Clarke Schmidt on Saturday walked off the mound after pitching seven hitless inning and exchanged a glance with New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone in the dugout. That was it for the day.
While the right-hander was disappointed, he certainly understood Boone’s decision to pulled him after tying a career high with 103 pitches. The Yankees lost the no-hit bid against the Baltimore Orioles when Gary Sanchez singled to start the eighth off JT Brubaker.
“There’s a little bit of a back-and-forth where you’re having a conference, some dialogue, but you can tell with the look in his eyes it’s: ‘You’re at [103]. We’re not driving you to 130 today,’” Schmidt said.
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He threw 27 pitches in the first inning, breezed through a nine-pitch fifth and needed eight to get through the sixth.
Schmidt threw 21 pitches in the seventh, ending his outing by retiring Colton Cowser on a flyball to center field.
It was the fifth time a Yankees pitcher threw at least seven hitless innings, but did not finish a no-hitter.
Elsewhere on Saturday, the Tampa Bay Rays overpowered the Detroit Tigers 8-3, the Milwaukee Brewers dominated the Minnesota Twins 9-0, the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Chicago White Sox 7-1, the Seattle Mariners overcame the Chicago Cubs 10-7, the St Louis Cardinals pipped the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 in 11 innings and the San Francisco Giants survived the Boston Red Sox 3-2.
The Texas Rangers pipped the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2, the Atlanta Braves blanked the Miami Marlins 7-0, the San Diego Padres beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1, the New York Mets outplayed the Philadelphia Phillies 11-4, the Arizona Diamondbacks toppled the Colorado Rockies 5-3, the Los Angeles Angels dropped the Houston Astros 9-1, the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Athletics 4-2 and the Washington Nationals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3.
Additional reporting by staff writer
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