NEW YORK (AP) — Clarke Schmidt held the Baltimore Orioles hitless through seven innings Saturday, but the New York Yankees lost a no-hit bid when Gary Sánchez singled to start the eighth.
Schmidt threw 29 pitches in the first inning, when he issued consecutive walks to Jordan Westburg and Gunnar Henderson. He stranded a runner in the fourth after hitting Ryan O’Hearn with a pitch.
Schmidt breezed through a nine-pitch fifth inning and needed eight pitches to get through the sixth. He threw 21 pitches in the seventh as J.T. Brubaker warmed up and ended the inning with 103 pitches, tying his career high. He ended the seventh by retiring Colton Cowser on a fly ball to center field.
Brubaker threw two strikes to Sánchez, but the former Yankees catcher hit a clean single to left. After the hit, some in the crowd of 46,142 lightly booed.
Schmidt threw first-pitch strikes to 16 of 24 hitters, struck out five and walked two.
The Yankees held a 9-0 lead through the seventh.
New York has thrown 24 no-hitters in team history. The last was June 28, 2023, in Oakland when Domingo Germán threw the Yankees’ major league-leading fourth perfect game.
The Orioles have been no-hit 15 times in team history. Baltimore was last held hitless on Aug. 12, 2015, in Seattle by Hisashi Iwakuma.
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