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Yahoo
01-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Wacha flirts with no-hitter in duel with Skubal
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Michael Wacha said he had plenty left if needed. Wacha had the fourth-longest no-hit bid of his career Saturday before yielding a one-out hit to Colt Keith in the seventh inning of the Kansas City Royals' 1-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Wacha did not factor in the decision, but he had his best outing of his two seasons with the Royals. Advertisement 'It's the best change-up he's had all year,' manager Matt Quatraro said. 'He used his curveball more effectively. It's hard to pick anything apart. There was so much soft contact.' When asked if he would have given Wacha a chance to complete the game if the no-hitter was intact, Quatraro said, 'I was hoping he would do it. He had six days off between his last outing and this one. He's got some extra rest before the next one, if everything stays the way it is. So I was hoping we'd get to go for it.' Before Keith's hit, Wacha allowed only one baserunner on a fourth-inning walk to Gleyber Torres. He did not allow a runner to reach second base in seven innings. 'Obviously, I knew what was going on,' Wacha said of his no-hit bid. 'I was just continuing to try to keep taking it to another level and keep making my pitches, and keep executing like I had been pretty much all day. I was just try to push it to the back of my mind and keep making quality pitches.' Advertisement Quatraro said he allowed himself to enjoy the effort of both pitchers, in spite of the scoreless game. 'You can appreciate the game, right?' he said. 'I mean, you've got two really good pitchers out there, two good teams, and that's a fun game. Sure, I would have rather been up 7-0 and not had to worry about it, but I did appreciate what was going on.' Vinnie Pasquantino's eighth-inning single drove in Nick Loftin from second for the game's only run, as Wacha and Detroit's Tarik Skubal both spun gems. Loftin one-hopped the wall with what he originally thought was a homer. 'I just probably one of my better balls that I've hit here,' said Loftin, who had two of Kansas City's four hits. 'Quite frankly, I didn't realize how big that ballpark was.' Advertisement Wacha has never thrown a no-hitter in his professional career, but he was ready to give it a try if he still had a chance. 'Absolutely," he said. "I would not want to leave a game like that for sure. But unfortunately, I gave up a hit. That made it a little easier for Q.' ___ AP MLB: David Smale, The Associated Press
Associated Press
31-05-2025
- General
- Associated Press
Wacha flirts with no-hitter in duel with Skubal
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Michael Wacha said he had plenty left if needed. Wacha had the fourth-longest no-hit bid of his career Saturday before yielding a one-out hit to Colt Keith in the seventh inning of the Kansas City Royals' 1-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Wacha did not factor in the decision, but he had his best outing of his two seasons with the Royals. 'It's the best change-up he's had all year,' manager Matt Quatraro said. 'He used his curveball more effectively. It's hard to pick anything apart. There was so much soft contact.' When asked if he would have given Wacha a chance to complete the game if the no-hitter was intact, Quatraro said, 'I was hoping he would do it. He had six days off between his last outing and this one. He's got some extra rest before the next one, if everything stays the way it is. So I was hoping we'd get to go for it.' Before Keith's hit, Wacha allowed only one baserunner on a fourth-inning walk to Gleyber Torres. He did not allow a runner to reach second base in seven innings. 'Obviously, I knew what was going on,' Wacha said of his no-hit bid. 'I was just continuing to try to keep taking it to another level and keep making my pitches, and keep executing like I had been pretty much all day. I was just try to push it to the back of my mind and keep making quality pitches.' Quatraro said he allowed himself to enjoy the effort of both pitchers, in spite of the scoreless game. 'You can appreciate the game, right?' he said. 'I mean, you've got two really good pitchers out there, two good teams, and that's a fun game. Sure, I would have rather been up 7-0 and not had to worry about it, but I did appreciate what was going on.' Vinnie Pasquantino's eighth-inning single drove in Nick Loftin from second for the game's only run, as Wacha and Detroit's Tarik Skubal both spun gems. Loftin one-hopped the wall with what he originally thought was a homer. 'I just probably one of my better balls that I've hit here,' said Loftin, who had two of Kansas City's four hits. 'Quite frankly, I didn't realize how big that ballpark was.' Wacha has never thrown a no-hitter in his professional career, but he was ready to give it a try if he still had a chance. 'Absolutely,' he said. 'I would not want to leave a game like that for sure. But unfortunately, I gave up a hit. That made it a little easier for Q.' ___ AP MLB:
Washington Post
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto has no-hit bid broken up in 7th against the Diamondbacks
LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers had his no-hit bid broken up by Arizona's Ketel Marte in the seventh inning Tuesday night. Marte singled to right on a 3-1 pitch leading off the seventh. Marte walked in the fourth for Yamamoto's only baserunner through six innings. Yamamoto walked Gabriel Moreno with two outs to put runners on the corners.
