Article: CECIL FLIRTS WITH HISTORY; THE CHIEFS PITCHER THROWS NO-HITTER THROUGH EIGHT, THEN IS PULLED TO HONOR PITCH COUNT.; CHIEFS 5 BISONS 4.(Sports)

Byline: Lindsay Kramer Staff writer

Potential history took a backseat to the valuable commodity that is Syracuse Chiefs pitcher Brett Cecil's left arm on Saturday.

Cecil no-hit Buffalo for seven innings at Alliance Bank Stadium. But he was yanked before the start of the eighth because he was one pitch shy of his hard-and-fast 90-pitch limit, losing a chance at a gem and almost costing the Chiefs a win. Syracuse's bullpen blew the no-hitter and then what looked like a comfy lead before the Chiefs rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth for a 5-4 victory.

"I'm not disappointed at all," Cecil said his early exit. "I could go another two innings, everything ...

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