Sports can sometimes seem scripted, as fairy tale narratives unfold before our eyes in ways that we could never have imagined. This was the case for the Los Angeles Angels tonight, in their first home game played since losing starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs two weeks ago.

Before the game began, Skaggs’ mother, Debbi, foreshadowed things to come when she took the mound to threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

Debbie delivered a perfect strike to her son’s best friend Andrew Heaney, which was just the start of a remarkable night. Every Angel took the field against the Seattle Mariners wearing Skaggs’ No. 45 jersey . With Skaggs in their minds and in their hearts, the Angels delivered one of the most perfect games imaginable to honor their fallen teammate.

Offensively, Mike Trout got the night started for the Angles on the first pitch he saw, hitting a ball to the heavens for a monster two-run homer.

Trout put together a stellar night at the plate, with that home run, two doubles and six RBI, leading the Angels to scoring 13 runs. The Angels put together a seven-run first inning and scored in all but three innings, in a night where it seemed like every member of the team got involved.

While the offense was great, the best way to honor Skaggs was to dominant on the same mound where he had so many great moments in his young career. Debbie Skaggs opened the game with a strike and Taylor Cole picked up where she left off by pitching two perfect innings to start the game.

But Cole was just meant to be the opener, as the Angels have often employed that strategy for most of Felix Pena‘s “starts” this year. So after Cole made his way through two innings, he handed the ball over to Pena and the 29-year-old righty did the rest.

Pena needed just 81 pitches to work his way through the last seven innings of the game, as he struck out six batters, walked one and most importantly, did not allow a single hit.

Skaggs spirit was definitely in the building on this night, as it seemed like a higher power was there to guide the Angels through this game. In fact, it was almost as if those Angels in the Outfield movies was playing out in real life, as everything came easy for the Angels in that brilliant performance.

The southpaw was a starting pitcher that was just beginning to establish himself in the game. He was leading the Angels in both wins and strikeouts at the time of his passing. The Angels winning this game 13-0 would have been a great story in of itself. But for them to throw a combined no-hitter under all of these circumstances, it truly is one of those moments in sports that is inexplicable.

In the end, this is why we watch sports. Sports can be a personification of life. There is ups and downs. We often have to overcome more obstacles than we enjoy successes. And in the worst of circumstances, we have to deal with tragedy.

In the end though, sports can produce moments like this no-hitter, that transcend everything else to give us something to cheer about.