The same three hitters were thrown against by Luis and Phil Maton. It was :55.
After a big opening offensive outburst for the Astros, starter Luis Garcia and relief pitcher Phil Maton each threw a perfect ninth.
Martin was in the middle of it all.
The Astros scored six runs in the first on manager Dusty Baker's 73rd birthday and catcher Martin Maldonado had a two-run double and a solo home run.
To be a part of that. "I'm glad I was catching in that situation, I didn't remember ever being part of an inn of two in a row," he said.
It hadn't been like that in a while. We struck them out back-to-back with nine pitches. It was a nice day.
The pitcher fanned nine without a walk and limited Texas to two runs and four hits in a six-inning outing. He struck out Nathaniel Lowe, Brad Miller, and Ezequiel Duran in a row after only nine pitches.
The first three hitters Maton faced were the ones he replaced.
Miller said they knew they were cruising well. I would have liked to have taken better swings.
It was the first time in major league history that there had been two flawless days in a row. Both of them were twirled by the Astros, moving them into a tie for most with the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers.
On April 17 at Baltimore, the New York Yankees starter was the only one who did not allow a single run.
When Maton finished off his nine-strikeninginning, no one thought there had been another one. The catcher heard people yelling for the ball when he threw it to Alex.
"I said what happened after the guys erupted and I was talking to the guys in the locker room," he said.
The pitchers had their baseballs with them after the game.
This report was made using information from The Associated Press.
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