”It didn’t feel like a home run was possible with the way the ball was traveling.”Ĭhristian Yelich and Hunter Renfroe started the Brewers’ rally in the seventh with back-to-back singles off Wil Crowe (1-1).
”We pitched well, for sure, and the ball felt like it was going nowhere,” Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said. The Brewers had four hits on a night when the temperature was 40 degrees at first pitch. Hader finished for his major league-leading 10th save as NL Central-leading Milwaukee won for the eighth time in 10 games. I wouldn’t call them real no-hitters.”īrad Boxberger, Devin Williams and Josh Hader worked one scoreless inning each. ”They were five-, six-, seven-inning games. ”They were mercy-rule games,” he said with a smile.
”I don’t really consider it until you get six innings, seven innings in and turn that lineup over twice,” he said.Īshby threw three no-hitters while playing at Crowder College but called them ”kind of like fake.” Ashby said he never thought seriously about throwing a no-hitter.