ATLANTA -- Spencer Strider’s bid for perfection fell quick. But his newest gem served as a reminder of his functionality to do one thing unbelievable each time he steps on a mound.

Strider flirted with historical past as he recorded a season-high 13 strikeouts whereas serving to the Braves snap a four-game shedding streak with an 11-0 win over the Marlins on Monday night time at Truist Park. He bid adieu to an ideal recreation on an error within the seventh and misplaced his no-hitter through a bloop single within the eighth.

“That’s a different type of fastball, it’s just different stuff,” Marlins supervisor Skip Schumaker mentioned. “It felt like you were facing the closer there for eight innings.”

Strider threw 81 of his 101 pitches for strikes whereas limiting the Marlins to 2 hits over eight scoreless innings. Miami whiffed on 14 of 25 swings in opposition to Strider’s slider and on 17 of 40 swings in opposition to his four-seam fastball that also hit 96.9 mph on his a centesimal pitch.

“He’s special,” mentioned catcher Sean Murphy, who hit one in every of 5 Braves homers on Monday. “He proved it again tonight.”

Strider picked time to provide probably the greatest begins of his younger profession. His grandmother, Esther Barkley, was in attendance, celebrating her ninetieth birthday. This was simply the second time she has attended one in every of her grandson’s massive league video games.

Strider’s newest effort makes him the one pitcher in Braves historical past to document at the least 9 strikeouts in 9 consecutive begins. The 24-year-old hurler entered Monday sharing the franchise document with John Smoltz. Another Hall of Famer, Nolan Ryan, owns the MLB document with the 11-game streak he produced in 1977.

“I’m grateful that I’m in this position and I’ve had some success,” Strider mentioned. “I’ve helped us win some games. But I’m sure there is work to be done and progress can be made.”

That’s not essentially excellent news for the opponents who've watched Strider look loads dominant whereas recording double-digit strikeouts in seven of his first 25 profession begins. He leads MLB with 49 strikeouts and a 42.6 % strikeout fee this yr.

Strider retired every of the primary 18 Marlins he confronted after which noticed his good recreation finish when first baseman Matt Olson mishandled Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s grounder to start the seventh.

“I probably wouldn’t have gotten over to first [base] on that ball that was hit to Matt, so he can sleep tonight,” Strider mentioned. “And fortunately, it ended up being a normal game since [Jean] Segura hit that ball off the dirt.”

Strider pitched round Olson’s error within the seventh and carried his no-hit bid into the eighth inning. He wasn’t essentially feeling as nervous and excited as Braves supervisor Brian Snitker, who noticed his pitcher whole 83 pitches via the primary seven innings.

“I told [Austin] Riley that’s probably as nervous as I get, other than when my daughter had to get her driver’s license,” Snitker mentioned. “You worry about the pitch count getting up there. I was just thinking tonight, the way he was going about it, he deserved a shot at it even if [the pitch count] got elevated.”

Elevated is definitely not a approach to describe the pitch that ended the no-hit bid. Jean Segura reached throughout the plate and someway golfed an 0-2 slider into shallow left subject. Per Statcast, the pitch was simply 0.78 ft. off the bottom.

“He's a really good out-of-the-zone hitter,” Strider mentioned. “So, you don't really know where to throw it to him. I probably should have thrown it over the backstop.”

The Braves have by no means produced an ideal recreation. Their final no-hitter was thrown by Kent Mercker on April 8, 1994 at Dodger Stadium. Mercker’s gem was produced 4 years earlier than Strider was born in Columbus, Ohio, which, coincidentally, is the place Mercker attended highschool.

Given Strider’s large capabilities, there’s definitely cause to assume he'll ultimately expertise that very same euphoria Mercker and his Braves teammates felt almost 30 years in the past.

“He’s totally capable every time he goes out,” Murphy mentioned.

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