There was a time, before an arm injury ended his Major League career after just three seasons, when Juan Nieves was considered one of the bright young hurlers in the game.

Back on April 15, 1987, Nieves, then only 22 years old and in his second year, continued cementing that fact when he fired the first -- and still the only -- no-hitter in Brewers history by blanking the Orioles.

Nieves, a Puerto Rico native, walked five batters and struck out seven as the Brewers beat Baltimore, 7-0, in front of just 11,407 at the Orioles' old Memorial Stadium to become the youngest pitcher to throw a no-hitter in nearly 15 years.

"Games like this can make a grown man cry," then-Brewers manager Tom Trebelhorn told the Associated Press after that game. "That's the greatest game I've ever been associated with."

Every day from now until Spring Training, MLB.com Live will air a classic game on Baseball's Best. Nieves' no-hitter can be seen Tuesday at 9 a.m. CT/10 a.m. ET.

The no-no came on a Wednesday when the Brewers moved to 9-0 as the Major Leagues' only undefeated team when Nieves said he didn't have good stuff working.

But he had plenty of help.

The biggest moment came when it was time to secure the final out. After Nieves got Ken Gebhardt to ground out to third and retired Rick Burleson on a soft liner, the left-hander walked Cal Ripken Jr. on four pitches, bringing Eddie Murray to the plate.

Murray ended up hitting a liner to right-center field that looked like it would spoil the no-hitter, but center fielder Robin Yount sprinted about 15 yards and dove to his left to make a dramatic catch and seal the deal.

"I didn't have time to think," Yount told the AP. "I wasn't going to do anything but catch it. You don't think about it, you just react. I'm just happy we accomplished a no-hitter."

But Yount wasn't the only one to help.

The Brewers got three home runs and a combined five RBIs by Dale Sveum, Greg Brock and Glenn Braggs. Also, left fielder Jim Paciorek made a diving catch in the second inning, and third baseman Paul Molitor made two outstanding plays -- one in the fourth, and one in the fifth.

But, mostly, it was all about Nieves being lights-out on the mound.

"He pitched a whale of a ballgame," then-Orioles manager Cal Ripken told the AP. "I didn't think Eddie's ball was going to drop when I saw Robin break for it. The guy's a pretty good center fielder and when he gets a jump like that, he's going to catch it."

Nieves would go on to play just three seasons with the Brewers before injuries ended his career abruptly -- after a combined 32-25 record with a 4.71 ERA in 94 games.

But though his career didn't have the tenure he would've liked, he accomplished something a lot of the game's best pitchers never did on this day.

"I had a mediocre fastball and my slider was awful," Nieves, now a bullpen coach with the White Sox, told the AP after that game. "I just went after them in the final three innings and my slider finally showed up.

"I didn't really think about the no-hitter until the last out, when all of my teammates started tackling me."