Casey Mize, hope of the Tigers # 1, does not launch

Casey Mize certainly knows how to make a first impression.
After dominating four starts with the A Advanced Lakeland class, the No. 1 Tigers prospect (No. 16 MLB) was promoted and quickly pitched a player without a batter in his debut with Double-A Erie on Monday.

Casey Mize certainly knows how to make a first impression.

After dominating four starts with the A Advanced Lakeland class, the No. 1 Tigers prospect (No. 16 MLB) was promoted and quickly pitched a player without a batter in his debut with Double-A Erie on Monday.

NO HITTER! Casey Mize, in his Double-A debut, launches the fourth non-hitter in the history of SeaWolves. The SeaWolves take Altoona 1 to 0. #RoadToDetroit pic.twitter.com/d68pKYCXcy

– Erie SeaWolves (@erie_seawolves) April 30, 2019

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Mize, last year's No. 1 draft pick, led the SeaWolves to a 1-0 victory over the Altoona Curve (Pirates) at Peoples Natural Gas Field in Altoona, Penn.

"He was full, man," said Jake Rogers, the receiver. "Since the first run, he has come out and he has taken out the guys, making them ridiculous, and since then I knew that if we attacked them, something special would happen."

SeaWolves Catcher @_JROG_ no hitter tonight thrown by @ Casey_Mize. #RoadToDetroit pic.twitter.com/DJ0XDzLuEc

– Erie SeaWolves (@erie_seawolves) April 30, 2019

The no-hitter scored the fourth in SeaWolves history and the second of the season, while Alex Faedo, the Tigers' No. 10 hope, had pitched seven innings of a non-batter combined on 24 April.

Erie's only run was started in round five when Chad Sedio brought Rogers back to first base.

Mize, who boasts of his command, hits the first batter of the match, but quickly finds the area. After hiring the first man, Mize retired 19 in a row before offering a run of two outings in the seventh. The 21-year-old finished seventh and the team withdrew the team in the order of the eighth and ninth inning to complete the draw.

A stop @Tigres prospect Casey Mize continues to come across in his @erie_seawolves In the beginning, his championships are doing their part.

This jewel courtesy of @ derekhill27: https://t.co/6IKCzl4EwM pic.twitter.com/XAuu4PGBqG

– Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) April 29, 2019

Not only did Mize launch a non-hitter, but he did it effectively, needing only 98 shots (70 shots), including a sixth inning four shots, to spin the first complete match of his career.

"He's smart up there," Rogers said. "He knows what he wants to do, he trusted me a bit tonight and we just went after him, he's just ordering all the land and he's attacking guys."

Prior to promotion to Erie, Mize was 0-0 with a 0.35 ERA in four starts with Lakeland. On those starts, with a total of 26 innings, the right handed seven hits, made one and took out 25.