Brewers’ Burnes, Hader combine for no-hit 3-0 victory over Indians
Judge rallies Yanks past Mets on 9/11 anniversary
CLEVELAND, Sept. 12, (AP): Milwaukee ace Corbin Burnes combined with reliever Josh Hader to pitch baseball’s record ninth nohitter this season, breaking a mark set when pitchers began throwing overhand in 1884 as the Brewers beat the Cleveland Indians 3-0.
Burnes (10-4) struck out 14 with 115 pitches over eight innings, taking a perfect game into the seventh while overpowering the Indians, who were no-hit for the third time in 2021. This time is was by Burnes - who has become a Cy Young contender as the Brewers run away with the NL Central - and Hader, one of the game’s top closers.
Cleveland is the first team to be nohit three times in the same year - all of them with starter Zach Plesac (10-5) on the mound.
Yankees 8, Mets 7
In New York, Aaron Judge tied it with his second homer of the game in the eighth inning, Mets infielder Javier
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Báez gave away the lead with an error a few at-bats later and the Yankees beat their crosstown rival at Citi Field following a stirring ceremony on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The Yankees snapped a seven-game skid and ended a run of 11 losses in 13 games since a 13-game winning streak pushed them to the AL wild-card lead. They dropped into a tie with Toronto for the second wild card. The Mets remained five games behind NL Eastleading Atlanta after the Braves lost to the Marlins.
Giants 15, Cubs 4
In Chicago, Tommy La Stella and Brandon Belt hit three-run homers and San Francisco pounded Chicago for its sixth straight victory.
La Stella finished with three hits, including a double, five RBIs and scored three runs to help surging San Francisco improve to a major league-best 92-50.
La Stella’s home run off Tommy Nance in the fifth thudded off Wrigley’s right-field videoboard and capped a sixrun rally that allowed San Francisco to pull away.
Dodgers 5, Padres 4
In Los Angeles, Mookie Betts hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer with two outs in the fifth inning and Los Angeles held off San Diego.
The Dodgers remained 2 1/2 games behind NL West-leading San Francisco.
Betts drove in four of the Dodgers’ five runs. He had a sacrifice fly in the third that made it 2-0. Fernando Tatis Jr. slugged a two-run shot, his 38th, on the first pitch from Walker Buehler (14-3) that tied the game at 2 in the fourth. Red Sox 9, White Sox 8, 10 Innings
In Chicago, Travis Shaw hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning after belting a three-run homer in the third and Boston beat Chicago.
Filling in with J.D. Martinez scratched from the lineup, Shaw capped a seven-run third with a drive that made it 7-2 and chased Chicago starter Dylan Cease. The AL Central-leading White Sox tied it with five in the fourth and took an 8-7 lead in the fifth when Yasmani Grandal homered off Ryan Brasier.
Rangers 8, Athletics 6
In Oakland, Calif., Jonah Heim hit a
two-run home run with two outs in the eighth to cap a five-run rally, lifting Texas past Oakland.
Trailing 6-2 after being held down by starter Cole Irvin, the Rangers took advantage of the A’s struggling bullpen. DJ Peters hit a two-run home run and Yohel Pozo added an RBI double off Sergio Romo before Heim’s homer on an 0-2 pitch from Andrew Chafin (1-3).
Matt Olson, Starling Marte and Mark Canha homered for the A’s. Leody Tavares connected for Texas in the ninth.
Blue Jays 11, Orioles 10, 1st Game
Blue Jays 11, Orioles 2, 2nd Game
In Baltimore, Bo Bichette and Alejandro Kirk hit a pair of two-run homers in an 11-run seventh and Toronto beat Baltimore to complete a doubleheader sweep.
In the opener, George Springer hit a two-out, two-run homer in the seventh.
