SURPRISE, Ariz. -- When Royals right-hander Chris Young reached and exceeded his pitch count of 75 in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Dodgers, manager Ned Yost dutifully came out to the mound to pull him.
Yost told Young that pitching coach Dave Eiland apparently was getting "nervous" that Young already had reached 78 pitches.
Young turned to Yost and deadpanned, "Does Dave know I'm pitching a no-hitter?"
The humor was not lost on Yost. And neither was Young's sterling outing -- 4 1/3 innings, zero hits, one run, three walks and five strikeouts.