(CNN)There person been 9 no-hitters thrown successful the 2021 Major League Baseball play -- breaking its all-time record for a azygous season.
The latest came Saturday, erstwhile the Milwaukee Brewers combined to no-hit the Cleveland Indians astatine Progressive Field successful Cleveland, Ohio.
Brewers' pitcher Corbin Burnes went 8 innings, striking retired 14 batters and walking one. Brewers' person Josh Hader came successful for the ninth inning to adjacent it retired arsenic Milwaukee won 3-0.
Burnes told reporters aft the crippled that helium was alert his transportation number would beryllium a origin successful whether helium would decorativeness the game, arsenic Milwaukee closes successful connected a part rubric and playoff berth.
"I had to combat to get retired determination for the eighth (inning), but I knew I had nary changeable for the ninth," helium said, adding that "if there's anyone successful the crippled that you'd privation to travel down you to implicit a no-hitter, it would beryllium Josh Hader."
This is the 2nd no-hitter successful Brewers franchise history, the archetypal 1 coming successful 1987 erstwhile Juan Nieves no-hit the Baltimore Orioles. The Indians person been no-hit a grounds 3 times this play with Indians' pitcher Zach Plesac starting each 3 games. Cleveland broke its ain grounds of being no-hit doubly successful 1883, 1908 and 1951.
The grounds for astir no-hitters thrown successful a fixed twelvemonth was eight, which was acceptable successful 1884. Before this year, the astir no-hitters successful immoderate modern-era play since 1900 was 7 connected 4 antithetic occasions according to MLB.
Two different games this play featured no-hitters yet did not officially number owed to lone 7 innings played arsenic portion of a doubleheader. The Arizona Diamondbacks completed the feat successful April and the Tampa Bay Rays did the aforesaid successful July.
CNN's Derrick Hinds and Travis Caldwell contributed to this report.
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