Triston McKenzie threatened to end Cleveland’s forty-year no-hitter and perfect game drought on Sunday. While the streaks remain unspanned, McKenzie earned his second win of the season in an 11-0 Cleveland rout of the Tigers.
It wasn’t until pitch 100 of this afternoon’s game that he finally allowed a baserunner. Harold Castro roped a fastball into right field for a single, ending the perfect game and no-hit bid. Unfazed, McKenzie struck out Willi Castro to tie up the eighth inning. He recorded eleven strikeouts on the day — a career-high to headline a masterpiece.
His game score of 91 is the highest of any non-complete game pitched this season and ties Shane Bieber’s April 13th start as the best by any Cleveland starter in 2021.