Combined no-hitters in the regular season generally feel underwhelming, the impressiveness of the feat diminished by the lack of a singular hero. A spring training combined no-hitter? That surely would rank near the bottom of the list of notable baseball achievements.
The Yankees had such an uninspired achievement within their grasp, flirting with exhibition immortality by carrying a combined no-hitter into the eighth. Alas, just as the finish line had come into view, old friend Ronald Torreyes managed a single to at last put a tally in the hit column. The Bombers couldn’t halt things there, and ultimately fell 4-1 to the Phillies thanks to a ninth-inning implosion.