Guardians pitcher Gavin Williams has no-hitter through eight innings against the Mets

NEW YORK -- Cleveland Guardians pitcher Gavin Williams has held the New York Mets hitless through eight innings. The Guardians have the longest no-hitter drought in the majors. Williams has walked three and struck out five while throwing 111 pitches, 67 for strikes. He fielded the Mets’ hardest-hit balls, both in the first inning — a Francisco Lindor comebacker that hit Williams’ glove leading off the game and a liner by Pete Alonso that he snared two batters later. There was stirring in the Guardians’ bullpen as Williams finished the sixth inning. The 26-year-old right-hander has never thrown a complete game as a professional. His career-high for pitches is 109, set May 26 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. C.J. Kayfus made a diving catch for the second out of the seventh in right field off