Yankees RHP Kluber has no-hitter through 6 vs. Rangers

<p>ARLINGTON, Texas &mdash; New York Yankees right-hander Corey Kluber has not allowed a hit through six innings against the Texas Rangers, the team he pitched one inning for last season. </p>
<p>Kluber has seven strikeouts. The only runner for the Rangers was Charlie Culberson, who drew a one-out walk in the third. </p>
<p>There have already been five no-hitters in the big leagues this season, including Detroit Tigers right-hander Spencer Turnbull against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. </p>
<p>The first no-hitter this season was April 9 when San Diego native Joe Musgrove threw the first no-hitter in Padres history against the Rangers in Texas. </p>
<p>Kluber, a two-time AL Cy Young Award winner, was making his second start at the Rangers’ retractable roof stadium. </p>
<p>The two-time AL Cy Young winner threw just one inning in his only season with the Rangers, tearing a muscle in his shoulder during his lone start last July in the third game played in the $1.2 billion stadium. The injury didn’t require surgery but ended his season.</p>
<p>That scoreless inning cost the Rangers nearly $8 million — his prorated pay of $6,851,852 after they got him in a December 2019 trade from Cleveland, and the $1 million buyout of a 2021 club option. Kluber then became a free agent and signed an $11 million, one-year deal with the Yankees. </p>
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