Corey Kluber Joins the Short List of Yankees With a No-Hitter

Kluber, 35, already had two Cy Young Awards on his résumé. It was the sixth no-hitter this season in the majors, and it came a day after the fifth.

If there seems to be a daily no-hitter in Major League Baseball this season — well, there almost is. But no Yankees pitcher had performed the feat in this century until Wednesday. Now baseball’s marquee franchise has gotten in on the fun. The veteran right-hander Corey Kluber twirled a masterpiece in Arlington, Texas, for a 2-0 victory over the Texas Rangers. In his ninth start as a Yankee, Kluber struck out nine and walked one for the Yankees’ first no-hitter since David Cone’s perfect game in 1999 and the 12th in franchise history. “There’s guys that go out there with unbelievable stuff certain nights and they’re probably able to, but it might be something like a broken-bat bloop falling in,” said Kluber, who added that he had never witnessed a no-hitter, let alone thrown one. “There’s a lot of things that have to go your way. It’s definitely cool to do it in this uniform.”