For a long portion of this game, it seemed like the story was going to be whether the Yankees were going to pull off a rather ignominious historical feat. Through six innings, they were being no-hit by the Astros’ José Urquidy, just a day after three Houston pitchers had thrown a combined no-no.
In one other instance, a team had been no-hit on consecutive days, although the second of that sequence was the second game of a doubleheader, meaning there was a game in between. However, there are no prior instances of a team getting no-hit in back-to-back games.