
There were a record nine in 2021 and four last year. There have been no no-hitters in the majors this season, the first since Major League Baseball introduced a pitch clock. Nola and the Phillies tabled contract talks in spring training, with no plans to resume until the offseason. The right-handed ace is a free agent at the end of the season. He improved to 83-66 in a career spent all with the Phillies since his debut in 2015. Anything he threw tonight seemed to kind of elude us.” “As the momentum grew, he was dominating the night. “We didn’t handle his fastball, we didn’t handle his breaking ball,” Tigers manager A.J. Nola, who recorded two strikeouts on automatic strike three calls, has now pitched at least six innings in each of hit last 10 starts. Nola threw 68 of 108 pitches for strikes in front of 33,196 fans. Nola walked Maton with one out in the fifth but the baserunner was erased after Eric Haase hit into an inning-ending double play.

Nola walked Jake Marisnick with two outs in the third inning but the outfielder was out at first base on a caught stealing by catcher J.T. Seranthony Domínguez and Andrew Vasquez each tossed a scoreless inning out of the bullpen.

“That was a dagger,” Nola said, before adding with a smile, “especially since Maton did it.”
