Mike Fiers Throws Historic No-Hitter in Houston's 3-0 Victory Over Dodgers

The Dodgers offense has hit the wall at the wrong time.

After recording just two hits on Wednesday against the Oakland A's, Houston starter Mike Fiers threw the first no-hitter in Minute Maid Park on Friday as the Astros defeated the Dodgers 3-0.

Fiers (6-9) was on fire all night as the hard-throwing right-hander pitched the second no-hitter in the Majors in the last nine days. Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma threw a no-no on Aug. 12.

Fiers mixed pitches beautifully catching the Dodgers hitters off guard with high heat and a devastating 12-to-6 curveball that had players shaking their heads in frustration on their way back to the dugout.

"Every pitch was working for me tonight," Fiers said. "It's just good to get my team and bullpen a rest. Going deep into the game is something I pride myself on, so I was just trying to not give up any runs and I just happened to give up no hits."

Fiers threw a career-high 134 pitches, striking out Justin Turner to end the game as he threw is glove high into the air in elation as he was mobbed by his teammates. Minutes later, he was being doused in lemonade (Minute Maid brand of course), as fireworks went off into the Texas night sky.

"After I got the last out, everything hit me." Fiers said. "Once you're in that moment, you don't feel anything. You're going off adrenaline. I didn't want to throw anything but a fastball to that last hitter."

Fiers was unstoppable, retiring the final 21 Dodgers hitters he faced in his first career complete game shutout and first victory in an Astros uniform since being traded to Houston from Milwaukee at the deadline.

"The fact that you get no-hit, it's like icing on the bad part of the cake," Dodgers' manager Don Mattingly said. "At the end of the day it's a loss, you have to get over it, you can't afford not to."

It was the first matchup between the two teams since the Astros moved to the American League in 2013 and featured the top two home run hitting teams in both leagues.

On Friday, it was Houston who was elevated by the long ball as all three runs came on home runs. Jake Marsinick hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the second and Evan Gattis crushed an 84 MPH changeup deep to left field.

Dodgers' starter Brett Anderson made another quality start, allowing just three runs on seven hits in six innings. However, there was nothing Anderson or anyone could do for that matter on Friday. Anderson made just two mistakes, but against a no-hitter, that's all it takes to add another L in the loss column.

"Two terrible changeups," Anderson said. "The first two innings were smoke and mirrors. The homers were bad changeups, but some days you just have to tip your cap to the opposing pitcher. You have to tip your cap to Fiers, and move on to the next one."

Instead of a no-hitter, the game was supposed to be a landmark day for the Dodgers as long time Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley was making his debut for the Boys in Blue.

Utley said it was a "pretty cool" feeling to be donning the Dodger blue, a team he grew up cheering for as a kid as he grew up in nearby Pasadena.

The Dodgers picked a bad time to start slumping, losers of their last three straight games, all of which have come on the road. Los Angeles has struggled away from home all season, dropping to a paltry 25-34 away from Dodger Stadium.

Kiké Hernandez returned to Houston for the first time since being traded to the Marlins at last year's trade deadline. Hernandez was drafted in the sixth round of the 2009 draft and made his debut at Minute Maid Park on July 1, 2014.

The loss drops the Dodgers lead in the NL West to just 1.5 games over the rival San Francisco Giants who defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 at PNC Park earlier in the day.

$300 million, 0 hits. #Dodgers no-hit by Mike Fiers, lose to #Astros, 3-0. — Dylan Hernandez (@dylanohernandez) August 22, 2015

 
Game Notes:
The Dodgers were last no-hit by the Seattle Mariners on June 8, 2012, on a combined no-hitter by six different pitchers.

Houston's last no-hitter came on June 11, 2003 at New York Yankees stadium and six pictures also combined for the no-hitter.

Darryl Kile in 1993 was the last single pitcher to throw a no-hitter in a Houston Astros uniform.

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