Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was approaching familiar territory Tuesday night. He’d removed Ross Stripling from a no-hitter last season, in what was also Stripling’s MLB debut, and lifted Rich Hill from of a perfect game. Julio Urias was closing in on joining that group.
“Mexican Heritage Night, pitch count was starting to creep up there, and I’ve got to take this young kid out of a no-hitter,” Roberts began. “I think 45,000 fans would’ve really come down for me.”
Urias lost his no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates on an Andrew McCutchen ground-rule double to lead off the seventh inning.