Washington Post
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Kris Bubic loses no-hit bid for Royals on official scoring change but enjoys fantastic homecoming
SAN FRANCISCO — Kris Bubic's no-hit bid for the Kansas City Royals ended with an official scoring change Monday night. The left-hander hardly let that bother him. Bubic made a run at an historic homecoming before settling for seven shutout innings of two-hit ball in a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Associated Press
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Kris Bubic loses no-hit bid for Royals on official scoring change but enjoys fantastic homecoming
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kris Bubic's no-hit bid for the Kansas City Royals ended with an official scoring change Monday night. The left-hander hardly let that bother him. Bubic made a run at an historic homecoming before settling for seven shutout innings of two-hit ball in a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants. 'I knew it was happening, but I wasn't nervous about it,' Bubic said. 'I wasn't really thinking about it. In my head I was just thinking, hey, keep attacking guys. Keep getting ahead of guys.' Bubic initially got through six innings without allowing a hit — only to have an error charged to Royals second baseman Michael Massey changed to a single before the start of the seventh. With two outs in the sixth, Wilmer Flores hit a grounder toward second base. Massey moved to his left and was in position to make the play but slipped to the ground at the edge of the grass as the ball rolled past him into the outfield. The play was initially ruled an error by official scorer Michael Duca, and Bubic then struck out Jung Hoo Lee to end the inning. But moments later, after reviewing video, Duca changed his call to a base hit for Flores. Casey Schmitt's clean double down the left-field line with one out in the seventh was the only other hit off Bubic (5-2). He struck out five, walked three and lowered his ERA to 1.47. That's the second-lowest mark for a Royals pitcher through his first 10 starts of a season. Zack Greinke was at 0.84 in 2009, when he won the AL Cy Young Award. Vinnie Pasquantino, who hit a two-run homer off reliever Tyler Rogers (2-2) to break a scoreless tie in the eighth, raved about Bubic. 'Hitters getting to first base, talking about how frustrating it is facing him,' Pasquantino said. 'That's what you're looking for. He was ridiculous again tonight.' In his past four starts, Bubic has permitted one run over 25 1/3 innings. This outing came in the ballpark where Bubic grew up rooting for the Giants. He went to Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose and then to college at Stanford. 'I've probably sat in every area in this ballpark,' he said. The 27-year-old Bubic estimated he had 30-40 family members and friends in attendance. 'You always want to do well in front of them. It makes life a little easier for everybody,' Bubic joked. He referenced the fact that he had made two previous starts at Oracle Park, including when he pitched six scoreless innings in a 3-1 loss on April 9, 2023. Bubic said that experience kept away the jitters Monday. 'I treated this like any other game,' he explained. 'It's cool to be able to pitch in front of friends and family and I'm glad they got to see a win.' Bubic underwent Tommy John surgery in 2023 and was strictly a reliever in 27 appearances last season. He made one start with a longer no-hit bid: On Aug. 21, 2021, Bubic threw six hitless innings against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. After a weather delay, he allowed a walk and then a home run to Patrick Wisdom. Bubic gave up just that one hit over 6 1/3 innings in the Royals' 4-2 win. ___ AP MLB:
