SAN FRANCISCO — Alex Cobb got here inside one out of a no-hitter earlier than Spencer Steer doubled with two outs within the ninth inning of the San Francisco Giants’ 6-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday evening.
Cobb got here oh-so-close to the majors’ fifth no-hitter this yr, dazzling to close down Cincinnati earlier than Steer’s double offered the Reds’ solely run.
Followers cheered the 35-year-old right-hander after the hit with chants of “Alex Cobb!” After the ultimate out, Cobb hugged teammates and coaches and acknowledged the gang.
Middle fielder Austin Slater had made the defensive play of the sport when he chased down a shallow fly ball by Will Benson with a diving catch in left-center to finish the eighth, as Cobb raised each arms in celebration.
He simply missed tossing San Francisco’s first no-hitter since Chris Heston on June 9, 2015, on the Mets.
After getting Noelvi Marte’s first-pitch flyout to start out the ninth, Cobb (7-5) issued a one-out stroll to Nick Senzel earlier than one other fly to proper by TJ Friedl. Then Steer got here by means of with an opposite-field hit.
A run scored on the double, and Cobb threw a known as third strike previous rookie Elly De La Cruz on his career-high 131st pitch for his eighth strikeout.
Senzel was credited with a single within the third inning on a two-hopper that third baseman Casey Schmitt snagged with a backhand seize. The rookie’s throw from foul territory was excessive and pulled a leaping J.D. Davis off the first-base bag.
Official scorer Chris Thoms initially known as the play a success, then modified it to an error a number of minutes later.
Followers within the crowd of 26,078 leapt to their toes and cheered as Benson stepped in to face Cobb with two outs within the eighth. After going forward 0-2, Cobb threw two straight balls to make the depend 2-2 when Benson lofted a shallow fly into left-center as Cobb threw a fourth straight splitter. Slater sprinted practically 20 toes to make the diving catch, which was instantly challenged by the Reds.
The play went to replay evaluation and when crew chief Invoice Miller introduced moments later, “the decision on the sphere stands,” the gang roared.
Patrick Bailey hit a two-run homer to assist Cobb win for the primary time in 9 begins since July 5.
