Big-league pitcher Brandon Morrow, who has Type 1 diabetes, nearly threw a no-hitter Sunday for the Toronto Blue Jays.Morrow was one out away from the feat in a Toronto matchup against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays before giving up a single to the Rays’ Evan Longoria. Morrow finished the game by striking out the following batter, for his 17th strikeout of the game, the most by a pitcher this season, according to an MLB.com report. The Jays won 1-0.
Diagnosed with type 1 as a college senior, Morrow, 26, manages the disease by wearing an insulin pump, but not during games, he told the New York Daily News in an interview last month. The key to coping, he said, is a diabetes routine. For instance, when pitching he checks his sugar levels after the first and second innings.
When with the Seattle Mariners, Morrow pitched a no-hitter into the eighth inning in his first career start, in 2008, versus the Yankees, and he allowed just one hit in a 2009 game against the Oakland A’s, according to Sports Illustrated.
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