Team USA's no-hitter brigade: Tanner Houck, catcher Chris Okey, pitching coach Gary Henderson, Ryan Hendrix and A.J. Puk

Team USA Makes History With No-Hitter

CARY, N.C. — Three pitchers for USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team — Tanner Houck (Missouri), A.J. Puk (Florida) and Ryan Hendrix (Texas A&M) — combined on a no-hitter against the Cuban national team on Wednesday night, leading Team USA to a 2-0 win in the opener of the five-game series. The no-hitter was a big deal for several reasons, beyond just the standard novelty of a no-hitter.

First of all, this is Cuba we’re talking about. No international team has been more successful over the decades than the Cubans, who have won countless games through sheer intimidation before[…]