PHILADELPHIA — Pitching like a Game 1 starter, the young right-hander Cristian Javier put on a clinic on a night when Houston needed something good, throwing six no-hit innings at Philadelphia to start the first combined no-hitter in World Series history.
Javier’s outing positioned the Astros for a 5-0, World Series-tying win in a Game 4 classic. Bryan Abreu struck out the side in the seventh inning, Rafael Montero worked a 1-2-3 eighth and then Ryan Pressly lifted the Astros into the history books with a hitless ninth inning.
Only Don Larsen of the Yankees has ever thrown a solo no hitter in the World Series.