The Yankees were six outs from history, but a controversial call put an end to it.

After Clarke Schmidt delivered seven innings in the Yankees’ 9-0 victory on Saturday afternoon, reliever JT Brubaker entered the eighth inning to face the lead of Orioles, Gary Sanchez.

With two strikes, Sanchez, who was close to half a swing, and despite the Yankees who checked the call with first basic referee Jansen Visconti, it was ruled that he was not swinging and the field was a ball.

Sanchez, the former Yakee, made the best of his second chance and a single to break the center to break up the no-hitter at the very next pitch.


Gary Sanchez ruled that he did not swing.
Gary Sanchez is decided that he did not swing.

“No, he didn’t!” Yes, network-by-play man, Michael Kay, said on the broadcast after the call was made. “From here it seemed like he went – Brubaker thought so. … oh, come. ‘

A no-hitter would have been double historic, as there was not one of this season and the Yankees have never thrown a combined one.