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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cristian Javier held the Philadelphia Phillies hitless through five innings in Game 4 of the World Series on Wednesday night, and the Houston Astros led 5-0 after knocking out Aaron Nola in a five-run fifth.
With the Astros trailing 2-1 in the best-of-seven series, Javier allowed only a pair of baserunners, walking Bryce Harper leading off the second and No. 9 hitter Brandon Marsh with one out in the third.
A 25-year-old right-hander, Javier struck out nine through five innings, including five in a row in the fourth and fifth. He threw 50 of 77 pitches for strikes.
On June 25 at Yankee Stadium, Javier combined with Héctor Neris and Ryan Pressly to no-hit New York. Javier threw 115 pitches over seven innings and the relievers combined for 35 more.
Don Larsen of the Yankees pitched the only no-hitter in World Series history, a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 in 1956. The only other postseason no-hitter was by Phillies ace Roy Halladay in a 2010 NL Division Series opener against Cincinnati, also at Citizens Bank Park.
José Alvarado hit Yordan Alvarez on the right hip with his first pitch to force in a run and got ahead 0-2 on Alex Bregman before he lined a 100.7 mph fastball to the opposite field, into the right-field corner for a 3-0 lead.
Kyle Tucker followed with a sacrifice fly and Yuli Gurriel added a run-scoring single.
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