Phillies’ Cole Hamels pitches no-hitter against the Cubs

Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels has pitched his first no-hitter, defeating the Chicago Cubs, 5-0, at Wrigley Field on Saturday.

The 31-year-old was part of combined no-hitter with three relievers last season when he went six innings in a 7-0 victory over the Braves in Atlanta on Sept. 1, 2014.

Hamels (6-7) struck out 13 batters and walked two over nine innings on 129 pitches -- 83 for strikes. It was the 13th no-hitter in Phillies franchise history.

“It’s something where you just go out there and enjoy the moment,” Hamels said. “What I want is to be successful at it. I enjoyed the moment and this happened.”

The no-hitter was not secured until Phillies center fielder Odubel Herrera tracked down a deep drive by Cubs rookie third baseman Kris Bryant on the warning track. Herrera raced to the wall on the hit but had overrun the ball and had to lunge forward on the warning track to make the catch.

“I hung that pitch to Bryant with his power, fortunately the wind was in my favor,” Hamels said. “Herrera made two spectacular catches out there. That picked the team up and it’s great to see and it’s great to participate myself.”

It was the third no-hitter of the 2015 season. The last no-hitter in the majors came on June 20 by Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals in a 6-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, and San Francisco Giants rookie Chris Heston pitched one on June 9 in a 5-0 win over the New York Mets.

Roy Halladay was the last Phillies pitcher to throw a complete-game no-hitter in a 4-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in a playoff game on Oct. 6, 2010.

It was the fourth no-hitter caught by Carlos Ruiz, the most in National League history and tied with Jason Varitek for most in the MLB history.

Ryan Howard hit a three-run home run in the third inning to open the scoring Saturday for the Phillies.

Philadelphia added two more runs in the eighth inning when Freddy Galvis’ blooper to right field scored Cody Asche and a throwing error by Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo allowed Galvis to score.

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