Saturday night, Corbin Burnes of the Milwaukee Brewers threw eight no-hit innings against Cleveland. He had 14 strikeouts and had thrown 115 pitches (78 strikes).
And then Brewers manager Craig Counsell lifted him in the ninth for Josh Hader, who completed the 3-0 no-hitter. It was the ninth no-hitter this year, establishing a new MLB record for one season.
It was also the 16th combined no-hitter in MLB history, and the second in Brewers history. The other one was thrown by Juan Nieves in 1987. Check out Bob Uecker’s call of the last out of that one:
Back to Saturday night’s game: Personally I’d have let Burnes finish, or at least try to.