Houston Astros make baseball history with no-hitter. The Houston Astros have made history by completing baseball’s first ever combined no-hitter in the sport’s showcase event, the World Series. The side’s pitchers prevented the Philadelphia Phillies from hitting a single base in the nine-innings clash. Houston ran out 5-0 winners to draw level in the seven-game series. Star pitcher Cristian Javier also made history, becoming just the second player to pitch for six or more innings without conceding a hit. A combined no-hitter occurs when more than one pitcher prevents the opposition from making a hit. The sport has seen 18 in Major League Baseball history, but it had never happened in the league’s franchise event. Javier joins former New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen – who threw a perfect game in game 5 of the 1956 World Series at Yankee Stadium – as the only pitchers in the World Series 118-year history to finish an outing conceding no hits. He also becomes the first player to start in multiple combined no-hitters, re-enacting the key role he played against the New York Yankees in June. Javier, who has only surrendered one run since 8 September, is one of the sport’s most underappreciated stars. He was signed as an undrafted free agent from the Dominican Republic in 2015.
