Baseball Team Wins in Extra Innings with Zero Hits and No Walks
The minor league baseball’s new extra innings rule led to a bizarre victory for the Clearwater Threshers on Monday night.
Threshers were no-hit..and win! Clearwater sweeps the doubleheader from Tampa, 4-3 and 1-0, both in eight innings.
— Clearwater Threshers (@Threshers) August 7, 2018
The Philadelphia Phillies’ Class A affiliate had no hits and no walks against the Tampa Tarpons, yet it beat the New York Yankees’ Florida State League club 1-0.
The win helped Clearwater pull within a game and a half of the division lead in the Florida State League North.
Clearwater took advantage of a rule introduced this year that places a runner at second base at the start of each extra inning to cut down on marathon games.
The rule has been criticized by baseball traditionalists.
watched some minor league baseball on the weekend..saw the new tie breaker rule with runner on 2B in extra innings..not a fan! Fun for minor league games but don’t ever bring it to #mlb
— Joe Siddall (@SiddallJoe) June 5, 2018
On Monday, it made it possible for Tampa to lose despite a nearly perfect game.
Yankees prospect Deivi Garcia opened with seven perfect innings in a scheduled seven-inning game, but the scoreless contest went to the eighth.
RECAP: "Tampa Throws No-Hitter, but Clearwater Sweeps Twin Bill; Deivi Garcia K’s 12 in Seven Perfect Innings"https://t.co/5kUGFFZIOo #Yankees pic.twitter.com/S4i8Wk97qD
— Tampa Tarpons (@TampaTarpons) August 7, 2018
Christian Morris replaced Garcia for the eighth, and Threshers automatic runner Luke Williams quickly went from second to third when shortstop Diego Castillo dropped the ball during a rundown.
Two batters later, Williams scored on Daniel Brito’s ground out to first.
Tampa went down in order in the bottom of the eighth.
It was the first time a Florida State League team lost a no-hitter since Scott Backum of Winter Haven fell to Clearwater on Aug. 23, 1992.
The extra innings rule is one of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred’s initiatives to boost the pace of play.
No need to wait, I can tell you right now: Auto-runners don’t count against a perfect game or no-hitter.
— (((Cory Schwartz))) (@schwartzstops) August 7, 2018
Manfred has said the rule is unlikely to be implemented in the majors.
Game three of the four-game set will take place on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
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