The Cleveland Indians’ Corey Kluber took a no-hitter into the seventh inning on Wednesday and retired the inning’s first two batters before losing his bid on a Jhonny Peralta single. More impressively, Kluber struck out 18 batters and didn’t even take the mound for the ninth.
Kluber’s effort is the fourth longest no-no bid of the 2015 season, which is awaiting its first no-hitter.
Cody Allen retired the Cardinals 1-2-3 in the top of the ninth to secure the 2-0 win for the Indians.
Also on Wednesday, the Cincinnati Reds’ Raisel Iglesias took a no-hitter in the sixth inning against the Atlanta Braves before pinch-hitter Eric Young Jr. broke it up with a single.
And in Anaheim, the Colorado Rockies’ Jordan Lyles (1 inning) and Christian Bergman (3⅓ innings) took a no-hitter into the fifth before Bergman yielded a double to Erick Aybar, who was immediately thrown out at third. Lyles left the game after the first inning when Albert Pujols lined a ball into Lyles’ pitching hand.
Here are the deepest near no-nos of the 2015 season (minimum six innings):
8⅓ |
Trevor Bauer (6 inn) Kyle Crockett (1 inn) Scott Atchinson (1 inn) Nick Hagadome (⅓ inn) |
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| Cleveland Indians (AL team in IL game) |
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| Thursday, April 9, 2015 Spoiler: Jed Lowrie, homer to left-center with one out in the ninth Cleveland Indians 5, Houston Astros 0 Minute Maid Park (Houston) |
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7 |
Chris Young (5 inn) Ryan Madson (2 inn) Kelvin Herrera (0 inn) |
| Kansas City Royals (AL) |
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| Friday, May 1, 2015 Spoiler: Nick Castellanos, single to left with nobody out in the eighth inning Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 1 Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City) |
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7 |
Sonny Gray |
| Oakland Athletics (AL) | |
| Monday, April 6, 2015 (Opening Day) Spoiler: Ryan Rua, single to right with nobody out in the eighth inning Oakland Athletics 8, Texas Rangers 0 O.co Coliseum (Oakland) |
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6⅔ |
Corey Kluber |
| Cleveland Indians (AL team in IL game) | |
| Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Spoiler: Jhonny peralta, two-out single to left in the seventh inning Cleveland Indians 2, St. Louis Cardinals 0 Progressive Field (Cleveland) |
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6⅓ |
Garrett Richards |
| Los Angeles Angels (AL) | |
| Sunday, May 10, 2015 Spoiler: Jason Castro, one-out single to left in the seventh inning Los Angeles Angels 3, Houston Astros 1 Angel Stadium of Anaheim (Anaheim) |
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6 |
Madison Bumgarner |
| San Francisco Giants (NL) | |
| Monday, May 4, 2015 Spoiler: Justin Upton, leadoff single to left in the seventh inning San Francisco Giants 2, San Diego Padres 0 AT&T Park (San Francisco) |
