Clarke Schmidt walked off the mound after getting through his seventh hitless inning and exchanged a glance with New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone in the dugout.

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But the sellout crowd of 46,142 voiced its displeasure when ex-Yankee Gary Sánchez lined a single to center field off Brubaker to lead off the eighth inning — one pitch after a close check swing that was ruled a non-swing instead of strike three — ending a bid to become the 13th no-hitter or perfect game in Yankees regular-season history.