With a fastball in the mid-90s mph and an effective change, Hernandez simply wasn't hittable. He also wasn't about to walk anyone, and got the final out after starting off Rodriguez with two balls.

The Rays seemed to try another technique to disrupt Hernandez, and that also failed. With two outs in the seventh, manager Joe Maddon came out to argue after plate umpire Rob Drake called strike one on a borderline pitch to Matt Joyce. Maddon stuck around for a minute or so to argue and when he left, Hernandez was still right in rhythm.

"I was yelling at Joe to get ... out of there," Seattle manager Eric Wedge said.

Riding down in a crowded elevator after the game, Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik jokingly held his cell phone to his ear and said "no, we're not trading Felix."

It was the second no-hitter this season for the Mariners -- doubling the franchise's total entering the year -- and third total at Safeco Field after the park went more than a dozen years without one. After Humber's perfect game, a six-pack of Seattle pitchers tossed a combined no-hitter against the Dodgers in June.

"He never did struggle. He kept making good pitches the whole way through," Jaso said. "The last at-bat of the game, falling down 2-0, he just kept his confidence. It was great."

The six no-hitters is two shy of the record set in 1884, one short of the total in each of the 1990 and 1991 seasons.

"Hard to believe. It's hard to believe. Hard to believe, too," baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said. "Struck out five of the last six hitters. That's pretty good."

Unlike Cain's perfect game in June, Hernandez didn't need the help of a career-high in strikeouts or spectacular catches.