Bryce Miller loses no-hitter in seventh, Mariners still beat Angels

Bryce Miller took a no-hitter into the seventh inning at T-Mobile Park, then watched Nolan Schanuel spoil it with a leadoff bloop single to right field, but the Seattle Mariners still finished off the Los Angeles Angels 1-0 on Thursday night and completed a three-game sweep.

He struck out seven, walked none and threw 50 of 69 pitches for strikes through six innings. Seattle led 1-0 when Schanuel finally broke through, and Andrés Muñoz handled the final outs to preserve the shutout.

A strained left oblique in spring training delayed Miller’s debut, but he joined the rotation in mid-May and entered the night at 3-2 with a 1.97 ERA. He had matched his career high with 11 strikeouts in his previous start against Pittsburgh.

The Angels were nearly no-hit themselves. Walbert Ureña held Seattle without a hit through five innings before J.P. Crawford opened the sixth with a double, and Cal Raleigh followed later in the inning with a bases-loaded walk to bring in the only run of the game. Ureña finished with one run and one hit allowed in 5 2/3 innings.

The Mariners and Texas Rangers entered the game tied for first at 45-43. Seattle had already opened the night on a three-game winning streak. Denzer Guzmán’s best early chance for the Angels came in the fourth, when he reached second on a throwing error by Crawford, but Miller escaped.

The Mariners’ most recent no-hitter before this game came from James Paxton in Toronto on May 8, 2018. MLB lists the Angels’ no-hit drought as the longest active streak in the majors, now at 4,227 consecutive games since Eric Milton no-hit them for Minnesota on Sept. 11, 1999.