5 Mets pitchers combine for first no-hitter of season
NEW YORK >> New York Mets starter Tylor Megill and four relievers combined on the first no-hitter of the Major League Baseball season, teaming up to throw a whopping 159 pitches and beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 Friday night.
Megill was pulled after five innings and 88 pitches. The bullpen took over from there, with Drew Smith, Joely Rodríguez, Seth Lugo and Edwin Díaz completing the second nohitter in Mets history.
Díaz finished it off in style, striking out Bryce Harper, Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto in the ninth. Mets pitchers combined to fan 13 and walk six.
Johan Santana threw the Mets' only previous no-hitter on June 1, 2012, when he struck out eight and needed 134 pitches in an 8-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
This was the first nohitter against the Phillies since Josh Beckett pitched one for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2014.
MARLINS 8, MARINERS 6 >> Jorge Soler and Miguel Rojas homered and Miami won its sixth straight game with a victory over Seattle.
Soler's homer in the first inning bounced off a column behind the left-center field pavilion and was measured at 468 feet, the third-longest in the major leagues this season.
Marlins starter Elieser Hernández (2-1) settled down after a difficult second and limited Seattle to three runs over five innings. Hernández scattered five hits, struck out five and walked one.
Mariners starter Matt Brash (1-2) was lifted after two innings. The righthander allowed six runs, seven hits, struck out three and walked two.
ANGELS 5, WHITE SOX 1 >> Taylor Ward and Shohei Ohtani hit first-inning solo home runs off Lucas Giolito and Los Angeles rode a combined three-hitter to beat Chicago and get its sixth straight win.
RAYS 6, TWINS 1 >>Josh Lowe and Mike Zunino homered for the first time this season, Corey Kluber gave up one hit in six innings and Tampa Bay beat Minnesota to halt the Twins' seven-game win streak.
PADRES 7, PIRATES 3 >> Ha-Seong Kim and Jake Cronenworth homered, and Yu Darvish pitched six effective innings to lead San Diego over Pittsburgh.
RED SOX 3, ORIOLES 1 >> Christian Arroyo ended Boston's long-ball drought with a two-run shot, and Rich Hill combined with four relievers on a fivehitter to help the Red Sox beat Baltimore.
ASTROS 11, BLUE JAYS 7 >> Jeremy Peña hit a threerun home run, Yordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman also connected, and the Houston Astros beat the Toronto Blue Jays, extending their winning streak to four games.
BREWERS 11, CUBS 1 >> Hunter Renfroe hit two of Milwaukee's season-high five home runs, Adrian Houser struck out six and scattered two hits over six shutout innings and the Brewers beat Chicago.
Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks (1-2), who held Milwaukee to a run with seven strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings on opening day, couldn't get out of the fifth.
BRAVES 6, RANGERS 3 >> William Contreras hit two impressively long home runs, Austin Riley also connected and Travis Demeritte had an inside-the-park homer as the Atlanta beat Texas.
DIAMONDBACKS 6, CARDINALS 2 >> Madison Bumgarner pitched five strong innings, Daulton Varsho had two hits and Arizona beat St. Louis.
YANKEES 12, ROYALS 2 >> Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Anthony Rizzo and Gleyber Torres all homered and New York won its seventh in a row, beating Kansas City in a rain-shortened game.
The game was called after eight innings.