Red Sox have combined no-hitter through 7 against Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Boston Red Sox pitchers Nick Pivetta and Josh Taylor have combined on a no-hitter through seven innings against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night.

Pivetta was pulled with a runner on second and two outs in the seventh after throwing 100 pitches in a scoreless game. His career high is 116.

Pivetta finished with eight strikeouts, two walks and one hit batter.

Austin Meadows reached with one out in the seventh when Red Sox first baseman Michael Chavis was charged with an error after misplaying a routine grounder.

After Pivetta retired Yandy Díaz on a grounder, manager Alex Cora went to the mound to make the pitching change.

Taylor intentionally walked pinch-hitter Manuel Margot before getting a fly to left from Joey Wendle.

Boston was trying to throw the seventh no-hitter in the majors this season. That would match 1990, 1991, 2012 and 2015 for the most since 1900, one shy of the record eight in 1884 — the first season overhand pitching was allowed.

The no-hitters this season were thrown by San Diego’s Joe Musgrove (April 9), Carlos Rodón of the Chicago White Sox (April 14), Baltimore’s John Means (May 5), Cincinnati’s Wade Miley (May 7), Detroit’s Spencer Turnbull (May 18) and the New York Yankees’ Corey Kluber (May 19).

In addition, Arizona’s Madison Bumgarner pitched a seven-inning hitless game in a doubleheader on April 25 that is not recognized as a no-hitter by Major League Baseball.

The Astros threw the most recent combined no-hitter in the majors, when Aaron Sanchez, Will Harris, Joe Biagini and Chris Devenski blanked Seattle on Aug. 3, 2019.

Pivetta retired his first nine batters before Brandon Lowe walked leading off the fourth. The right-hander issued his second free pass to Díaz with one out in the fifth, one batter before...

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