HOUSTON, Texas - Former Nova Southeastern Unviersity baseball player Mike Fiers threw a no-hitter for the Houston Astros against the Los Angeles Dodgers Friday evening in Minute Maid Park. Fiers is the first NSU alum to throw a no-hitter in Major League Baseball. 

"I was a little shaky in the first three innings, but I was able to get it together and stop walking guys and start going after guys and throwing the right pitches," said Fiers according to MLB.com. "But you don't think, 'OK, this is a game I can throw a no-hitter.' I don't take any game for granted. At any time guys can put a bunch of hits together and put you out of the game, so you've got to bear down on every hitter."

Fiers picked up a trio of walks early, but went on to strike out 10 batters over 134 pitches thrown, a new career high. The winning effort pushed the Astros, who just recently acquired Fiers, to a 3.5 game lead over the Angels in the AL West.

Fiers tossed 108.2 innings under Mike Mominey's direction in 2009, striking out a NCAA-leading 145 batters on the year. The Detroit Tigers' J.D. Martinez was the heart of the Sharks' offense that year, hitting .428 with 15 home runs. Miles Mikolas of the Yomiuri Giants was the team leader in ERA with an outstanding 2.06 ERA.

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