If Carlos Rodón had not let a slider get away from him and hit Roberto Pérez in the toe last night, today would be a discussion about the 24th perfect game in MLB history, and not 307th no-hitter.
Fundamentally, it’s the same discussion. One team, in this case Cleveland, failed to have a man reach base until the penultimate batter. Rodón was perfect against them except for one pitch, and for anyone who has followed the construction of this offense over the last year, this seemed inevitable eventually.
Rodón’s no-hitter was the first time Cleveland has been blanked since Ervin Santana in 2011.