Mizzou Baseball in the Minors

■ Fresno's Mathis unhittable for six (milb.com)

The feeling wasn't there, but the results were. And for grizzled veteran and Grizzlies starter Doug Mathis, that's all that mattered.

Mathis battled through command issues to twirl six no-hit innings Monday, though Triple-A Fresno lost its grasp on a 3-0 lead and eventually fell in 14 innings, 5-4, to the host Memphis Redbirds.

"Any time you play extra innings and lose," Mathis said, "it's tough."

Even more so when the starter doesn't allow a single hit two-thirds of the way through what was supposed to be a nine-inning game. Mathis retired the first 13 batters he faced Monday before Matt Carpenter reached on first baseman Brett Pill's fielding error. Mathis also plunked a batter in the fifth and walked one in the sixth.

"It was kind of weird. I was struggling to get ahead of guys," the 27-year-old right-hander said, "but I made a pitch when I had to."