The backup backstop juggled the preferences and personalities of four pitchers to help Houston hurl just the second no-hitter in World Series history.
PHILADELPHIA — While the rest of the baseball world was arguing about the relative merits of a combined no-hitter, the man who combined with no one to catch it was signing a baseball bound for the Hall of Fame.
Christian Vázquez, does a combined no-hitter count as a no-hitter?
He grinned. “It’s a no-hitter,” he said.
Some day, perhaps, fans will recall this 5–0 Astros victory in a slog of a World Series Game 4 only because it evened the series at two games apiece.