Lefty Paxton wins Tip O’Neill Award

Left-handed pitcher James Paxton has been named the winner of the Tip O’Neill Award by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. The 30-year-old from Ladner, B.C., became the first Canadian pitcher to throw a major-league no-hitter on home soil when he held the Toronto Blue Jays hitless in a 5-0 win for the Seattle Mariners May 8 at Rogers Centre. That performance came just six days after he had set a Canadian record by striking out 16 batters on May 2 in a start against the Oakland A’s. The six-foot-four southpaw went 11-6 with a 3.76 ERA and struck out 208 batters for the Mariners before being dealt to the New York Yankees last month.