Florida high school pitcher notches fourth straight no-hitter

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I rarely post anything about sports in the forums. But pitching just ONE

no-hitter requires a huge amount of concentration, so this is something very

special.

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Florida high school pitcher notches fourth straight no-hitter

Mon Apr 20, 11:42 PM

By Mitch , The Associated Press

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - A Florida high school pitcher tossed his fourth

consecutive no-hitter Monday.

Schuster, a lanky left-hander, struck out 17 batters to help

High beat rival Pasco High 5-0. " I never thought this would happen, " he said.

" I'm just having so much (fun) right now. "

Schuster's streak began April 3. He's piled up 60 strikeouts in the four games,

helping to a 19-3 record. He's 7-0 on the season.

Schuster, whose fastball tops 90 miles per hour, has signed to play at the

University of Florida next year but hasn't ruled out going straight to

professional baseball.

He said he was trying not to think about the streak, but late in the game he

asked his outfielders to take a few steps in because he didn't want to give up a

bloop hit.

coach Scot Wilcox called the performance " vintage Schuster. "

" I'll tell you what, he's got command of every single pitch, " Wilcox said. " His

curve ball, his slider, his change-up, he was just spotting it nicely. He was

keeping their hitters off balance. "

Schuster said the streak has been harder on his mother, Sharon, than it's been

on him.

" I've got the confidence, and she's over there biting her nails and stuff, " he

said. " I'm having fun with it and she's nervous. She's probably going to make me

cry as soon as I see her. "

The record for consecutive no-hitters in high school baseball is six.