Why Have There Been So Many No-Hitters in 2021? Pitchers are better than ever. Hitters seem worse than ever. With six no-hitters by May 19, baseball is two away from tying the full-season record, which was set in 1884. On Tuesday night, Detroit’s Spencer Turnbull threw a no-hitter against Seattle. Less than 24 hours later, Corey Kluber of the Yankees threw one against Texas.Credit...Ted S. Warren/Associated Press May 20, 2021, 2:24 a.m. ET It had been less than 24 hours since Spencer Turnbull of the Detroit Tigers completed baseball’s fifth no-hitter of the 2021 season when Corey Kluber of the Yankees threw the sixth.