MLB record 9th no-hitter thrown
Milwaukee ace Corbin Burnes combined with reliever Josh Hader to pitch baseball’s record ninth nohitter this season, breaking a mark set when pitchers began throwing overhand in 1884 as the Brewers beat the Cleveland Indians 3-0 on Saturday night.
Burnes struck out 14 with 115 pitches over eight innings, taking a perfect game into the seventh while overpowering the Indians, who were no-hit for the third time in 2021. This time is was by Burnes — who has become a Cy Young contender as the Brewers run away with the NL Central — and Hader, one of the game’s top closers.
Cleveland is the first team to be no-hit three times in the same year — all of them with starter Zach Plesac on the mound.
The right-handed Burnes was in control from the start, striking out 11 of his first 14 hitters and retiring the first 18 in order. After walking Myles Straw to start the seventh, the 26-year-old got through the eighth thanks to a diving catch by center fielder Lorenzo Cain on Owen Miller’s liner.
Hader ended the no-hitter by getting Straw to flail at a pitch in the dirt. The Brewers stormed the field to share hugs and high-fives with a signature victory in their runaway season.
American League
Rays 7, Tigers 2 — Joey Wendle tripled and homered, 30year-old Dietrich Enns won for the first time in the major leagues and Tampa Bay beat Detroit.
Kevin Kiermaier doubled and tripled to help the Rays end a two-game losing streak. Enns struck out six in four hitless innings of relief.
Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera picked up his 2,974th career hit with an RBI single in the fourth.
Blue Jays 11, Orioles 10 — George Springer hit a twoout, two-run homer in the seventh inning to lift Toronto past Baltimore in the first game of a doubleheader.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 43rd home run of the season to move within one of the Angels’ Shohei Ohtani for the major league lead.
Rangers 8, Athletics 6 — Jonah Heim hit a two-run home run with two outs in the eighth to cap a five-run rally, lifting Texas past Oakland.
National League
Giants 15, Cubs 4 — Tommy La Stella and Brandon Belt each hit three-run homers, and San Francisco pounded Chicago for its sixth straight win.
La Stella finished with three hits, including a double, five RBI and scored three runs for the surging Giants, who improved to a major-league best 92-50.
Cardinals 6, Reds 4 — Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer in the eighth and had three RBI and Paul DeJong had a solo shot to help St. Louis beat Cincinnati.
Phillies 6, Rockies 1 — Zack Wheeler steadied the slumping Phillies with eight strikeouts and Bryce Harper homered to lead Philadelphia past Colorado.
Pirates 10, Nationals 7 — Bryan Reynolds hit his 23rd home run of the season and drove in three runs in Pittsburgh’s victory over Washington.