Musgrove makes history, blanks Rangers in Padres’ first no-hitter
Joe Musgrove, a San Diego County native who grew up a Padres fan, threw the first no-hitter in franchise history on Friday night, beating the Texas Rangers 3-0 in Arlington, Texas.
Musgrove came within one hit batter of a perfect game, as he plunked Joey Gallo on the right hip in the fourth. Musgrove (2-0) struck out 10 and retired Isiah Kiner-Falefa on a grounder to shortstop Kim Ha-Seong to end the game. The 28-year-old right-hander, threw 112 pitches and has allowed only three hits in 15 scoreless innings this season.
The Padres had gone 8,205 games without a no-hitter since becoming a National League expansion team in 1969. They were the lone major league team without a no-hitter and have had 30 one-hitters in their history.
The closest the Rangers came to a hit was a line drive to right by Nate Lowe in the fourth (immediately following the Gallo hit-by-pitch), a sharp Jose Trevino grounder to the right of shortstop Kim to end the fifth and Trevino’s line drive to Wil Myers in right to end the eighth.
Justin Turner homered to highlight his three-hit performance as Los Angeles won 1-0 in their home opener over Washington.
Walker Buehler (1-0) and three relievers combined for the shut-out, with Corey Knebel striking out the side in the ninth inning for his second save of the season. Buehler scattered six hits over six innings and struck out four without issuing a walk.
The Dodgers distributed 2020 World Series rings to players and coaches and raised their championship banner before taking on the 2019 champions Nationals.
Ronald Acuna Jr had a pair of doubles and blasted a 456-foot home run to lead hosts Atlanta past Philadelphia 8-1 to run their winning streak to three games.
Acuna was 4-for-5, including his third homer of the season, a two-run shot off starter Zack Wheeler (1-1). It was the fifth four-hit game of his career. The Braves also got homers from Ehire Adrianza and Freddie Freeman.
RESULTS
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TAMPA BAY 10 NY Yankees 5; LA DODGERS 1 Washington 0; SAN FRANCISCO 3 Colorado 1; LA Angels 7 TORONTO 1; CLEVELAND 4 Detroit 1; ATLANTA 8 Philadelphia 1; San Diego 3 TEXAS 0; Oakland 6 HOUSTON 2; Cincinnati 6 ARIZONA 5