Duffs fired a nine-inning no-hitter in the first game of the doubleheader on Aug. 7, 1915, winning 5-0. By mutual agreement so the Tigers could catch a boat back to Boston, the second game would be limited to five innings.
Otto Rettig held the Tigers hitless in the abbreviated game, too, although the Tigers were able to pull out a 1-1 tie.
Oneonta’s no-hitter was the fourth thrown against a Lowell team in a minor-league history that dates back to 1887. The only other no-hitter was tossed by Joe Sline of the Lawrence Colts on June 29, 1909. The Colts beat the Tigers 7-0 at Spalding Park, now Lowell's Stoklosa/Alumni Field.
That game is otherwise notable because it was the professional debut for Lowell pitcher Lefty Tyler, then a 19-year-old kid from Derry, N.H. Tyler would go on to star for the Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs in the major leagues, winning 127 games — including 30 shutouts — from 1910-21. Tyler pitched in two World Series, in 1914 when the Braves beat the Philadelphia A’s, and in 1918 when the Red Sox beat the Cubs. He also ended the New York Giants’ major-league record 26-game winning streak in 1916.
Tyler died in Lowell in 1953.
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