{"id":50263,"date":"2025-08-06T19:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/50263\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T19:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:55:08","slug":"guardians-gavin-williams-cant-snap-longest-no-hitter-drought-in-mlb-in-near-miss-vs-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/50263\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardians’ Gavin Williams can’t snap longest no-hitter drought in MLB in near-miss vs. Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guardians’ Gavin Williams can’t snap longest no-hitter drought in MLB in near-miss vs. Mets<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a><\/p>\n

Not a single player on the Cleveland Guardians was born the last time it had happened. For that matter, neither was manager Stephen Vogt.<\/p>\n

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And they didn’t quite get to see it change on Wednesday, either. Cleveland Guardians right-hander Gavin Williams made a 25-out bid at a no-hitter in Queens against the New York Mets, but he couldn’t get the final two outs. Juan Soto spoiled it with a home run.<\/p>\n

The near-miss extended the longest active no-hitter drought in Major League Baseball. The Cleveland franchise hasn’t put up a zero in the opponent’s hit column since 1981, when Len Barker threw a perfect game.<\/p>\n

The man on the mound on this special-but-not-quite-special-enough afternoon: Gavin Williams, the strong right-hander they call “Big Rig.”<\/p>\n

Williams walked three, but no Mets batter managed a hit off of him through eight innings.<\/p>\n

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He didn’t make it that far without help.<\/p>\n

In the bottom of the seventh, Mark Vientos blooped a soft liner toward shallow right field.<\/p>\n

On this day, Cleveland started rookie C.J. Kayfus out there. Nominally a first baseman, Kayfus has played some outfield in the minors, and that’s the best spot to get his bat into the Guardians’ lineup currently.<\/p>\n

On this occasion, Kayfus’ glove was what was needed, and he sprinted in for a diving catch to keep the no-no alive.<\/p>\n

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There was some question as to whether Williams would come out for the ninth, already at 111 pitches, but he came out to the mound despite his previous career-high in pitches being 109. Off days mean he wasn’t scheduled to pitch until a week from this game, so he had a few extra bullets to use.<\/p>\n

It wouldn’t come easy.<\/p>\n

The Mets sent Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto and Pete Alonso to the plate in the bottom of the ninth as Cleveland clung to a 4-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Williams had to get through three superstars for the no-hitter.<\/p>\n

The big righty struck out Lindor swinging on a nasty 1-2 curveball.<\/p>\n

But Soto ruined it with two outs to go, a solo home run to dead centerfield.<\/p>\n

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So close, and such a brilliant outing, but not enough to end the long drought.<\/p>\n

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