Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Another Night, Another No-Hitter as Corey Kluber Renders Rangers Hitless

Another night, another no-hitter.

Less than 24 hours after Detroit Tigers pitcher Spencer Turnbull no-hit the Seattle Mariners, Corey Kluber threw a no-hitter against theTexas Rangers giving the New York Yankees a 2-0 victory. Last year, Kluber was a member of the Rangers. 

It is the sixth no-hitter of the 2021 season (seven if you count Madison Bumgarner's 7 inning doubleheader gem). It is the second time the Rangers have been no-hit at Globe Life Park. They were no-hit last month by San Diego Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove.

The Rangers, Mariners and Cleveland Indians have been no-hit twice this season. Of the six no-hitters thrown this season, five have been thrown on the road. So as with the Mariners, the Rangers have been no-hit in front of their fans who have loved every minute of it.

This is the first no-hitter thrown by a Yankees pitcher since David Cone's perfect game against the Montreal Expos in 1999. Fittingly, Cone called this no-hitter for the YES Network.

Kluber, 35, won two AL Cy Young Awards with the Cleveland Indians in 2014 and 2017, missed most of the 2019 and 2020 seasons due to injury, has gone 4-2 with a 2.86 ERA in 9 starts with the Yankees this season. So far the Yankees have spent $11 million very wisely.


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