Houston Astros lefty Framber Valdez was one out away from recording his second career no-hitter before he gave up a 411-foot home run to Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager.
Josh Smith kept his bat on his shoulder, though, drawing a walk with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Starting over with a fresh count, Valdez instead had to close out his second career no-hitter against Corey Seager.The Texas Rangers shortstop saw one pitch from the Houston Astros lefty – an 85 mile-per-hour slider over the middle – and pulled it for a 411-foot, two-run home run. The Astros still led 4-2, but Valdez's no-hit bid had been broken up in the most explosive way possible.
Valdez had only thrown 93 pitches through 8.0 innings, so he wasn't going beyond his normal workload by going out for the ninth. He had already topped 100 pitches on four occasions this season entering Tuesday, tossing a complete game on June 7.against the Cleveland Guardians, needing just 93 pitches to do so. That marked the 17th no-no in franchise history, but the first from a lefty.on April 1 earlier this season.
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