Rays' Official Scorer Had Curt Four-Word Message on Move That Ended Yankees No-Hitter

Andy Nesbitt | Apr 21, 2025

New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried picked up his fourth win of the season on Sunday. / Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images

New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried lost his no-hit bid in the strangest of ways Sunday—while he wasn't even on the mound.

The left-hander was just six outs away from pulling it off when the Rays' official scorer changed what had been recorded as an error earlier in the game into a hit before the start of the eighth inning.

The sent Yankees announcer Michael Kay into a furious rant about the scorer's decision to wait a few innings to make that change. After the game, the scorer, Bill Matthews, had a very short explanation for his move, saying: "I made a decision."

Here's the play in question.

Scorekeepers changed this play from an error to a single, ending Max Fried’s no-hitter pic.twitter.com/lIAxtopuB1

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) April 20, 2025

While it's easy to see why that was scored a hit, the timing of the decision wasn't great.

Fried ended up giving up two hits and got the win to improve to 4-0 on the season.

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