Don Mattingly, Dodgers React To Being No-Hit By Astros’ Mike Fiers

Losers of two straight, the Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t find any relief against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on Friday night. Just as the Dodgers did, the Astros entered play with a 2.5-game lead in their division but unlike Los Angeles, Houston added to their lead by the end of the night.

It was thanks in large part to timely hitting by the Astros and a historic performance by right-hander Mike Fiers, whose first career complete game coincided with him throwing his first no-hitter. Using a fastball that sat in the low 90s and occasional breaking balls, Fiers tossed a career-high 134 pitches, striking out 10 and walking three.

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said postgame a no-hitter doesn’t necessarily make a loss feel any worse and likened the game to bad cake, via Pedro Moura of the OC Register:

Don Mattingly: “The fact that you get no-hit, it’s like icing on the bad part of the cake.”

— Pedro Moura (@pedromoura) August 22, 2015

Meanwhile Brett Anderson, who allowed three runs on seven hits in seven innings, congratulated Fiers:

Some days you just have to tip your cap…congrats Mike Fiers.

— Brett Anderson (@BrettAnderson35) August 22, 2015

With the Dodgers largely failing to make hard contact in the game, Kiké Hernandez pointed to a lack of adjustments, according to Moura:

Kiké Hernandez: “We didn’t make any adjustments throughout the game, and it showed.”

— Pedro Moura (@pedromoura) August 22, 2015

According to J.P. Hoornstra of the LA Daily News, Houston native Carl Crawford, who went 0-for-3 with one strikeout intended on avoiding ESPN’s SportsCenter:

Carl Crawford said he won't watch SportsCenter tonight. "That's my approach," he said. "Watch it tomorrow, it won't be there." #NoHitter

— J.P. Hoornstra (@jphoornstra) August 22, 2015

Friday’s game was the 18th time the Dodgers have been no-hit, which is tied with the Philadelphia Phillies for most in baseball.