Valdez no-hits Guardians on identical day Astros reunite with JV

On the identical day the Astros introduced again their ace from final season, their present ace was not going to be upstaged. Framber Valdez went out and threw a dominant no-hitter in opposition to the Guardians in Tuesday evening’s 2-0 victory, displaying precisely how formidable Houston’s 1-2 rotation punch will probably be now that Justin Verlander is again within the fold.

In the dialog for the AL Cy Young Award, which Verlander received in 2022, Valdez was environment friendly all evening in opposition to the Guardians. He didn’t enable a baserunner till a leadoff stroll within the fifth inning, however that was erased by a double play to finish the body. Valdez struck out seven and confronted the minimal, holding Cleveland to simply the one stroll.

The Astros threw two mixed no-hitters final season, the newest one coming within the World Series. But the final Houston pitcher to throw a solo no-no? That’d be Verlander, who tossed the third certainly one of his profession in 2019. Now, after a blockbuster take care of the Mets, Verlander and Valdez will as soon as once more be atop a rotation that would make noise in a playoff push.

Valdez is the second pitcher to throw a person no-hitter this season, after Domingo Germán’s good sport for the Yankees in late June.