After Falling 3 Outs Short Of No-Hitter, Guardians’ Rookie Parker Messick Says, ‘It Might Happen For Me One Day, If The Lord Wills!’

Cleveland Guardians rookie southpaw Parker Messick was three outs shy of history and becoming the first Guardian to throw a no-hitter in 45 years.

Messick became the second Guardians pitcher to lose a no-hit bid in the 9th inning in the last eight months, along with his teammate Gavin Williams.

The rookie was cruising through eight innings against the Baltimore Orioles, who have one of the best offenses in baseball. But before he could get an out in the ninth inning, Orioles outfielder Leody Taveras hit a groundball that was right beyond the outstretched hands of second baseman Juan Brito.

Messick would allow another hit after the leadoff single, and that would be it for him, leaving the mound to a standing ovation, as he was so close to being immortalized forever.

The Orioles didn’t go down quietly, scoring two runs in the ninth and threatening the Guardians before closing it out and winning 4-2.

“I did my best. Maybe next time,” Messick said following his start against the Orioles.

“I mean, it sucks, but it’s baseball,” Messick added. “It might happen for me one day, if the Lord wills. I’ll have plenty more years to pitch some baseball games, so you know, it might happen again, so my only thought is just lock back in and get the next guy out.”

Guardians Manager Stephen Vogt didn’t hesitate to keep Messick in the game despite being at 106 pitches through eight innings.

“That was very special what we got to watch tonight,” Vogt said.

“That’s an unbelievably talented lineup that he took a no-hitter into the ninth against. Just continued to attack, continued to give them different looks throughout the whole game.”

The Guardians currently have the longest no-hitter drought in the entire MLB and were once again so close to ending that 45-year drought.