For the 36th time in Brewers franchise history, Milwaukee pitching took a no-hitter into the seventh inning Friday, when Tyler Alexander and Abner Uribe conspired to keep the struggling Reds quiet. Kenosha native Gavin Lux broke the spell with a two-out single.
Two of those 36 games ended in actual no-hitters, though what the Brewers did Sept. 10, 2023, might have been more impressive, though. The Brewers threw 10⅓ no-hit innings at Yankee Stadium in New York, but couldn't score any runs before extras and ultimately fell in 13 innings, 4-3. Four times in Major League Baseball history, a team has sealed off a no-hitter in 10 innings. No team has ever had 11.
Twice, Milwaukee has completed the no-hitter. On Sept. 11, 2021, Corbin Burnes threw eight innings and Josh Hader the ninth for a no-hitter against Cleveland that snapped a 34-year drought for franchise no-nos. Outside of the Burnes/Hader game (and the lone solo no-hitter in franchise history, thrown by Juan Nieves on April 15, 1987), here are the list of the close calls.
Broken up in the 10th (one out)
Corbin Burnes, Devin Williams, Abner Uribe, Joel Payamps at New York Yankees, Sept. 10, 2023. Oswaldo Cabrera's one-out double in the 11th against Joel Payamps broke the spell and also tied the game at 1-1, just the start of the heartbreak for the Brewers, who took a two-run lead in the 12th only to see that erased on a Giancarlo Stanton home run in the bottom half. New York then plated the winning run in the 14th.
Corbin Burnes worked eight no-hit innings for the second time in his career, and relievers Devin Williams and Abner Uribe took the next two frames. Outfielder Sal Frelick made one of the greatest catches in franchise history, albeit one that would've been even more immortalized if the Brewers had finished off the no-hitter.
Broken up in the ninth (one out)
Odell Jones, May 28, 1988 at Cleveland. Jones got the first out of the ninth on a Dave Clark strikeout, but Ron Washington singled on a 1-1 pitch to keep the Brewers from delivering no-hitters in ...
