MIAMI (AP) – Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer has held the Miami Marlins hitless through six innings in a bid for the third no-hitter of his big league career.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner had nine strikeouts and had thrown 85 pitches through six innings, and Washington led 1-0. Scherzer threw no-hitters against the Pirates and Mets in 2015.
Scherzer’s first six outs Wednesday afternoon were swinging strikeouts. The first Marlin to put a ball in play was pitcher Dan Straily, who bounced out to Scherzer.
The Marlins hadn’t come close to a hit. Scherzer walked Christian Yelich in the first and hit Derek Dietrich with a pitch in the second.
The only no-hitter in the majors this year was thrown on the same Marlins Park mound by Miami’s Edinson Volquez against Arizona on June 3.
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