Yankees lose no-hit bid on controversial check swing call
The Yankees were six outs away from history, but a controversial call put an end to that.
After Clarke Schmidt delivered seven no-hit innings, reliever JT Brubaker entered in the eighth inning to face Orioles leadoff man Gary Sanchez.
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With two strikes, Sanchez took what was close to a half-swing, and despite the Yankees checking the call with first base umpire Jansen Visconti, it was ruled he did not swing and the pitch was a ball.
Sanchez, the ex-Yankee, made the most of his second chance and lined a single to center to break up the no-hitter on the very next pitch.
“No he didn’t!” YES Network play-by-play man Michael Kay said on the broadcast after the call was made. “From up here it looked like he went — Brubaker thought so. … Oh, c’mon.”
A no-hitter would’ve been doubly historic, as there has not been one this season and the Yankees have never tossed a combined one.
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