No hits, but a loss? Baseball oddity denies Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

TL;DR

Braxton Garrett pitched eight innings of no-hit baseball, but the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp lost 2-0 to the Gwinnett Stripers. This unusual outcome marks one of the strangest games of the Triple-A season.

Key points

Braxton Garrett pitched eight innings of no-hit baseball
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp lost 2-0 to Gwinnett Stripers
Game occurred on April 21 at Coolray Field
This is considered one of the strangest games of the season

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Coolray FieldLawrenceville, GA

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(This story has been updated to add new information.)

Braxton Garrett delivered the performance of a baseball lifetime.

Somehow, for Garrett and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, it wasn't quite enough.

In an early candidate for strangest game of the season in Triple-A, Garrett pitched eight innings of no-hit baseball, but Jacksonville went down to a 2-0 defeat against the Gwinnett Stripers on April 21 at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville, Ga.

The Stripers threw a combined one-hitter of their own, with 4 1/3 innings from Spencer Strider, 1 2/3 from Victor Mederos (1-0), two from Javy Guerra and one from Rolddy Munoz.

The game's only hit belonged to Jumbo Shrimp catcher Joe Mack in the top of the fourth, but he was left on base after two strikeouts and a foul pop fly. Jacksonville batters struck out 13 times on the night, dropping the 2025 International League champions back to .500.

Because the host Stripers carried a lead into the bottom of the ninth and thus did not have to bat, Jacksonville only pitched eight innings, so Garrett's performance does not hold official no-hitter status under MLB statistical conventions. Nonetheless, he became the franchise's first pitcher to throw a solo no-hitter of eight innings or more since Kevin Mobley on Aug. 3, 2000 against the Tennessee Smokies in the Double-A Southern League.

How did the Jumbo Shrimp lose despite Braxton Garrett's no-hitter?

Gwinnett (14-8) scored both of its runs in the sixth, without needing a hit.

Garrett hit both Brewer Hicklen and Jim Jarvis with pitches to start the inning. Hicklen scored after a wild pitch and a Garrett error on a pickoff attempt, and after Sean Murphy struck out, hit a sacrifice fly to right that scored Jarvis for the second run.

Q&A

How did Braxton Garrett perform in the game against the Gwinnett Stripers?

Braxton Garrett delivered an outstanding performance, pitching eight innings without allowing a hit.

What was the final score of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp game on April 21?

The final score was 2-0 in favor of the Gwinnett Stripers.

What makes the Jumbo Shrimp's loss to the Stripers unusual?

The loss is unusual because the Jumbo Shrimp lost despite Garrett's no-hit performance, which is a rare occurrence in baseball.