Astros' Fiers throws no-hitter against Dodgers

Astros starting pitcher Mike Fiers — making just his third start with Houston since coming over in a trade from Milwaukee — has thrown a no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Dodgers.

Here’s the final out:

Fiers, 30, had previously never even thrown a single complete-game in his big-league career and surpassed his previous career high of 113 pitches during the eighth inning. In fact, he had never before recorded a single out in the ninth inning as a starter and hasn’t gone more than seven innings in a start this season. He’d end the game with 134 pitches, thanks in part to 10 strikeouts and three walks.

Still, Fiers had nasty stuff working all night and came through with the first no-no of his career. This is the 11th no-hitter in Astros franchise history. The last one took six pitchers (Roy Oswalt, Peter Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner), as Oswalt left with an injury after one inning in the 2003 no-hitter. The last no-no for an Astros individual pitcher? Darryl Kile in 1993.

This is now the fifth no-hitter in MLB this season, even though the first didn’t happen until June 9. That one was Chris Heston and he’s been followed by Max Scherzer, Cole Hamels, Hisashi Iwakuma and now Fiers.

Mike Fiers threw a no-hitter on Friday. (USATSI)

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