Jake Peavy of the San Francisco Giants took a no-hitter into the eighth inning on Saturday at AT&T Park, but Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Mark Reynolds played spoiler with a single to right field.
Jake Peavy has no-hitter broken up in 8th inning
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The Giants lead the Brewers 3-0.
Peavy was five outs away from history before Reynolds singled. The right-hander remained in the game to strike out Jean Segura before getting relieved by left-hander Jeremy Affeldt.
On the night Peavy pitched 7⅔ scoreless innings, allowing one hit and three walks and hitting a batter while striking out eight and throwing 113 pitches.
It was the second-longest outing of the season for Peavy, who has lasted at least seven innings in four consecutive starts and in five of his last six outings for San Francisco. Since the Giants acquired Peavy from the Red Sox on July 26, he has a 2.66 ERA to go with 36 strikeouts and 12 walks in 47⅓ innings.
There have been three no-hitters in baseball in 2014, the last by Peavy's teammate Tim Lincecum against the Padres at AT&T Park on June 25. The Dodgers have the other two no-hitters this season, with Josh Beckett no-hitting the Phillies on May 25 in Philadelphia and Clayton Kershaw beating the Rockies in Los Angeles on June 18.
Peavy’s gem was the second near-miss of the homestand for the Giants, who saw Madison Bumgarner lose his perfect game in the eighth inning on Tuesday, only to settle for a one-hit shutout.
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