Cards' Mikolas loses no-hitter in the 9th
Miles Mikolas fell one strike short of a nohitter for the St. Louis Cardinals against visiting Pittsburgh when Cal Mitchell doubled with two outs in the ninth inning Tuesday night.
Mitchell drove a 2-2 curveball just over the head of Gold Glove center fielder Harrison Bader. The ball bounced on the warning track 383 feet from home plate and over the wall in straightaway center for a ground-rule double.
The hit came on the 129th pitch from Mikolas, a career high. He was lifted right after that for Packy Naughton, who closed out a 9-1 victory over the Pirates in the second game of a doubleheader.
Paul Goldschmidt, who went 6 for 8 with three home runs and eight RBIs in the doubleheader, was 4 for 4 with two homers and five RBIs in the nightcap after homering and driving in three runs in the first game, a 3-1 Cardinals win.
Mikolas struck out six and walked one. Pittsburgh got an unearned run in the fourth to make it 7-1.
BRAVES 10, NATIONALS 4 >> Michael Harris II and Travis d'Arnaud each had three hits and homered for the second straight game, and Atlanta connected five times at Washington en route to its 13th straight win.
Atlanta hit back-to-back homers for the third straight game, this time doing it twice. D'Arnaud and Marcell Ozuna went deep in the third inning, and Orlando Arcia and Harris II followed in the sixth.
Dansby Swanson also homered for the Braves, who have clubbed 32 home runs during the winning streak, the longest in the majors this season. It's Atlanta's best stretch since it won 14 consecutive games from July 26 to Aug. 9, 2013.
METS 4, BREWERS 0 >> Chris Bassitt pitched eight sharp innings of three-hit ball, Pete Alonso drove in two runs and host New York beat struggling Milwaukee.
Bassitt (5-4), who entered with a 7.62 ERA in his last five starts, allowed just three singles and one walk with seven strikeouts. He got the Brewers to hit into double plays right after each of their hits.
It was the third time Bassitt has thrown eight scoreless innings and the first since his lone shutout, a two-hitter for the A's against the Los Angeles Angels on May 27, 2021.
Milwaukee has dropped nine of 10, getting shut out four times during that span.
YANKEES 2, RAYS 0 >> Gerrit Cole put a careerworst pummeling behind him with six sharp innings, and New York topped Tampa Bay at Yankee Stadium.
The AL East-leading Yankees, who won their fifth straight, had just five hits but improved to 45-16, the best 61-game start across baseball since Seattle in 2001.
Cole (6-1) allowed a career-most five homers against Minnesota in his previous outing but bounced back with a mostly stress-free start. The right-hander struck out seven, walked one and allowed five hits, all singles.
Corey Kluber (3-3) countered Cole with six innings, allowing two unearned runs, four hits and a walk with three strikeouts.