Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, and Milwaukee Brewers Now Linked Forever in Baseball History

The Colorado Rockies were working on a no-hitter into the ninth inning on Friday night against the San Francisco Giants, but it was broken up, leaving the Rockies in a trio of "almost" in baseball history.

The Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants on Friday night 3-2 but the real story of the game was the Rockies' near no-hitter.

Despite having given up a run in the second inning, the Rockies were no-hitting the Giants into the ninth inning. In the ninth, the no-hitter was broken up by J.D. Davis, who hit a double off Nick Mears.

The near no-no helped create some baseball history of the last 60+ years, as the Rockies are now linked forever with the Houston Astros and Milwaukee Brewers.

Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

with Giants/Rockies today, A’s/Astros Wed & Brewers/Yankees Sun, 3 no-hit bids have been broken up in the 9th inning or later in the last 6 days 

that’s the shortest span in at least the expansion era (1961) for 3 no-hit bids to be broken up in the 9th or later 

h/t @EliasSports

with Giants/Rockies today, A’s/Astros Wed & Brewers/Yankees Sun, 3 no-hit bids have been broken up in the 9th inning or later in the last 6 days

that’s the shortest span in at least the expansion era (1961) for 3 no-hit bids to be broken up in the 9th or later

h/t @EliasSports

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) September 16, 2023

There have been no-hitters thrown this year by Framber Valdez (HOU), Michael Lorenzen (PHI), Domingo German (NYY) and a combined no-hitter by the Tigers, but these were all oh, so close. Alex Cobb of the Giants also lost a no-hitter within the last month in the ninth inning.

For the Rockies, Chase Anderson went 7.0 scoreless innings. He then handed off to Justin Lawrence, who worked 0.1 innings. Mears worked 1.1 while Matt Koch threw the final 0.1.

The Rockies are now 54-92, which is the worst record in the National League. The loss was critical for the Giants, who are now 75-72 and fighting for the final wild card spot in the National League.

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