Victor Caratini was behind the plate when Joe Musgrove threw the first no-hitter in Padres history on Friday night against the Rangers at Globe Life Field.

The Padres¡¯ 3-0 win marked the second no-hitter Caratini has caught in his career, the first taking place not that long ago, with Alec Mills' no-hitter for the Cubs against the Brewers on Sept. 13, 2020.

That means Caratini caught the Majors¡¯ two most recent no-hitters, and it makes him the first starting catcher in Major League history to catch consecutive no-hitters for different clubs. A starting backstop catching consecutive no-hitters has happened 10 previous times in MLB history, but all of those instances occurred with the same team.

¡°It's pretty rare to find yourself in those situations,¡± Caratini said. ¡°It's not every?day someone throws a no-hitter. But Joe just had everything working. I was just really happy to be a part of it.¡±?

Caratini also made a bit of history in his native Puerto Rico. He¡¯s only the second Puerto Rican catcher to backstop multiple no-nos, joining Ivan Rodriguez.?

¡°Super happy, super proud to be on that same list, to be in that same company as Ivan,¡± Caratini said. ¡°He's one of my idols. Hope I can just keep doing a good job.¡±

According to the Padres, Caratini¡¯s double is more than coincidence.

¡°You start to get to the point you don¡¯t really want to talk to Joe too much, so we¡¯re doing some communication with Victor,¡± Padres manager Jayce Tingler said. ¡°[He said], ¡®He¡¯s good, he¡¯s good, the stuff¡¯s still good, keep going.¡¯ So he was our third party there late in the game.¡±

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After completing his no-hit gem, Musgrove likened Caratini to a scientist, praising the backstop for his knowledge of the opposing hitters¡¯ tendencies, as well as his ability to think multiple batters and multiple innings ahead.

¡°He was calculating how many guys until we get to the top of the order, so that by the sixth, seventh inning, it would be 6-7-8, 9-1-2,¡± Musgrove said. ¡°Just doing all the math and figuring out which guys we need to be more aggressive with fastballs and sinkers and cutters to get one-pitch outs and try to save a few pitches here and there.

¡°He just did such a good job back there, and it made my job so easy to let him call the game and just try to execute pitches.¡±

Caratini -- as he is wont to do -- deflected the credit.

¡°It was his day,¡± Caratini said. ¡°He had all his stuff. Everything was working, and I¡¯m really happy for him at the end of the day."