CLEARWATER, Fla. - Drew Anderson's High-A debut was nearly perfect on Sunday, when he and two relievers teamed up to no-hit the St. Lucie Mets in a 4-0 victory at Bright House Field.

Anderson, Will Morris, and Victor Arano combined on Clearwater's first nine-inning no-hitter since Julio De La Cruz accomplished the feat on August 18, 2006. The last no-hitter of any kind for Clearwater was a seven-inning perfect game by Drew Carpenter on August 29, 2007.

Video: Post-game Wrap: No-Hitter

The only thing that could stop Anderson on Sunday was the weather.

The 22-year-old right-hander retired the first seven men he faced before a walk to Jhoan Urena in the third inning. Anderson used his curveball effectively while flashing a low-to-mid 90's fastball, and racked up six strikeouts in his four no-hit innings.

In the bottom of the fourth, lightning forced a 44-minute delay, knocking Anderson from the game prematurely.

When play resumed, Clearwater had Cord Sandberg on second with reliever Domingo Tapia taking over on the hill. With two out, Mitch Walding ripped a double down the first base line to score Sandberg, and give the Threshers the 1-0 edge.

Will Morris took over on the bump for Clearwater and picked up right where Anderson left off.

Morris set down the first 11 men he faced, permitting just a two-out walk to Luis Guillorme in the eighth inning. The 23-year-old mowed down four Mets across his four innings before handing the ball to Arano for the ninth.

Clearwater (10-8) stretched its lead to four in the sixth inning.

Sandberg, Carlos Tocci, and Kyle Martin each struck one-out singles, the latter of which pushed home a run on Martin's 50th RBI of the year.

An out later, Derek Campbell was hit by a pitch to load the bases, and Malquin Canelo singled to right to score Tocci. Drew Stankiewicz worked a walk to push home a third run, bumping the Threshers lead to 4-0.

Clearwater called upon Arano in the ninth to finish it off, and the 21-year-old righty grabbed the first two outs quickly on a strikeout of Lednier Ricardo and a popout from Patrick Biondi before Jonathan Johnson drew a five-pitch walk.

The count ran full on John Mora, but Arano induced a weak fly to left-center that was squeezed by Tocci to secure the final out of Clearwater's first nine-inning no-no in nearly ten years.

Anderson, Morris, and Arano in total permitted just three walks and rung up 11 strikeouts across the combined no-hit effort.

Clearwater will have a chance to take the series on Monday, as the four-game set wraps up with a 7 p.m. first pitch. Yacksel Rios (2-3) takes the hill opposite Scarlyn Reyes (6-8), and all the action will be broadcast live on the Threshers Broadcast Network beginning at 6:45 p.m.

Video: Drew Anderson on Threshers no-hitter

Video: Will Morris on Threshers no-hitter

Video: Bossart on catching no-Hitter