Cardinals' Miles Mikolas loses no
June 15, 2022
Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas turned in a gem for the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday night in the second leg of a doubleheader against the Pirates, but he was a strike away from etching his name in the record books.
With two outs left in the top of the ninth inning, in a 9-1 game, Mikolas gave up a deep drive into centerfield off the bat of Pirates right fielder Cal Mitchell, which weMLB T-Shirts nt over the head of rangy centerfielder Harrison Bader for a ground rule double and ended Mikolas' bid.
Mikolas was subsequently taken out of the game for Packy Naughton, after throwing over 129 pitches, a career high.
After the game, Mikolas was somewhat contrite.
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"Yeah, it kinda stinks to not finish that out," he said postgame. "I don't have one yet, I've got friends that have them, it woulda been nice to join that conversation. But I can't say enough about our defense tonight. We were everywhere we had tJavier Baez Tigers Jerseyso be and making fantastic plays all game, and I kinda feel like I like 'em down after all that great defense I got today."
Mikolas wasn't lying about that great defense. The Cardinals seemed to be where they had to be in every at-bat, and it translated to a relatively stress-free game for most of it.
Who was the last pitcher to lose a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth?
Mikolas is the first pitcher to lose a no-hitter with an out left since Sean Newcomb in on July 29, 2018. Newcomb went 8 2/3 hitless before the Dodgers' Chris Taylor was able to poke out a hit.
On August 4, 1989 the Blue Jays' Dave Stieb lost a no-hitter in nearly the same fashion, giving up a double to Roberto Kelly with a strike to atlanta braves batting practice jersey go against the New York YankKeds ees.
According to Stew Thronley, who conducted a study related to no-hitters heading into the 9th inning, which dates back to 1961, "approximately 50 percent of no-hitters carried into the ninth made it through the ninth. After the first out of the ninth is recorded, the percentage increa atlanta braves jersey tshirt ses to between 60 and 65 percent. And no-hitters that are still alive with two out in the ninth have a survival rate of nearly 80 percMLB Shoes and Socks ent."
So, while likely, a no-no isn't anywhere close to a foregone conclusion, even with just one batter left to retire.
Despite being an unfortunate ending for Mikolas, he's hardly alone. He's the 57th pitcher to lose a no-hitter with two strikes.
Among Cardinals players, current Red Sox pitcher Michael Wacha nearly went the distance on Sep. 24, 2013 before giving up a hit to the Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman. Alan Benes is the third and final Cardinals pitcher to lose a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth.
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Mikolas said tNoah Syndergaard Phillies Jerseys hrowing as many pitches as he did wasn't an issue — he just tried to do a bit too much.
"Curveball's been pretty good all day," he said. "And maybe tried to overthrow atlanta braves jersey 52 it just a little bit left it a little bit up. Guy put a good swing on it."
There have been two no-hitters so far this year, one a combined effort by the New York Mets and one from the Angels' Reid Detmers. Despite just missing his bid to join the third, Mikolas helped the Cardinals sweep the doubleheader and move to atlanta braves jersey xl nike 37-27 on the year.