On a day made for hitting, the Yankees’ bats lastly fell in line.
Clarke Schmidt didn’t.
The Yankees right-hander twirled seven no-hit innings on a steamy Saturday afternoon in The Bronx, however didn’t get an opportunity to complete his chase for historical past due to a rising pitch depend.
Schmidt matched a career-high with 103 pitches to get via the seventh inning earlier than Aaron Boone went to the bullpen, calling on JT Brubaker, who wanted only one batter to finish the no-hit bid.
The Yankees nonetheless one-hit the Orioles in a 9-0 win on a much-needed, get-right day for his or her offense, however the uber-competitive Schmidt could also be left eternally questioning what may need occurred if he bought the chance to complete what he began.
Schmidt, who has handled numerous accidents all through his profession (together with rotator cuff tendinitis this spring), had a season-high of 99 pitches earlier than Saturday.
He was coming off a 97-pitch effort 5 days in the past during which he threw 7 2/3 innings, so the Yankees (44-32) had cause to be protecting of their 29-year-old.
However the sellout crowd of 46,142 voiced its displeasure when ex-Yankee Gary Sánchez lined a single to heart discipline off Brubaker to steer off the eighth inning, ending a bid to turn into the thirteenth no-hitter or good recreation in Yankees regular-season historical past.
Because it was, Schmidt gave up simply two walks — each in a 27-pitch first inning that drove up his pitch depend early — and hit a batter with an errant curveball.
He prolonged his career-high scoreless streak to 25 1/3 innings whereas hanging out 5 and largely breezing via the Orioles’ lineup.
By the point he took the mound for the second inning, Schmidt had a 1-0 result in work with and the Yankees saved piling on from there – a lot of it in opposition to righty Zach Eflin, who lasted simply three innings for the last-place Orioles (33-43).
Trent Grisham, J.C. Escarra, Ben Rice and Anthony Volpe all homered. Grisham and Volpe, who was in an 0-for-25 skid after his first at-bat Saturday, had three-hit days.
Escarra drove in three runs. Eight totally different Yankees had a minimum of one hit by the third inning and the one one who didn’t, Aaron Choose, had walked in each plate appearances.
