Davies, three others combine to no-hit Dodgers

<div></div> <div class="article-meta"><span class="timestamp" data-behavior="date_time" data-date="2021-06-25T05:23:00Z"><span class="time" data-dateformat="time1" data-showtimezone="true">1:23 AM ET</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/_/name/chc/chicago-cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> threw their first combined no-hitter in franchise history as four pitchers shut down the <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/_/name/lad/los-angeles-dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401228168">4-0</a> on Thursday night.</p> <p>It’s the seventh no-hitter in baseball this season, the most ever before July 1 and tied for the most in a season since 1900, when the modern era began.</p> <p><a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/33829/zach-davies">Zach Davies</a> pitched the first six innings Thursday at Dodger Stadium without giving up a hit, but he was pulled for a pinch hitter in the top of the seventh inning after 94 pitches.</p> <p>Righty <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/32107/ryan-tepera">Ryan Tepera</a> pitched a clean seventh inning, and lefty <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/32810/andrew-chafin">Andrew Chafin</a> did the same in the eighth. After walking the leadoff hitter in the ninth, closer <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/30653/craig-kimbrel">Craig Kimbrel</a> finished off the 17th no-hitter in Cubs’ history, striking out <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/33912/cody-bellinger">Cody Bellinger</a>, <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/4574/albert-pujols">Albert Pujols</a> and pinch hitter <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/31549/will-smith">Will Smith</a>.</p> <p>The Cubs walked eight batters, the most walks in a no-hitter since the <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/_/name/ari/arizona-diamondbacks">Arizona Diamondbacks</a>‘ Edwin Jackson walked eight in a 149-pitch no-hitter against the <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/_/name/tb/tampa-bay-rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a> in 2010.</p> <p>Davies went into the game with a 4.66 ERA and 1.49 WHIP. He walked five batters in the first four innings but stranded them all. He set the Dodgers down in order over his final two innings.</p> <p><a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/32127/javier-baez">Javier Baez</a> and <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/32532/willson-contreras">Willson Contreras</a> provided the offense for the visitors, as they both took Dodgers starter <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/39251/walker-buehler">Walker Buehler</a> deep. The Cubs handed him his first loss since Sept. 21, 2019.</p> <p>The Dodgers were no-hit for the 20th time in franchise history, the most in major league history.</p> <p>It’s the sixth time in the past 50 years a defending World Series champion has been no-hit. It’s the first time the Dodgers were no-hit since the Cubs did it to them in 2015 with <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/30145/jake-arrieta">Jake Arrieta</a> on the mound. He starts against them on Friday.</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/sports/2021/06/25/davies-three-others-combine-to-no-hit-dodgers/">Davies, three others combine to no-hit Dodgers</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/sports">Patabook Sports</a>.</p>

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