List of Milwaukee Brewers no-hitters
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File:Corbin Burnes (43423890531) (cropped).jpg pitched the first 8 innings of the Brewers' second no-hitter on September 11, 2021.]]
The Milwaukee Brewers are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established in Seattle, Washington, as the Seattle Pilots in 1969,{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/brewers/history/timeline-1960s |title=Brewers Timeline 1960s |work=Milwaukee Brewers |publisher=Major League Baseball|accessdate=November 29, 2020}} the team became the Milwaukee Brewers after relocating to Milwaukee in 1970.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/brewers/history/timeline-1970s |title=Brewers Timeline 1970s |work=Milwaukee Brewers |publisher=Major League Baseball|accessdate=November 29, 2020}} They play in the National League Central division. Pitchers for the Brewers have thrown two no-hitters in franchise history.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/history/nohitters|title=MLB No-Hitters|website=ESPN|access-date=June 18, 2022}} A no-hitter is officially recognized by Major League Baseball only "when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings", though one or more batters "may reach base via a walk, an error, a hit by pitch, a passed ball or wild pitch on strike three, or catcher's interference".{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb/rules_regulations.jsp|title=MLB Miscellany: Rules, Regulations and Statistics |website=Major League Baseball|access-date=February 11, 2011}} No-hitters of less than nine complete innings were previously recognized by the league as official; however, several rule alterations in 1991 meant the exclusion of no-hit games of less than nine innings.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&id=3465888|title=No-Hit Win Makes No Sense, Except in Baseball|last=Kurkjian|first=Tim|date=June 29, 2008|website=ESPN|access-date=February 11, 2011}} A perfect game, a much rarer feat, occurs when "no batter reaches any base during the course of the game."
Milwaukee's two no-hitters were accomplished by a total of three pitchers. One was a complete game pitched by a lone pitcher, and one was a combined no-hitter. Both have been pitched in road games, with none thrown at their home ballpark.
History
The Brewers' first no-hitter was Juan Nieves' 7–0 win over the Baltimore Orioles on April 15, 1987, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland.{{cite news|last=Justice|first=Justice|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103992701/juan-derful-nieves-no-hits-os/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Juan-derful: Nieves No-Hits O's|work=The Capital Times|location=Madison|date=April 16, 1987|page=21}} Nieves walked five batters, accounting for all five base runners. He stuck out 7 of the 31 batters he faced and required 128 pitches to accomplish the feat.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL198704150.shtml|title=Milwaukee Brewers at Baltimore Orioles Box Score, April 15, 1987|work=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=June 18, 2022}} Nieves' teammates made several critical defensive plays to keep the no-hit bid intact. In the second inning, outfielder Jim Paciorek made a diving catch of Eddie Murray's line drive. Paul Molitor handled Cal Ripken Jr.'s hard liner to third base in the fourth inning. In the seventh, Dale Sveum turned Fred Lynn's sharply hit grounder into a double play. Robin Yount recorded the final out with a diving catch of another Murray liner in the ninth.
Pitchers Corbin Burnes (8 IP) and Josh Hader (1 IP) combined to no-hit the Cleveland Indians, 3–0, in Milwaukee's second no-hitter on September 11, 2021, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.{{cite web |last=Castrovince |first=Anthony |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-throw-combined-no-hitter |title=Crew Combines on Record-Breaking No-Hitter |website=Major League Baseball |date=September 21, 2021 |access-date=June 18, 2022}} Burnes allowed no base runners through six innings before walking the lead-off hitter, Myles Straw, in the seventh. He exited the game after throwing 115 pitches through eight shutout innings and having struck out 14 of 25 batters.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE202109110.shtml|title=Milwaukee Brewers at Cleveland Indians Box Score, September 11, 2021|work=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=June 18, 2022}} Closer Josh Hader came in for the ninth and required nine pitches to secure the no-hitter. He struck out two of three batters, including Straw, who had spoiled the perfect game bid, to end the game.
No-hitters
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| {{dts|April 15, 1987}} !scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Juan|Nieves}}{{sup|£}} | {{nts|7}}–0 | 5 | {{sortname|Bill|Schroeder|Bill Schroeder (baseball)}} | {{sortname|Jim|Evans|Jim Evans (umpire)}} | {{sortname|Tom|Trebelhorn}} |align="left"|
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| {{dts|September 11, 2021}} !scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Corbin|Burnes}} {{small|(8 IP)}} | {{nts|3}}–0 | 1 | {{sortname|Omar|Narváez|Omar Narváez (baseball)}} | {{sortname|Jeremie|Rehak}} | {{sortname|Craig|Counsell}} |align="left"|
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