Brad Keller had a no-hitter through six innings!
Then, suddenly, he didn’t. And things unraveled. Quickly.
After matching zeroes for six innings, the Cardinals exploded with a five-run seventh inning, burying the Royals for an eventual 6-0 win.
The hapless, pathetic, terrible, awful Royals did not score once in the series. They haven’t beaten the Cardinals at home in more than three calendar years.
Keller didn’t allow any hits in his first six innings, but he was sitting at 96 pitches through 18 outs, so a complete game no-hitter wasn’t very likely. Still, he didn’t leave it up to Ned Yost or anyone because he completely unraveled in the seventh.