MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins rookie right-hander Joe Ryan pitched seven no-hit innings, and reliever Jovani Moran was two outs away from finishing a combined no-no for the Twins in a 6-3 win against the Royals on Tuesday night at Target Field.
Ryan (11-8) surrendered just two walks and had nine strikeouts, but he was lifted after 106 pitches. Moran struck out two batters in the eighth, but the rookie left-hander walked two in the ninth before Bobby Witt Jr. broke up the run at history with one out in the inning by lining an RBI double to left field.
Sebastian Rivero added an RBI single and another run scored off Moran on Vinnie Pasquantino’s sacrifice fly.
The two Minnesota rookies were trying to finish off the first Twins no-hitter since Francisco Liriano on May 3, 2011, a stunning no-no as he walked six batters and had just two strikeouts. There have been five no-hitters in franchise history, each one a complete game.
There have been three no-hitters in the Majors this season.
Houston’s Christian Javier, Héctor Neris and Ryan Pressly no-hit the Yankees on June 25. Reid Detmers recorded a no-hitter for the Angels on May 10 against the Rays, and five Mets pitchers combined to no-hit the Phillies on April 29, with Tylor Megill starting the game followed by Drew Smith, Joely Rodríguez, Seth Lugo and Edwin Díaz.
Against the Royals, Carlos Correa hit a two-run homer, Jose Miranda added a solo jack and Luis Arraez had three hits. Minnesota had lost nine of its previous 10 games heading into the opener of a three-game set.
Ryan didn’t need to survive many close calls.
Center fielder Gilberto Celestino made a sliding catch for the first out of the third inning on a ball hit by Drew Waters. Third baseman Gio Urshela added a nifty grab on a foul ball in the sixth, falling into the netting as he made the catch.
Ryan, acquired from Tampa Bay in a 2021 Trade Deadline deal that sent Nelson Cruz to the Rays, had allowed nine runs in nine innings over his past two starts. But the 26-year-old has sizzled against the AL Central in his first full season. He entered the game 7-0 with a 1.95 ERA against the division, with 57 strikeouts in 50 2/3 innings.
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