In the nightcap, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. led off the seventh with single off rookie left-hander Keegan Akin (2-9), and Bichette followed with a towering homer to left field. Tanner Scott entered for Baltimore and gave up another two-run homer to Kirk just over the right-field scoreboard. Marcus Semien and Teoscar Hernández added three-run shots and Toronto tied team records for an inning with the 11 runs, 11 hits and four homers.
Rays 7, Tigers 2
In Detroit, Joey Wendle tripled and homered, 30-year-old Dietrich Enns won for the first time in the major leagues and Tampa Bay beat Detroit.
Kevin Kiermaier doubled and tripled to help the Rays end a two-game losing streak. Enns (1-0) struck out six in four hitless innings of relief, nine years after being drafted by the New York Yankees out of Central Michigan University.
Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera picked up his 2,974th career hit with an RBI single in the fourth. Robbie Grossman homered for the Tigers. Casey
Cardinals 6, Reds 4
In St. Louis, Nolan Arenado hit a tworun homer in the eighth and had three RBIs and Paul DeJong had a solo shot to help St. Louis beat Cincinnati.
St. Louis has won three of four and gained a game on Cincinnati in the NL wild-card race. The Reds, who have lost four of six, started the day percentage points behind San Diego for the second spot. Alex Reyes, who had been closing games for most of the season, pitched the eighth to earn the victory. Reyes (78) struck out one and walked one. Giovanny Gallegos picked up his seventh save.
Phillies 6, Rockies 1
In Philadelphia, Zack Wheeler steadied the slumping Phillies with eight strikeouts and Bryce Harper homered to lead Philadelphia past Colorado.
Odubel Herrera had a two-RBI bunt double and Jean Segura hit a solo homer to help the Phillies snap a four-game losing streak.
Wheeler (13-9) won his third straight start and tossed at least six innings in his 11th straight start. He left with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh.
Pirates 10, Nationals 7
In Pittsburgh, Bryan Reynolds hit his 23rd home run of the season and drove in three runs in Pittsburgh’s victory over Washington.
Reynolds hit a two-run shot to rightcenter field in the fifth and gave Pittsburgh the lead in the sixth when he worked a bases-loaded walk against Washington reliever Andres Machado. The walk was one of 10 issued by the struggling Nationals.
Twins 9, Royals 2
In Minneapolis, Jorge Polanco hit two of Minnesota’s five home runs, Michael Pineda pitched five strong innings in his return to the rotation and the Twins beat Kansas City.
Polanco had three hits in his third multi-homer game of the season. Byron Buxton homered for the second straight day, and Nick Gordon and Max Kepler also went deep for Minnesota, which has won five of seven.
Marlins 6, Braves 4
In Atlanta, Bryan De La Cruz and Jesús Sánchez hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning against Richard Rodríguez in Miami’s victory over Atlanta. De La Cruz, who went 3 for 4, broke a 3-all tie with a shot to left-center, before Sánchez went deep for the ninth time, a long drive to right, to make it 5-3.
Rodríguez (4-4) has allowed four homers in his last three innings. Anthony Bass (3-7) earned the win by pitching a scoreless seventh.
Angels 4, Astros 2
In Houston, Luis Rengifo homered with three RBIs to lead Los Angeles past Houston.
David Fletcher and Shohei Ohtani hit consecutive singles to start the game before Fletcher scored on a one-out double by Jared Walsh. The Angels made it 2-0 when Ohtani scored on a groundout by Rengifo. Jo Adell opened the third with a single and Rengifo pushed the lead to 4-0 with his one-out homer to right field off Luis Garcia (10-7).
Diamondbacks 7, Mariners 3
In Seattle, Daulton Varsho homered and drove in four runs and Arizona beat Seattle to snap a six-game losing streak and deal a blow to the Mariners’ wildcard hopes.
Varsho’s two-run homer finished off a four-run fourth inning against starter Chris Flexen (11-6). Varsho added a two-run double in the sixth off Justus Sheffield, finishing 3 for 4 while batting ninth.