Braves' Shelby Miller falls one out shy of no-hitter

Shelby Miller was one out from the Atlanta Braves' first no-hitter in 21 years on Sunday, until a two-out single from rookie Justin Bour ruined his shot at history.

Miller, however, did hang on for a two-hit shutout as the Braves beat the Marlins 6-0.

Miller, 24, making just his eighth start for the Braves since coming over in an offseason trade with the St. Louis Cardinals, continued a dominant run with his new club by breezing through Miami's lineup on just 80 pitches in eight innings, facing the minimum amount of batters. He struck out four and allowed just one baserunner - a walk to Marcell Ozuna leading off the second inning.

Ozuna was erased one batter later when Michael Morse grounded into a double play.

Miller's cause was also aided considerably by a successful replay challenge from manager Fredi Gonzalez, who succesfully challenged that Marlins pitcher Henderson Alvarez was out on an infield grounder to shortstop Andrelton Simmons.

In the ninth, he got Adeiny Hechavarria on a groundout to first and Jhonatan Solano on a fly to center.

Up came Bour, 26, making his second plate appearance after pinch-hitting for Henderson Alvarez. He jumped on the first pitch for a clean single to center field.

Dee Gordon followed with another hit, but Miller retired Martin Prado to finish his 94-pitch, two-hit gem, improving to 5-0 and lowering his earned-run average to 1.33.

Amazingly, the Hall of Fame trio of Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz never pitched a no-hitter; Miller's bid could have given the franchise its first no-no since Kent Mercker no-hit the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 8, 1994.