For the second consecutive playoff game, Michael King flirted with a no-hitter and while he ultimately couldn't preserve it, San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. made sure the possibility remained in play.
By the bottom of the fourth inning of NL Division Series Game 2, the Milwaukee Brewers had zero hits, no base runners and a perfect game certainly creeped into the ralm of possibility. And then, Jackson Chourio took a 82 mph sweeper out to right field where Tatis came flying in from the outfield to make an acrobatic, sliding grab to preserve a hit ending in a flyout.
King eventually lost his bid for perfection an inning later, though he still held a 2-1 lead. That was similar to his outing in Game 1 of the wild-card series, where he carried
a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings against the Chicago Cubs, eventually settling for seven shutout innings in the Padres' 3-0 victory.
No-hitters in MLB postseason history
There have only been three no-hitters ever pitched in MLB postseason history.
The very first no-hitter was a perfect game that happened in 1956 during the World Series between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers. Yankees pitcher Don Larsen threw a perfect game in a win. The next no-hitter came 54 years later when Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay threw a no-hitter in 2010.
The most recent no-hitter was a team effort by the 2022 Houston Astros in Game 4 of the World Series.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Watch Fernando Tatis Jr. make amazing sliding catch for Padres vs Brewers
