Yankees – surprise – are no-hit
Astros starter goes seven innings, fans 13 before bullpen finishes win
Cristian Javier, Héctor Neris and Ryan Pressly combined on the first no-hitter against the New York Yankees in 19 years, shutting down the best team in baseball and pitching the visiting Houston Astros to a 3-0 victory on Saturday.
Javier (5-3), a 25-year-old right-hander without a complete game in 84 professional starts, was clearly tired when manager Dusty Baker brought in a reliever to start the eighth.
Javier set career highs for strikeouts (13) and pitches (115), and he matched his longest start with seven innings.
Pressly, who gave up a tying three-run homer to Aaron Hicks in a 7-6 loss Thursday night, retired three consecutive batters in the ninth for his 15th save in 18 chances. After Giancarlo Stanton hit into a game-ending groundout, the Astros walked onto the field and gathered near the mound for a brief celebration.
“To do it in New York, it’s the best feeling in the world,” Pressly said.
Other games
Cardinals 5. Cubs 3: Iván Herrera hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning for his first career RBI and host St. Louis beat Chicago. Miles Mikolas allowed one run on four hits.
Brewers 5, Blue Jays 4: Corbin Burnes pitched into the eighth inning and Andrew McCutchen and Mike Brosseau homered as Milwaukee beat visiting Toronto.
Mets 5, Marlins 3: Pete Alonso hit two leadoff homers, including a go-ahead shot in the eighth inning, as visiting New York beat Miami. Alonso’s home run over the left-center field wall was his NL-leading 22nd of the season. He also recorded the 14th multi-homer game of his career.
Giants 9, Reds 2: Wilmer Flores hit a three-run homer and went 2 for 4 as San Francisco defeated visiting Cincinnati.
Rangers 3, Nationals 2: Adolis García homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, giving Texas the victory against visiting Washington.
Orioles 6, White Sox 2: Jorge Mateo homered and doubled to lead visiting Baltimore past Chicago giving the Orioles their first four-game winning streak this season. Baltimore has won eight of 10. Chicago has lost four in a row at home.
Athletics 9, Royals 7: Tony Kemp hit a two-run homer, Seth Brown and Sean Murphy combined for four RBIs, and visiting Oakland beat Kansas City. Kemp hit his second home run of the season in the eighth inning to wrap up a 3-for-5 afternoon.
Red Sox 4, Guardians 2: Alex Verdugo hit a three-run homer and Jarren Duran had four hits and an RBI, as visiting Boston beat Cleveland for its sixth victory in a row.
Notes
Mark Appel is a majorleague nine years after he was selected No. 1 overall in the amateur draft. The right-hander, who was promoted by the Phillies, went 5-0 with a 1.61 ERA in 19 appearances for Class AAA Lehigh Valley. Appel was selected by Houston with the No. 1 pick in the 2013 draft after a standout college career at Stanford. That came a year after the Pirates took him eighth overall and failed to sign him. “Completely overwhelmed,” Appel said, via Twitter ... Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Daniel Hudson was placed on the injury list with a seasonending torn left ACL. The move was expected after Hudson’s knee buckled in the eighth inning of Friday night’s 4-1 win against Atlanta.