Berríos, Burnes duel no-hit bids; Buxton HR lifts Twins 2-0

MILWAUKEE (AP) — José Berríos and three relievers combined on a one-hitter with 17 strikeouts, and the Minnesota Twins beat Corbin Burnes and the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 on Saturday night.

The Twins held Milwaukee hitless until Omar Narváez delivered a one-out single to right off Tyler Duffey in the eighth. Neither team had a hit or walk until Minnesota’s Byron Buxton led off the seventh with a homer off Burnes (0-1).

Buxton’s homer came on the 87th and final pitch from Burnes, who recorded 11 strikeouts. Berríos (1-0) struck out 12, hit a batter and didn’t walk anybody in six innings but left after throwing 84 pitches.

This was the first game in which both teams were hitless through six innings since an Aug. 2, 2014, duel between Jake Peavy of the San Francisco Giants and Jacob DeGrom of the New York Mets. Both teams got hits in the seventh inning of that game, which the Mets won 4-2.

The Twins were seeking their first no-hitter since Francisco Liriano's 1-0 gem over the Chicago White Sox in 2011.

This was the first game in MLB’s modern era in which each of the opposing starters recorded at least 10 strikeouts and allowed no more than one hit.

Minnesota’s Taylor Rogers worked the seventh and struck out the side. Duffey got the eighth and retired the first batter before walking Lorenzo Cain and giving up the hit to Narváez.

Duffey got out of the jam by striking out Daniel Vogelbach and getting Billy McKinney to hit an inning-ending fly to right. Alex Colomé retired the side in order in the ninth for his first save.

Berríos and Burnes combined to retire the first 26 batters of the game — striking out 16 of them — before Burnes' pitch hit Jake Cave with two outs in the top of the fifth. Berríos then hit Milwaukee’s Keston Hiura with a pitch to...

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