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Brewers to protest hit, want error, no-hitter for Sabathia

Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia gave up just one hit in Milwaukee’s 7-0 win over Pittsburgh. The Brewers are protesting the hit, saying it should be ruled an error on Sabathia.
PITTSBURGH - To the Milwaukee Brewers, CC Sabathia pitched a no-hitter. The official scorer disagreed.

The Brewers are going to try to change his mind.

Sabathia limited the Pirates to Andy LaRoche’s infield single leading off the fifth inning, on a play Milwaukee manager Ned Yost argued was an error on the pitcher, and the Brewers beat Pittsburgh 7-0 Sunday for their eighth victory in nine games.

“He accomplished a no-hitter and wasn’t given what he deserved. That should have been a no-hitter,” Yost said. “That’s a stinking no-hitter we all got cheated from. I feel horrible for CC.”

The Brewers said they plan to send a DVD of the play to Major League Baseball, asking that the call be overturned. However, according to baseball’s rulebook, only the official scorer may change a judgment scoring call.

If official scorer Bob Webb were to decide to change the call, it would be the first time in major league history a no-hitter was awarded retroactively.

LaRoche’s softly hit grounder on a 2-2 pitch rolled about 45 feet between the plate and the mound before Sabathia picked it up barehanded, only to drop it. The ball may have been hit too softly for Sabathia to get LaRoche at first, even if he had made the play cleanly.

Webb, a major league official scorer for 20 seasons, immediately ruled a hit, explaining he watched LaRoche out of the batter’s box and the runner was two-thirds of the way down the line as Sabathia was picking the ball up.

Webb wouldn’t comment on Yost’s remarks, but said the play did not meet the rule book criteria for an error.

As it stands, Sabathia (9-0) pitched the majors’ fourth one-hitter this season.

Jon Lester of the Red Sox pitched the majors’ only no-hitter this season, beating Kansas City on May 19.

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