INDIANAPOLIS — Brady Ware had a day most baseball players can only dream about.
The University of Indianapolis pitcher threw a no-hitter in a 13-0 win over Drury University Friday and backed his effort up at the plate, hitting for the cycle and driving in five runs.
Ware, a graduate student from Poway, California, struck out 11 batters without allowing a hit to the Panthers in seven innings in the second game of a doubleheader sweep by the Greyhounds.
Ware retired the first nine Drury hitters he faced before allowing Max Elmer to reach on a wild pitch after a strikeout. He walked five hitters during the outing.
It's the first no-hitter for the Greyhounds since Jordan Tackett in 2015.
After UIndy went down in order in the first inning, Ware got the Greyhounds on the board with a solo home run to lead off the second frame. He wasn't done in the inning, clearing the bases with a two-out, three-run triple to push the lead to 7-0.
He drove in another run with a double in the third inning, then capped off the historic feat with a single in the fifth inning.
The cycle is the first by a UIndy hitter since Jake Hartley in 2013. Ware is the first Greyhound to hit for the cycle while pitching a no-hitter.
Baseball players are known for their superstitions and Ware may have found a secret to his success.
"I was about 15 minutes late today, so I'll be about 15 minutes late every day," he said after the game in an impromptu interview with a teammate.
The Greyhounds won Friday's first game, 8-7, and will go for the series sweep of the Panthers on Saturday.