A quartet of pitchers carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning Wednesday afternoon as the Buffalo Bisons breezed past the Worcester Red Sox 5-1 in their series opener in Polar Park.
Buffalo Bisons general manager Anthony Sprague was promoted to his post more than 16 months ago and still hasn't been able to see his team play at Sahlen Field.
Rehabbing starter Tommy Milone pitched the first inning, Zach Logue (3-1) went four innings with eight strikeouts, and Tyler Chatwood and Conor Overton added a hitless inning apiece. With one out in the eighth, Overton gave up Tate Matheny's infield single toward third to end the bid for the first combined no-hitter in the franchise's modern era.
Second baseman Richard Urena led the Bisons with three hits. Designated hitter Corey Dickerson, in his first game on rehab from Toronto, was one of three players with two.
The win was Buffalo's eighth straight and 12th in its last 13 games. The Herd is 45-25, now 20 games over .500 for the first time since the final day of the 2005 season. The Bisons finished that year 82-62 and their International League North Division championship marked their most recent postseason appearance.
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Wednesday's win kept the Bisons within a game of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the Northeast Division of Triple-A East, as the RailRiders posted a 9-8, 10-inning win in Syracuse after blowing an 8-2 lead in the bottom of the ninth.
Buffalo's victory came in the opener of a 12-game road trip; the club returns home to Sahlen Field for the first time since 2019 when it hosts Rochester on Aug. 10.
After getting rained out Tuesday night, the Bisons and Red Sox play a makeup doubleheader Thursday at 4:35.
