Lewis loses perfecto in 8th, no-no in 9th

The Texas Rangers’ Colby Lewis took a perfect game into the eighth inning and a no-hitter into the ninth Thursday but had to settle for a 5-1 complete-game victory.

Lewis lost his perfecto by issuing a two-out walk to the Oakland Athletics’ Yonder Alonso. He escaped the eighth with the no-no intact but lost it in the ninth on a leadoff double by Max Muncy.

Lewis had one near-miss in 2015:

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Colby Lewis


 
Texas Rangers (AL)


 
Friday, September 11, 2015

Spoiler: Danny Valencia double down the left field line to break up perfecto with no out in the eighth inning

Texas Rangers 4, Oakland Athletics 0

Globe Life Park (Arlington)

Colby Lewis by Mike LaChance under license CC BY 2.0; feature image The Coliseum by Amy Meridith under license CC BY ND 2.0