Exciting night on the diamond

Jake Arrieta lost for the first time in 25 starts, as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Sunday night.

Arrieta (9-1) struck out a season-high 12 but gave up a season-worst nine hits and walked one in five innings. He last lost July 25, 2015, when the Philadelphia Phillies’ Cole Hamels threw a no-hitter against the Cubs.

Arrieta had won 20 consecutive decisions, the third most in baseball since 1913. The Cubs lost for the first time in 24 starts by Arrieta on Tuesday when they fell 5-0 to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Arrieta was also trying to become the quickest Cubs pitcher to reach 10 victories since Grover Alexander in 1920.

Yasmany Tomas hit a two-run double off Arrieta in the second inning, and Paul Goldschmidt added an RBI single in the fifth. D’backs lefty Patrick Corbin held Chicago to two runs in five innings.

Elsewhere around the majors, Jose Fernandez matched his career high with 14 strikeouts and won a pitching duel against Matt Harvey as the Miami Marlins defeated the New York Mets 1-0.

Fernandez (9-2) pitched seven scoreless innings for his eighth win in his past eight starts. He allowed four hits and no walks. The only time Fernandez encountered even mild trouble was the first inning when Curtis Granderson hit a two-out double. Fernandez, who has a 2.29 ERA, retired the next 15 batters in a row, striking out the side in the fourth.

Harvey (4-8) allowed four hits, no walks and one run in seven innings. He struck out three. He surrendered an RBI single to J.T. Realmuto in the fifth inning, and that was the difference.

Meanwhile, Edwin Encarnacion belted a two-run homer and Marco Estrada took a no-hitter into the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays held on to edge the Boston Red Sox 5-4.

Estrada (4-2) held the Red Sox without a hit through 71/3 innings before Chris Young’s solo homer. He gave up two hits and three walks while striking out five in eight-plus innings.

Jose Bautista, Darwin Barney and Russell Martin hit solo homers for the Blue Jays, who have won five of its last six and 12 of 16 since ending a season-worst five-game skid.

David Ortiz and Hanley Ramirez each hit RBI doubles and Jackie Bradley Jr. had an RBI single in the ninth for the Red Sox, who dropped two of three in the series and four of five overall.

Also, Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to give the Los Angeles Angels a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was Pujols’ 30th home run at PNC Park, more than any other opposing player. He has 88 RBIs in 92 career games at the Pittsburgh ballpark.