Astros Pitchers Combine for First MLB No-Hitter Since 2024

Houston Astros right-hander Tatsuya Imai and two relievers threw the first no-hitter in Major League Baseball since September 2024, blanking the Texas Rangers 9-0 on Monday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Imai worked six innings, allowing no hits while walking four and striking out two.

Steven Okert followed with a scoreless seventh, and 23-year-old Alimber Santa made his MLB debut by retiring all six batters he faced over the final two innings.

How the Game Unfolded Imai walked three of the first four Texas batters but escaped the opening inning on a double play and a fly out. He retired 15 of the final 16 batters he faced after that shaky start. Santa entered in the eighth and finished the game on his 24th pitch, a called third strike to Brandon Nimmo that stood after an automated ball-strike challenge.

Santa became the first pitcher since 1900 to take part in a no-hitter in his big-league debut, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

The performance marked the Astros’ 17th regular-season no-hitter and their fourth combined effort. Houston has now authored five of the last 11 major-league no-hitters, including one in the 2022 World Series. The previous MLB no-hitter occurred on Sept.

4, 2024, when Shota Imanaga and two Chicago Cubs relievers combined on a 12-0 win over Pittsburgh. No pitcher has thrown a complete-game no-hitter since Blake Snell on Aug. 2, 2024. >"The first inning, you never thought that this was going to be the outcome of the game.

Imai, he continued to compete. He continued to pound the zone, he fought through it. " — Joe Espada, Houston Astros manager, May 25, 2026 (AP) Texas has now been held without a hit six times and three times at Globe Life Field since 2020. 232 and have multiple regulars on the injured list.

>"Yeah, there was some adrenaline.