Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander has no-hitter through 8 innings against Angels

He said he interacted with Verlander between innings just as he normally would.

In his last start, Verlander pitched 7.0 innings, giving up one, striking out eight and walking one in a 2-0 loss to the Rangers.

The right-hander struck out five consecutive batters prior to Murphy’s walk.

On Wednesday, he faced 28 hitters – one over the minimum.

Detroit Tigers’ J.D. Martinez looks skyward after his two-run home… Verlander is 32, and coming off a dispiriting 2014 season that saw him post a 4.54 ERA and lead the Junior Circuit in earned runs allowed. Verlander threw the ball away for an error, and Maicer Izturis broke up the no-hit bid with two outs in the inning. “And I’ve got to tip my cap to Iannetta”.

On August. 15, he allowed no runs in his seven inning outing in the Tigers’ 4-2 win over the Houston Astros.

The only major league pitchers to throw three or more no-hitters are Larry Corcoran (3 in the 1880s), Cy Young (3), Bob Feller (3), Sandy Koufax (4) and Nolan Ryan (7).

“It’s heartbreaking”, Detroit catcher James McCann said.

The Detroit Tigers have so many injuries starting pitchers, it is hard to keep track of them all, but the latest with right-hander Shane Greene is he needs surgery to fix his circumflex artery.

DODGERS 5, REDS 1: In Cincinnati, Alex Wood took a shutout into the sixth inning, and Justin Turner and Jimmy Rollins each hit two-run home runs as Los Angeles snapped its five-game losing streak.

Albert Pujols homered and the Angels scored three times on wild pitches in an 8-7 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.

Baseball likes to screw you over just when you think you’ve got the upper hand. I know they’ve wanted to see me back as bad as I have, and from the sixth inning on, they were unbelievable. Have the starter do a good job, the bullpen do a good job and we hit. “Me and (Ian) Kinsler were just talking about it. He said that was the only ball all night I threw over the heart of the plate”.

“I don’t think this is a throwback”, Verlander said after a recent start.

The fact that Verlander – the now on-again, off-again ace of the Tigers’ rotation – took a no-hitter into the ninth inning and flirted with history was remarkable given where he’s been. “It happens”. 188 two games before breaking up Verlander’s no-hit bid. “It’s no different, ninth inning, first inning – still gotta make pitches, and we’ve still gotta follow the game plan”.

“He pitched a great game”, Iannetta said. “He’s a tough pitcher”. The Tigers are a superb hitting team with an AL-best 9.6 hits per game. “He’s been that way for a long time, and he is the same as he’s always been”.

Angels: OF Grant Green (right knee) could have played in an emergency but was not used.

Simon Castro (1-0) picked up the win in relief for the Rockies, who won two out of three for their first series win at Turner Field since 2005.

Los Angeles had lost four in a row.