DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – Matt Manning, Jason Foley, and Alex Lange combined to no-hit the Toronto for a 2-0 win at home on Saturday afternoon. Manning went 6.2 innings recording five strikeouts as Foley followed with 1.1 innings of work as Lange pitched the ninth inning for his 13th save of the year.

Manning said after being pulled in the seventh inning with the no hitter going on, “I had no idea. I was like, ‘well, dang,” after teammates told him in the dugout.

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It was the ninth no-hitter in Tigers history and the first combined one. The last no-hitter for Detroit came in 2021 when Spencer Turnbull no-hit the Seattle Mariners. It is also the second time in Tiger history that they have no-hit Toronto as Justin Verlander did it on May 7, 2011.

Detroit manager A.J. Hinch said about Manning, “He was laboring a ton. I almost took him out after the fifth and after the sixth. I sent him out for the seventh, but once a runner gets on, we have to worry about winning the game.”

The first two innings were a little rocky for Manning as two runners were on in the first inning but a foul out and a strikeout ended the inning. In the second inning, the leadoff batter was walked but a ground out, caught stealing, and line out finished the inning.

Toronto’s next 12 batters were retired by Manning in the third through sixth inning. In the seventh, Manning started the inning with a fly out and strikeout before a walk. That’s when Foley entered the game going 1.1 innings recording one strikeout. Lange came in the ninth and started with a strikeout followed by a fly out to centerfield and ground out to third for the no-hitter.

Detroit did all their scoring in the first inning as Spencer Torkelson singled in Riley Greene for the 1-0 lead. Kerry Carpenter then tripled in Torkelson as Detroit had back-to-back hits making it 2-0.

The final game of the series will be on Sunday at 1:40 p.m.