<P> Teams have thrown two straight no - hitters, with no other teams pitching one in the interim, 19 times; most recently by the Los Angeles Dodgers (Josh Beckett and Clayton Kershaw in 2014). The only team to throw three straight no - hitters was the Milwaukee Braves, with Lew Burdette, followed by consecutive no - no's by Warren Spahn, in 1960 and 1961 . Individual pitchers have thrown two straight no - hitters seven times: Addie Joss 1908 and 1910; Vander Meer in 1938; Allie Reynolds in 1951; Warren Spahn in 1960 and 1961; Ryan twice, first in 1973, then in 1974 and 1975; and Bailey . All seven instances were with the same team . </P> <P> The Tampa Bay Rays are the only MLB team to fail to get a hit in three games in a span of 12 months or fewer . No - hit by Arizona's Edwin Jackson on June 25, 2010, the Rays were also the victims of two perfect games: the first by White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle on July 23, 2009, the second by Oakland's Dallas Braden on May 9, 2010 . On August 15, 2012, the Rays were once again on the losing end of a perfect game, this time at the helm of Félix Hernández and the Seattle Mariners . </P> <P> The vast majority of no - hit games are finished by the starting pitcher, but twelve MLB no - hitters have been thrown by a combination of the starting and relief pitchers . The first such combined no - hitter occurred on June 23, 1917, when Ernie Shore of the Boston Red Sox relieved starter Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for arguing with the umpire after walking the first batter of the game . The runner was subsequently caught stealing and Shore retired the next 26 batters without allowing any baserunners . This game was long considered a perfect game for Shore, since he recorded 27 outs in succession; current rules classify it only as a combined no - hitter . Another major league combined no - hitter did not occur until April 30, 1967, when Stu Miller of the Baltimore Orioles recorded the final out in relief of Steve Barber in a 2--1 loss to the Detroit Tigers . </P> <P> The only combined extra inning no - hitter to date occurred on July 12, 1997 . Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers Francisco Córdova (9 innings) and Ricardo Rincón (1 inning) combined to no - hit the Houston Astros, 3--0 . Victory was secured with a three - run walk - off home run by pinch hitter Mark Smith in the bottom of the tenth inning . </P>

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