Mariners Throw Combined No-Hitter

[Cam Cam]

SEATTLE -- Kevin Millwood saw his bid for a second no-hitter end after six innings due to a mild right groin strain, but five relievers picked up the torch as the Mariners combined to throw a no-hitter in a 1-0 win over the Dodgers on Friday night.

Millwood breezed through the first six frames in front of 22,028. Three innings from etching his name in the records books again, Millwood exited after throwing just one warm-up pitch prior to the seventh.

Charlie Furbush, Stephen Pryor, Lucas Luetge, Brandon League and Tom Wilhelmsen kept the no-hitter intact. It is the 10th combined no-hitter in Major League history and first since the Astros did it in 2003.

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This is awesome. I hope Kevin Millwood is okay. You'd have to be in a lot of pain to take yourself out of the game while you have a no-hitter going. I also don't understand why Pryor got the win, he only pitched 1/3 of an inning.

 

[Homerunsox2005]

This is cool. Not as impressive as a no hitter, but this is a whole team effort.

 

[Car889]

That was amazing! I don't care if it was more than one pitcher a no-hitter is still a no-hitter. However, I agree when one pitcher does it it's much more impressive than multiple.

 

[Cam Cam]

Combined no-hitters are less common than regular no-hitters. That's because usually when the pitcher has a no-hitter going, the manager lets him go for history though. It's still the first combined no-hitter since Roy Oswalt and the 2003 Astros bullpen.

 

[Mdolszak]

Wow, I don't know how I haven't heard about this yet.

Good job...uh...team!