Yankees righty Clarke Schmidt has a no-hitter through six innings against the Orioles

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees right-hander Clarke Schmidt has held the Baltimore Orioles hitless through six innings Saturday.

Schmidt threw 29 pitches in the first inning, when he issued consecutive walks to Jordan Westburg and Gunnar Henderson. He stranded a runner in the fourth after hitting Ryan O’Hearn with a pitch and easily finished the fifth.

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Schmidt breezed through a nine-pitch fifth and needed eight pitches to get through the sixth. Schmidt has thrown first-pitch strikes to 15 of 21 hitters, struck out five and walked two.

Schmidt was at 82 pitches through six innings and held a 8-0 lead.

New York has thrown 24 no-hitters in team history. The last was June 28, 2023, in Oakland when Domingo Germán threw the Yankees’ major league-leading fourth perfect game.

The Orioles have been no-hit 15 times in team history. Baltimore was last held hitless on Aug. 12, 2015, in Seattle by Hisashi Iwakuma.

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