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Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners Make History in Pitchers Duel on Monday

The Seattle Mariners beat the Atlanta Braves, 2-1, on Monday night at T-Mobile Park. And while Mitch Garver's walk-off home run will capture headlines, the historic nature of the pitchers duel was the real story.

Brady Farkas

Apr 29, 2024; Seattle, Washington, USA; Atlanta Braves starter Max Fried (54) delivers a pitch
Apr 29, 2024; Seattle, Washington, USA; Atlanta Braves starter Max Fried (54) delivers a pitch / Stephen Brashear-USA TODAY Sports
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The Seattle Mariners beat the Atlanta Braves on Monday night, 2-1, at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. The M's got the win thanks to a walk-off home run from designated hitter Mitch Garver but the real story was the history-making performance put up by both starting pitchers.

Mariners' starter Bryce Miller and Braves' starter Max Fried both had no-hitters through the sixth inning, marking just the seventh time in the last 60+ years that that has happened.

Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com on social media:

both teams hitless thru 6 innings, last 50 seasons:

Today ATL at SEA: Max Fried, Bryce Miller
4/3/21 MIN at MIL: José Berríos, Corbin Burnes
8/2/14 SF at NYM: Jake Peavy, Jacob deGrom
4/2/14 ATL at MIL: Aaron Harang, Matt Garza
6/13/10 CHW at CHC: Gavin Floyd, Ted Lilly
6/10/97 FLA at SF: Kevin Brown, William VanLandingham
7/13/80 NYY at CHW: Rudy May, Steve Trout

Miller surrendered his first hit in the top of the seventh when Ronald Acuna Jr. hit an infield single. The M's didn't get the first knock until the bottom of the eighth when Josh Rojas hit a single. Fried didn't surrender that hit though, having departed the game after 6.0 innings because of a high pitch count.

All in all, Miller went 7.0 innings in the no-decision. He allowed just the one hit and one walk while striking out 10. Fried struck out seven with two walks over his 6.0 innings.

AJ Minter took the loss for Atlanta after allowing a single to Jorge Polanco in the ninth and the walk-off blast from Garver.

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Brady Farkas

BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady.