NEW YORK -- In the fifth inning, Michael Pineda turned around, glanced at the scoreboard and saw that he had not allowed a hit.

He thought little about it.

"I looked at the scoreboard," Pineda said after giving up one hit in 6 2/3 innings. "I'm not really thinking too much. I'm thinking getting outs quick, that's what I want.

Instead, Pineda left the difficult decision-making to New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi, whose call was made significantly easier when the right-hander lost his no-hit bid on the first pitch of the seventh during Wednesday night's 2-1 win over the Miami Marlins.

"I was in a bad spot there," said Girardi, who lifted Pineda after 111 pitches during his 16-strikeout game on May 10 against the Baltimore Orioles. "People question me pulling him out in the 16 strikeouts to go for the record. You can't let him go forever. I guess at some point I had to consider pulling him."

Pineda made Girardi's decision less agonizing when Marlins left fielder Christian Yelich sent his fastball into the Yankees bullpen beyond the right-center field wall for his fourth home run of the season. That ended Pineda's run at throwing the 12th no-hitter in New York history and first since David Cone's perfect game against the Montreal Expos on July 18, 1999.

Even if Yelich had not gotten a hit, Pineda was unlikely to pitch much longer. Earlier this month, he had a start pushed back five days to keep him fresh and the layoff did not help his effectiveness in an 11-3 loss to Baltimore.

"He had some bite on his slider," New York catcher Brian McCann said. "He could do whatever he wanted tonight."

Before allowing the home run, Pineda retired the first 11 hitters. He issued a two-out walk to Yelich in the fourth and a one-out walk to first baseman Justin Bour and then retired five more before losing his no-hit bid.

Pineda struck out nine, getting six on his slider. It also marked the third time that he pitched at least six innings and allowed one hit.

"I definitely thought about big picture in what we have in this guy," Girardi said. "We have a healthy Michael Pineda and we have to keep him healthy.

"I don't think it's a situation where we let the guy throw 130, 140 pitches, not in this situation. It would be extremely difficult for me and I would feel bad. Sometimes as a manager you have to protect players from themselves."

After allowing the home run, Pineda threw five more pitches before exiting to a standing ovation from the crowd of 43,048, having thrown 62 of 100 pitches for strikes.

"Mikey was awesome tonight," said New York designated hitter Alex Rodriguez, who had an RBI single and another single to move to within three of 3,000 career hits.

Then the Yankees had to hold on, especially in the eighth and ninth. Chasen Shreve got the final out of the seventh, but Justin Wilson put two on in the eighth, forcing Dellin Betances into a save attempt.

Betances appeared to allow the tying run when first baseman Garrett Jones made a high throw to the plate as shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria slid in and was ruled safe. Replays appeared to show that McCann's tag was in time, and after a review of two minutes, 41 seconds, home plate umpire Dale Scott's initial call was overturned.

"In truthfulness, I thought I was safe," Hechavarria said through an interpreter. "I slid outside of the plate. I thought my foot got in there. After the replay, I was called out, but I really thought I was safe."

In the ninth, Betances gave up a two-out single to center fielder Marcell Ozuna and walked Bour but struck out catcher Jeff Mathis to notch his fourth save.

Instead of getting no-hit for the fourth time in team history, the Marlins lost for the second time in their last seven games.

"Nobody wants to get no hit," Miami manager Dan Jennings said. "Yelly (Yelich) got a