A’s lefty Manaea pitches first no-hitter against Boston in 25 years
OAKLAND: Sean Manaea pitched a no-hitter as the Oakland Athletics beat the red-hot Boston Red Sox 3-0 Saturday night at Oakland Coliseum. Manaea (3-2) tossed the 12th no-hitter in franchise history, finishing the milestone with 108 pitches and facing three above the minimum. He was mobbed by his teammates after completing the seventh no-hitter in the Oakland era as “Celebration” by Kool and the Gang blared. “Oh man, my heart was beating out of my chest, and I was trying to do everything I could [to stay calm],” Manaea told Braden in a postgame interview. The effort also marked Manaea’s first career complete game. The Red Sox were no-hit for the 12th time in team history and first time since April 22, 1993. The Red Sox dropped to 17-3 and saw an eight-game winning streak stopped.
INDIANS 4, ORIOLES 0
Mike Clevinger (2-0) pitched his first career shutout and Jose Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a homer as Cleveland cruised over host Baltimore at Camden Yards. Clevinger (2-0) was terrific while allowing just two hits in his first career complete game. The right-hander struck out three and walked two in throwing 107 pitches. Yonder Alonso and Yan Gomes also went deep for Cleveland, which won for just the second time in five games. Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman (0-4) served up the three homers and gave up four runs and eight hits in six innings. Tillman struck out five and walked one as Baltimore lost for the seventh time in eight games.
PHILLIES 6, PIRATES 2
Rhys Hoskins drove in four runs, including three on a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning, as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in Philadelphia. Hoskins added a run-scoring single in a three-run eighth inning as the Phillies beat the Pirates for the third time in three days. Sean Rodriguez homered for Pittsburgh, which lost for the fifth time in its last six games. Aaron Nola (2-1) got the win for the Phillies, allowing two runs and six hits in seven innings. He struck out nine and did not walk a batter. Michael Feliz (0-1) took the loss in relief, coming in with two runners on base and allowing Hoskins’ home run. Closer Hector Neris, who got the final out of the eighth inning, pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save.
CARDINALS 4, REDS 3
St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina hit his sixth homer of the season to break a tie in the seventh inning and Paul DeJong and Dexter Fowler also homered as the Cardinals beat the reeling Cincinnati Reds at Busch Stadium. Molina homered off Jared Hughes (0-2) as the Cardinals regained the lead after Cincinnati tied the game with three two-out runs in the top of the seventh. The Cardinals (12-8) have won all six games against the Reds this season, extending their head-to-head streak to 10 games. Rookie Jordan Hicks (1-0) retired the final batter of the seventh inning and went the rest of the way for his first major league victory. Hicks’ fastball has averaged 99 mph, the highest in the majors, according to Fangraphs.com.
RAYS 10, TWINS 1
C.J. Cron homered twice and drove in four runs and Blake Snell tossed seven solid innings to help Tampa Rays record a blowout victory over visiting Minnesota at Tropicana Field. Denard Span went 2-for-5 with three RBIs for the Rays, who have won four of their past five games. Daniel Robertson also homered and Joey Wendle went 3-for-4 as Tampa Bay was an impressive 7-for-9 with runners in scoring position. Cron doubled his homer total for this season while notching his ninth career multihomer game.
BREWERS 6, MARLINS 5
Jesus Aguilar ended a 13-pitch at-bat with a walk-off solo homer in the ninth inning as Milwaukee rallied to defeat visiting Miami. Aguilar, who had entered the game as a defensive substitution in the top of the ninth, led off the frame and battled reliever Junichi Tazawa (0-1). It was Aguilar’s first homer of the season, an opposite-field shot to right-center. He was the first batter Tazawa faced in the game. Miami was led by rookie center fielder Lewis Brinson, who slugged a three-run home run. Brinson, who entered this series batting just .131 with no homers and one RBI, has three homers and six RBIs in this series, which culminates on Sunday.
TIGERS 12, ROYALS 4 Nicholas Castellanos and Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs apiece as the Detroit Tigers rolled over the struggling Kansas City Royals. Castellanos had three hits, including his first homer this season. Cabrera supplied two hits, walked twice and also scored twice as the Tigers won for the fifth time in six games. Winning pitcher Mike Fiers (2-1) allowed four runs (two earned) on 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings. Royals ace Danny Duffy (0-3) gave up six runs on 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings for the Royals, who have lost 10 of their last 11 games. — Reuters