Astros’ Fiers no- hits L. A.

He needs 134 pitches for season’s fifth no- hitter

HOUSTON — Mike Fiers pitched the second nohitter in the major leagues in 10 days, leading the Houston Astros to a 3- 0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

Fiers ( 6- 9) struck out Justin Turner on his 134th pitch to end it and threw his glove high into the air for his first career complete game and the fifth no- hitter in the big leagues this season. Seattle’s Hisashi Iwakuma tossed a no- no on Aug 12. Cole Hamels with Philadelphia, San Francisco’s Chris Heston and Washington’s Max Scherzer also have thrown no- hitters this season.

Fiers said his exhaustion didn’t hit him until he threw his last pitch.

“After I got that

last out everything kind of hit me,” he said. “Once you’re in that moment you don’t feel anything really. You’re going off adrenaline at that point.”

Astros executive Nolan Ryan, who threw a record seven no- hitters, applauded from a suite as Fiers was mobbed by his teammates near the mound after finishing the 11th no- hitter in Astros history.

“Oh man, this crowd was going insane,” Fiers said. “It got me pumped up. I felt great.”

Acquired by the Astros at the trade deadline from Milwaukee to help with their playoff push, Fiers had never gotten an out in the ninth inning in his fiveyear career, He struck out 10 and walked three, retiring the final 21 batters.

Fiers needed little help from his defense until Jake Marisnick had to sprint to catch a long fly ball by Jimmy Rollins just in front of the bullpen in right field for the first out of the ninth inning.