FLORENCE, Ala. -- Five University of North Alabama pitchers made history at Mike Lane Field as they threw the first combined no-hitter in school history in a 1-0 win over Belmont.
The win was the sixth recorded no-hitter in school history and the first since 2010. It also snapped a five-game losing skid for the Lions, who are now 2-7 overall.
Cosi Scinta (1-0) retired all nine batters that he faced in his three innings as a starter.
Colton Teal then hit a batter in the fourth inning before retiring the Bruins.
Jacob James then retired nine straight batters to keep the no-hitter in tact through seven innings.
Bryant Claunch retired three batters in the eighth and
Kyle Moore came on to try and close it out in the ninth.
UNA third baseman
Grayson Throneberry made a brilliant play at third for the first out and Moore then struckout Drew Lowry to get within an out of the no-hitter. Hagan Severance then drew a walk and went to second on a wild pitch before Moore got John Behrends on a fly-out to left to end the game.
UNA got the only run it would need in the second inning as
Gerardo Miranda walked, stole second and scored on a
Kevin Brenning RBI-double.
UNA was held to just five hits in the game by five Belmont pitchers.
The Bruins are now 6-3 with the loss and had their five-game winning streak snapped in the process.
UNA's last previous no-hitter was thrown by Trey Mitchell against West Florida on March 20, 2010 in Pensacola. The Lions last home no-hitter was thrown by Mike Colacchio against West Georgia on March 20, 2004.
North Alabama will play a three-game series at Arkansas-Little Rock beginning Friday.
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