Everything was in place Friday night for Justin Verlander to throw his third career no-hitter and join Nolan Ryan, Sandy Koufax, Bob Feller, Cy Young and Larry Corcoran in an exclusive club of pitchers with multiple no-no’s. A club not even Kate Upton could keep him out of.
But with just one swing and a shattered bat in the 9th inning, Pittsburgh’s Josh Harrison closed the door on that possibility.
“That’s why throwing no-hitters is so difficult,” Verlander said. “It doesn’t take a hard one, it just takes the right placement.”
Instead, Verlander settled on something he’s never done before, throw a complete game, one-hit shutout in a 6-0 victory over the Pirates to open up a weekend interleague series from Comerica Park.
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