Indians pull pitcher in middle of no hitter

The Cleveland Indians pulled starting pitcher Trevor Bauer after six innings of a no-hitter against the Astros on Thursday.

The Cleveland Indians pulled starting pitcher Trevor Bauer after he threw six no-hit innings against the Astros on Thursday. Bauer started the game for the Indians and threw 111 pitches over six innings, 65 of which were strikes. He had 11 strikeouts and five base on balls, but allowed no hits. The pitch count is obviously what got to him however, and the Indians pulled him after six innings of work.

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But wait, the Indians weren’t done with their no-hitter. Reliever Kyle Crockett entered the game and had a 20 pitch inning where he struck out two and allowed one batter to reach via a walk. Still no hits. Scott Atchison entered the game in the eighth and he also did not allow any hits while throwing 18 pitches, striking out one and allowing one walk. Next out to the mound was Nick Hagadone to complete the combined no-hitter. However, he could not hold on. He retired one batter on strikes, but then gave up a solo home run to shortstop Jed Lowrie to ruin the no-hitter and put the Astros on the board. Hagadone recovered by getting Jonathan Villar to pop out and striking out Hank Conger.

However, the damage was done and the no-hitter was ruined. Meanwhile, the Indians bats provided plenty of cushion by racking up five runs on 11 total hits and the final score was Indians 5, Astros 1.

Bauer gets the win and his ERA on the 2015 MLB season is a cool 0.00 right now. Enjoy that while it’s there. Bauer had a 4.18 ERA last season, but he didn’t start it quite like this, in fact, he started it with a loss after allowing only two runs, but the Indians could only score one. It’s just too bad Bauer wasn’t able to keep his pitch down and complete the no-hitter.

For the Astros side of things, Asher Wojciechowski pitched only four innings where he allowed four runs on eight hits. His pitch count was at 88 when he was pulled. He was replaced by Samuel Deduno who gave up the last run the Indians would score on two hits. Chad Qualls finished it up, allowing one hit, but no runs.

That brought the Astros bats out to try and avoid the no-hitter and avoid it they did as Lowrie came to the plate after Chris Carter struck out looking. Lowrie swung at the first pitch and missed, but he launched the next one into left center and a late-week matinee no-hitter became just a regular game.

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