Musgrove throws 1st no-hitter for Padres
ARLINGTON, TEXAS >> San Diego Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove pitched the first no-hitter in the history of his hometown team, allowing only one baserunner in a 3-0 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.
The Padres were the only active MLB franchise without a no-hitter, and it came in their 8,206th regular season game.
“It’s awesome to have it be in a Padres uniform,” he said. “To have it be the first in the history of the franchise, that’s incredible.”
In only his second start for San Diego, Musgrove (2-0) struck out 10 and faced 28 batters, one over the minimum.
The only Rangers baserunner was Joey Gallo, who was hit by a pitch with two outs in the fourth inning. Jose Trevino had a hard lineout to right field for the final out of the eighth, and David Dahl ripped the first out of the ninth right at second baseman Jake Cronenworth.
DODGERS 1, NATIONALS 0 >> Justin Turner homered in the sixth inning, and Los Angeles celebrated its World Series ring ceremony day with a victory over Washington.
Walker Buehler (10) pitched six strong innings as the Dodgers won a tidy pitchers’ duel in their home opener without injured star outfielders Mookie Betts and Cody Bellinger.
RAYS 10, YANKEES 5 >> Rich Hill pitched six innings, helping Tampa Bay stop a four-game slide.
Austin Meadows had three of the Rays’ 13 hits. Willy Adames and Joey Wendle each had two hits and two RBIs, and Brandon Lowe drove in three runs.
INDIANS 4, TIGERS 1 >> Franmil Reyes homered twice for Cleveland, and Zach Plesac pitched seven dominant innings.
Reyes hit a two-run homer in the first off Derek Holland (0-1) and added a 446-foot solo shot in the sixth to make it 4-0. ANGELS 7, BLUE JAYS 7-1 >> Shohei Ohtani homered and drove in four runs, Andrew Heaney pitched six scoreless innings and Los Angeles beat Toronto Blue.
Ohtani completed a four-run second with a three-run double to deep right-center off T.J. Zeuch. He also connected for a 422-foot solo drive to center during Los Angeles’ three-run fifth.
BRAVES 8, PHILLIES 1 >> Ronald Acuña Jr. had four hits, including a long two-run homer that gave Atlanta the lead, and made a leaping catch to support Charlie Morton’s six strong innings, leading the Braves to a win over Philadelphia.
Morton (1-1) permitted one run and four hits. The veteran right-hander struck out seven and walked one.
Acuña’s fifth-inning blast off Zack Wheeler (11) traveled an estimated 456 feet, landing deep in the center-field seats behind the Braves bullpen for a 2-1 lead.