Pérez pulled from no-hitter in 1st start with White Sox

Chicago White Sox left-hander Martín Pérez was pulled amid a no-hitter in the sixth inning of Monday's 9-0 win against the Minnesota Twins.

Pérez matched a career high with nine strikeouts while allowing three walks on 93 pitches in his first start with the White Sox.

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Twins utility man Willi Castro eventually broke up the no-no with a two-out single in the seventh inning off reliever Mike Vasil, who was making his MLB debut after replacing Pérez.

"They ask me how I feel, and I told them that I feel great, but I was honest, too," Pérez said postgame, according to Scott Merkin of MLB.com. "There's no way I can go three more innings with that type of pitch (count). It's too early, and I think it's a long season."

Chicago signed the 33-year-old to a one-year, $5-million deal during the offseason. The 2022 All-Star posted a combined 4.53 ERA with 1.48 WHIP and 7.1 K/9 over 26 starts between the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres in 2024.

White Sox starters have yet to allow an earned run this season across a combined 23 innings after posting the sixth-worst ERA (4.62) in the majors last year amid a historical 121-loss campaign.

The team's 2025 rotation joins the 2019 Toronto Blue Jays, 2013 San Francisco Giants, and 1976 Milwaukee Brewers as the only clubs whose starters went five-plus innings without surrendering an earned run in the first four games of a season.