Fiers no-hits the Dodgers

“Obviously, he’s walking into a territory that he’s never been and there’s so many people that are rooting for him to finish and get the outcome that he got”.

The NL West-leading Dodgers were swept by the Astros for the first time since May of 2008 and have dropped a season-high five straight overall.

Fiers’ no-hitter followed one on August. 12 by the Seattle Mariners’ Hisashi Iwakuma.

Fiers said he didn’t know to what the complaints were referring. He entered the ninth having thrown 120 pitches (he finished at 134), and remained unhittable. “You feel the emotion of everything you’ve been through in your life”.

Fiers stated his exhaustion did not hit him till he threw his final pitch. “It felt like I was able to attack the strike zone, which last couple starts, it was a little bit trouble hitting my spots”.

“The way you have to see it is that a no-hitter is hitting rock bottom, and you have to go up from there”, Yasmani Grandal said.

Fiers was at 107 pitches through seven innings, and Hinch had his bullpen up in case anyone got on base.

“I think his best fastball might have been in the ninth with adrenaline pumping”, Hinch said.

London recovered to earn his 22nd save in 26 opportunities.

Acquired by the Astros at last month’s trade deadline, Fiers struck out 10 and walked three Friday night while pitching against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It could’ve been that; it could’ve been something else.

-RHP Mike Fiers tossed the first no-hitter of his career, allowing three walks while recording 10 strikeouts.

Shortly after the no-hitter ended, pictures began to pop up on social media indicating that Fiers had a dark, glossy substance on the inside of his glove.

“There’s a little more urgency”. “Nobody said anything to us during the game”.

QUOTE TO NOTE: “It was just a thrill to go nine and not give up any runs for this team that’s battling for first place here”.

The Dodgers scoreless streak reached 22 innings before Justin Turner knocked in Jimmy Rollins with an RBI single in the sixth inning. “I think at the end of the day it’s a loss and you have to get over it. You can’t afford not to”.

Jose Altuve led off the bottom of the first inning with a triple.

“I talked to Stanton after that incident, ” Fiers said.

Not long after Houston Astros pitcher Mike Fiers threw a no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers, allegations that he cheated soon popped up. He’s the first solo pitcher to accomplish it since the late Darryl Kile beat the Mets in 1993 in the old Astrodome.

It has been a busy few weeks for Fiers as he was dealt on July 30 from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Astros.

Fiers has been a decent pitcher early in his career, but can be susceptible to the occasional stinker. He gives us an option at second. “It’s been really nice for him to step into this situation and done what he has so far”.

-RF Jake Marisnick belted a two-run home run with two outs in the second inning, his first home run since June 17 at Colorado, a span of 80 at-bats.

The Astros didn’t have more than one hit in an inning until the sixth, when Altuve doubled with one out before a single by Carlos Gomez. The right-hander was 8-0 with a 1.16 ERA in his previous 11 starts.