Astros' Alimber Santa becomes first pitcher since 1900 to participate in a no-hitter during his MLB debut

Making your Major League debut is nerve-racking enough, but doing truthful portion trying to sphere a no-hitter is simply a antithetic benignant of pressure.

Houston Astros pitcher Alimber Santa was called successful to marque his Major League debut during the team’s 9-0 triumph implicit the Texas Rangers connected Monday nighttime astatine Globe Life Field. Tatsuya Imai threw six no-hit innings, and reliever Steven Okert threw 1 inning earlier manager Joe Espada turned to Santa to decorativeness the job.

Santa, 23, fired 2 cleanable innings and ended the crippled striking retired Brandon Nimmo for his archetypal vocation strikeout, completing the combined no-hitter. Santa became the archetypal pitcher since 1900 to enactment successful a no-hitter during his big-league debut, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

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Houston Astros pitcher Alimber Santa and catcher Christian Vázquez observe aft their team's combined no-hitter triumph implicit the Texas Rangers successful Arlington, Texas, connected May 25, 2026. (Julio Cortez/AP)

In the bullpen, Santa said helium was alert of what was astatine stake.

"Yeah, determination was immoderate adrenaline," Santa said done a translator. "I was alert of the no-hitter, but I was conscionable trying to calm myself down from the bullpen."

Espada said helium was arrogant of Santa.

"Proud of Santa," Espada said via MLB.com. "I deliberation it’s a large nighttime for him and his family. So arrogant of him. I’ve seen this kid for years, and conscionable to person this infinitesimal is immense for the enactment and for him."

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Houston Astros pitcher Alimber Santa holds up the shot aft helping his squad gain a combined no-hitter during his large league debut against the Texas Rangers successful Arlington, Texas, connected May 25, 2026. (Julio Cortez/AP)

Imai walked 3 of the archetypal batters helium faced but settled down to flight the aboriginal jam. Okert besides walked a hitter during his inning of work.

The combined no-hitter was the Astros’ 17th regular -eason no-hitter. They person 18 full no-hitters, including the postseason, arsenic they threw a combined no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies successful the 2022 World Series.

It was the archetypal no-hitter successful the large leagues since Shota Imanaga and 2 Chicago Cubs relievers combined for a 12-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates connected Sept. 4, 2024. No pitcher has tossed a complete-game no-hitter since Blake Snell did truthful for the San Francisco Giants against the Cincinnati Reds connected Aug. 2, 2024.

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Houston Astros pitchers Alimber Santa, Tatsuya Imai, and Steven Okert airs with catcher Christian Vázquez aft combining for a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers successful Arlington, Texas, connected May 25, 2026. (Julio Cortez/AP)

Ronel Blanco tossed the erstwhile no-hitter for the Astros successful a 10-0 triumph implicit the Toronto Blue Jays connected April 1, 2024, which besides marked Espada’s archetypal triumph arsenic manager. In fact, Houston has authored 3 of the past 7 and 5 of the past 11 large league no-hitters.

The Astros (24-31) volition look to physique connected their momentum from the combined no-hitter erstwhile they play the Rangers (24-29) successful the 2nd crippled of a four-game bid connected Tuesday astatine 8:05 p.m. ET.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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