Detroit Tigers right-hander Jackson Jobe, the top pitching prospect in baseball, led the way for Double-A Erie by throwing six scoreless innings with five strikeouts.

Jobe didn't allow a hit in his six innings.

The SeaWolves completed a combined no-hitter with four pitchers, headlined by Jobe, in Saturday's 3-0 win against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, an affiliate of the New York Mets, at Mirabito Stadium in Binghamton, New York.

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The four pitchers: Jobe in the first six innings, Jake Higginbotham in the seventh inning, Matt Seelinger in the eighth inning and Garrett Hill in the ninth inning.

Catcher Eliezer Alfonzo, who hit a home run in the ninth, worked behind the plate for all nine innings.

"Jackson makes everything easier," Alfonzo said, according to MiLB.com's Jesús Cano. "Everyone knows about that talent that he has — the ability to dominate the batters and the competitive attitude that makes him a great pitcher."

Facing the Rumble Ponies, Jobe walked two batters — one in the second inning, one in the fifth inning — in his 70-pitch performance to kickstart the combined no-hitter. Hill also walked a batter in the ninth inning, but he induced a groundout to end the game.

"I wouldn't want anyone in the world out there with me than that guy right there," Jobe said of Alfonzo, according to MiLB.com. "He knows me better than anyone else. It's always fun going out there with him. It gives me a lot of confidence. He works really hard back there."

Jobe, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 draft, owns a 1.38 ERA with 16 walks and 45 strikeouts across 32⅔ innings in eight starts for Double-A Erie. He also has a 2.00 ERA with two walks and eight strikeouts across nine innings in three starts for High-A West Michigan.

The 21-year-old started those three games for West Michigan during his rehab assignment in return from a left hamstring strain, which kept him on the injured list from May 2 through July 4.

Jobe has dealt with injuries in back-to-back seasons, but he hasn't had an arm injury.

"I want to pitch in the big leagues," Jobe said, according to MiLB.com. "Whether that'll happen or not this season, I don't know, but that's been something I've wanted to do since I was 4 years old. Getting to Double-A, you kind of start to see that light at the end of the tunnel."

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The Jobe-led no-hitter marked the fifth no-hitter in Erie SeaWolves history and the first since Aug. 29, 2019, when former No. 1 overall draft pick Casey Mize threw a no-hitter in his SeaWolves debut with catcher Jake Rogers behind the plate. A few days before that, Alex Faedo and Drew Carlton combined to throw a no-hitter for the SeaWolves with catcher Chace Numata.

Elvin Hernandez threw the first of five no-hitters in 1995.

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