Houston Astros pitcher Cristian Javier and two relievers combined for the first no hits against the New York Yankees in 19 years, closing out the best baseball team for a 3-0 victory at Yankee Stadium on Saturday.
Javier (5-3), a 25-year-old right-back without a full game in 84 professional starts, set career highs with 13 strikeouts in 115 pitches in seven innings before being retired by coach Dusty Baker after the seventh. entrance.
“I feel very happy, very proud right now for this moment God has given me,” Javier said via interpreter.
Ryan Pressly, who finished the gem with a ninth 1-2-3, said, “Doing it in New York is the best feeling in the world.”
In a team clash with the top two American League records, New York did not come close to success in front of a silenced crowd of 45,076. The top Yankees in the major leagues lost consecutive games for the first time from May 28-29 against Tampa Bay, getting their only runners-up with three walks and one error.
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Hector Neris relieved Javier in the eighth inning, but not without drama. Neris allowed two passes before leaving the entrance with a ball flying at Joey Gallo’s warning court and a hard run by Aaron Judge for the choice of a pitcher.
“I said,‘ I have to get it for my team, I have to get it for Javy, ’’ said Neris, who had never shot before without hits.
Pressly, who conceded a three-run homer tied against Aaron Hicks in a 7-6 loss Thursday night, withdrew three straight batters in the ninth for his 15th save on 18 occasions. After Giancarlo Stanton played a final game of the game, the Astros entered the field and gathered near the mound for a brief celebration.
Only two no-hits have been thrown against the Yankees since Hoyt Wilhelm of Baltimore did so in 1958. Both have come from the hand of the Astros, who combined six pitchers to do so at Yankee Stadium on June 11. of 2003.
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Houston scored with solo homers from debutant JJ Matijevic in seventh and Jose Altuve in eighth. Yuli Gurriel added a single RBI in the ninth.
New York was unsuccessful only for the eighth time, and only for the sixth time at home. Two have been from the Astros, with both efforts combined.
Houston was the last team to do so, across the street from the former Yankee Stadium in 2003. Roy Oswalt twisted his right groin after the second throw of the second inning, and Pete Munro (2⅔ innings), Kirk Saarloos (1⅓), Brad. Lidge (two), Octavio Dotel (one) and Billy Wagner (one) followed with an 8-0 victory.
The Astros now have 14 no-hits in their history, most in the majors since Houston began playing in 1962. Three have been combined efforts, also a record.
Javier threw 71 of 115 shots for the hits. His previous high was 107 pitches against Seattle on April 27 last year.
He walked Josh Donaldson with a fast-paced full-ball with two outs in the first, then retired 17 in a row until Donaldson arrived when third baseman Alex Bregman threw first for an error in a one-out round in the seventh. Stanton made a third strike and Gleyber Torres made a swinging.
Javier, who dropped his effectiveness to 2.73, was a starter because Jake Odorizzi is injured. Javier started 12 of his first 18 batters with one hit, but started his last five with a ball. His 50.9% percentage of first attacks was the 155th among 157 pitchers who have faced 150 or more appearances on the plate this season.
Matijevic, a 26-year-old taken by Houston in the second round of the 2017 amateur draft, made his debut on April 22nd. He has 2 of 14, and both hits are solo homers: he went deep against Michael Kopech of the Chicago White. Sox on June 19th.
Yankees starter Gerrit Cole didn’t allow a hit until Jake Meyers put a slider on right field with two outs in the fifth. In his earlier start, Cole kept Tampa Bay without hits until Isaac Paredes’ single started the eighth on June 20th. The 31-year-old right-hander made a perfect game in the seventh against Detroit on June 3 before Jonathan Schoop’s double. single.
There have been three no hits so far this season, with five New York Mets pitchers teaming up against Philadelphia on April 29 and Los Angeles Angels ’Reid Detmers achieving the feat against the Rays on April 10. of May.
Houston’s latest hit hit was released by Justin Verlander on September 1, 2019 in Toronto.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.