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Things have not gone well for the Miami Marlins this season, but, on Saturday, everything went right for Edinson Volquez.

Volquez tossed baseball's first no-hitter of the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Marlins Park on Saturday afternoon. The Marlins won the game 3-0 (box score). Volquez issued walks to Jake Lamb and Chris Herrmann, though both were erased on double plays, so he faced the minimum 27 batters.

Here is the final out of the game. Volquez struck out Chris Owings:

The no-hitter is baseball's first since Chicago Cubs righty Jake Arrieta no-hit the Cincinnati Reds on April 21 of last season. This is not particularly close to the longest time between no-hitters in baseball history, by the way. As recently as 2006 baseball went two and a half years between no-hitters.

Volquez struck out 10 batters in the no-hit effort, including all three batters in the ninth inning. He also recorded 13 ground ball outs against only four in the air. Volquez needed only 98 pitches to complete the no-hitter. He's the first pitcher since another Marlin, righty Henderson Alvarez, to throw a no-hitter with fewer than 100 pitches.

Interestingly enough, Saturday's game started with Volquez crashing into Reymond Fuentes at first base. Fuentes led off the game by hitting a grounder to first baseman Justin Bour, who flipped the ball to Volquez covering. He collided with Fuentes and was clearly favoring his leg afterward, though obviously it didn't stop him from pitching. 

Immediately after the game, Volquez was asked about the near-disaster at first base by Fox Sports broadcaster Craig Minervini. 

"I thought I broke my ankle," Volquez said as he laughed. "... In the fourth inning I told (the trainer) I don't feel too good right now. I might stop pitching. I had a quick inning and I told him just let me go. I feel better now."

The no-hitter is the sixth in franchise history for the Marlins. The last was thrown by Alvarez on the final day of the 2013 season. Al Leiter, Kevin Brown, A.J. Burnett, and Anibal Sanchez have also thrown no-hitters for the Marlins. According to ESPN, no team has had more no-hitters than the Marlins since they became an MLB franchise. 

The D-Backs had been no-hit only twice in franchise history prior to Saturday, and one was that Anibal Sanchez no-hitter back in 2006. They were also no-hit by Jose Jimenez in 1999.