Gwinnett beats Jacksonville 2-0 despite being no-hit in bizarre finish

Gwinnett won 2-0 at Gwinnett Field on Tuesday night without a hit, turning Braxton Garrett’s eight-inning no-hitter into one of Triple-A’s strangest box scores. The Stripers scored both runs in the sixth, then rode Spencer Strider and a three-man bullpen to their third shutout of the season.

Strider, making his first rehab start with Gwinnett in 2026, looked every bit like a pitcher ready for another level. He struck out eight over 4.1 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit, a Joe Mack leadoff single in the fourth, before handing the game to the bullpen. Victor Medeiros, Javy Guerra and Rolddy Muñoz covered the final 4.2 innings and kept Jacksonville from doing anything with the lone opening it found.

The only real offense came from chaos. Brewer Hicklen and Jim Jarvis were both hit by pitches in the sixth, and the inning quickly unraveled for Jacksonville. On a wild pitch to Sean Murphy, Hicklen raced home from second in a headfirst hustle play at the plate. Then Garrett’s pickoff error sent Jarvis to third, and Nacho Alvarez Jr. followed with a sacrifice fly to bring Jarvis across for the second run.

That was all Gwinnett needed because Garrett was otherwise dominant. The 28-year-old left-hander, Miami’s first-round pick and the No. 7 overall selection in the 2016 draft, completed 8.0 innings and was tagged for two runs, one earned, despite not allowing a hit. He entered the night with a 0.77 ERA and 0.51 WHIP in Triple-A action, and his outing only reinforced how razor-thin the line can be between brilliance and defeat.

The game also carried a jolt of franchise history for Gwinnett. The Stripers were no-hit for the fourth time in team history, but for the first time they won one of those games. Their previous no-hit loss came in Game 1 of a doubleheader on July 5, 2019 against Durham, a reminder of how rare and bizarre this result was.

Jim Jarvis’ first-inning walk extended his on-base streak to 21 games, another small but important detail in a night defined by survival more than contact. Sean Murphy was behind the plate for the Braves’ rehab battery, and Strider’s sharp outing set the tone before the Stripers escaped with a victory that looked impossible until the sixth inning chaos changed everything.