RBGPF | -0.05% | 62.97 | $ | |
CMSC | 0.12% | 24.65 | $ | |
RYCEF | 0.83% | 7.26 | $ | |
VOD | 0.11% | 9.52 | $ | |
SCS | -0.32% | 12.55 | $ | |
NGG | -1.21% | 65.55 | $ | |
RELX | 1.02% | 47.585 | $ | |
RIO | 1.34% | 65.49 | $ | |
GSK | 0.45% | 37.909 | $ | |
BTI | -0.1% | 34.615 | $ | |
CMSD | 0.16% | 24.86 | $ | |
BP | 0.25% | 31.38 | $ | |
BCC | 0.01% | 136.98 | $ | |
BCE | -0.94% | 32.83 | $ | |
AZN | -0.56% | 75.48 | $ | |
JRI | 1.33% | 13.145 | $ |
Texas homer spoils Valdez's MLB no-hit bid with two out in ninth
Houston's Framber Valdez needed just one more out to pitch his second Major League Baseball no-hitter on Tuesday before Corey Seager smashed a home run for Texas, though the game still ended in the Astros' 4-2 triumph.
Valdez, a 30-year-old left-hander from the Dominican Republic, struck out five Rangers batters and issued three walks before giving up the homer and departing to a standing ovation.
The pitcher, who threw 67 of his season-high 107 pitches for strikes, baffled the Rangers for eight innings, then opening the ninth by walking Robbie Grossman before Ezequiel Duran grounded into a double play.
One out from completing the no-hitter, Valdez walked Josh Smith to bring Seager to the plate, where the short stop smashed the ball into the right-field stands, lifting the Rangers to two runs in the final round.
Astros reliever Josh Hader took the mound, walked Marcus Semien, then induced Josh Jung to hit a fly ball out to right field to end the game, Valdez getting the victory to improve to 11-5 on the season.
Valdez threw his first no-hitter for the Astros on August 1, 2023, against visiting Cleveland, the 16th no-hitter for Houston but the first by a left-hander.
He would have joined Don Wilson, who threw two no-hitters in the 1960s, as the only Astros pitchers with multiple no-hitters.
F.Laguardia--IM