New York Yankees starting pitcher Corey Kluber celebrates after the final out by Texas Rangers’ Willie Calhoun as Kluber threw a no-hitter in a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
New York Yankees starting pitcher Corey Kluber celebrates after the final out of his no-hitter against the Texas Rangers in a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. The Yankees won 2-0. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez6
New York Yankees starting pitcher Corey Kluber (28), catcher Kyle Higashioka, right, and first baseman Luke Voit, rear, celebrate after Kluber threw a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers in a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
New York Yankees starting pitcher Corey Kluber (28), catcher Kyle Higashioka, right, and first baseman Luke Voit, rear, celebrate after Kluber threw a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers in a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
New York Yankees starting pitcher Corey Kluber calls for a fresh ball before throwing to Texas Rangers’ Isiah Kiner-Falefa in the eighth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
New York Yankees starting pitcher Corey Kluber throws to a Texas Rangers batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
New York Yankees starting pitcher Corey Kluber, catcher Kyle Higashioka, right, and first baseman Luke Voit, rear, celebrate after Kluber threw a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers in a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
New York Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake lifts starting pitcher Corey Kluber as they celebrate Kluber’s no-hitter against the Texas Rangers in a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
New York Yankees starting pitcher Corey Kluber, third from right, celebrates with catcher Kyle Higashioka, second from right, and the rest of the team after throwing a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers in a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
New York Yankees starting pitcher Corey Kluber, third from right, celebrates with catcher Kyle Higashioka, right, and the rest of the team after throwing a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers in a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
Fans and Texas Rangers watch as New York Yankees’ Corey Kluber throws in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Kluber no-hit the Rangers in the Yankees’ 2-0 win.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Kluber threw the the major leagues’ sixth no-hitter this season and second in two nights, leading the New York Yankees over the Texas Rangers 2-0 on Wednesday night.
The 35-year-old right-hander, nicknamed Klubot for his robot-like demeanor, came within a four-pitch walk to Charlie Culberson in the third inning of throwing a perfect game.
Kluber, a two-time American League Cy Young Award winner, pitched his gem a night after Detroit Tigers right-hander Spencer Turnbull threw one against the Seattle Mariners, marking the first no-hitters on consecutive days since 1969, when Cincinnati’s Jim Maloney threw one on April 30 and Houston’s Don Wilson on May 1.
“I had butterflies in that ninth inning, I’m getting a little emotional now, even just getting to witness that was was really, really special,” manager Aaron Boone said. “And to see his teammates and the excitement of everyone for Corey and just the excitement for themselves being a part of such a thing. What a performance.”
Kluber (4-2) struck out nine and and threw 71 of 101 pitches for strikes in his ninth start for the Yankees. With his fastest pitch at 92.5 mph, he mixed 31 curveballs, 27 cutters, 23 sinkers, 18 changeups and two four-seam fastballs.
Kluber was pitching on that same mound when he was hurt after one inning last season, when he tore a muscle in his right shoulder on July 26 in his Texas debut.
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