Alex Cobb has not allowed a hit through 7 innings vs. Yankees
The Bronx hasn’t seen a no-hitter in 11 years, but that could change very soon.
Cobb entered the seventh having allowed only one baserunner, and that came in the third inning when Tampa Bay center fielder Kevin Kiermaier dropped a routine fly ball off the bat of Stephen Drew. Cobb bounced back to induce a couple of fly outs and a strikeout. Drew never left second base.
The 26-year-old right-hander issued consecutive walks to Brian McCann and Mark Teixeira with one out in the seventh, but set down Chase Headley and Ichiro Suzuki to escape the inning unscathed. Cobb has four punch-outs and has thrown 61 of 94 pitches for strikes.
The Rays' last -- and only -- no-hitter came on July 26, 2010, when Matt Garza accomplished the feat against the Tigers at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. The Yankees have not been no-hit since June 11, 2003, when the Astros used six pitchers to finish the job. That was also the last no-hitter thrown in The Bronx.
