No-hit wonder: Pirates beat Reds 1-0 without a hit
PITTSBURGH » Reds starter Hunter Greene and reliever Art Warren combined to allow zero hits in a complete game, but it didn’t count as a no-hitter — or even a win — because the Pittsburgh Pirates eked out a run in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 1-0 victory Sunday.
Ke’Bryan Hayes’ RBI grounder helped the Pirates become the sixth team in big league history since 1901 to win despite not getting any hits. It last happened in 2008 when Jered Weaver and Jose Arredondo of the Angels lost while holding the Dodgers hitless.
By Major League Baseball record-keeping rules, Cincinnati’s accomplishment isn’t an official nohitter because its pitchers didn’t go at least nine innings. And in a season in which most everything has gone wrong for the Reds, this surely had to be the topper.
Greene (1-6), the prized Reds rookie, struck out nine and was pulled after one-out walks in the eighth to Rodolfo Castro and Michael Perez. Greene threw 118 pitches, the most by any pitcher in the majors this year.
Pirates starter José Quintana held the Reds scoreless through seven innings, giving up three hits while striking out five. Chris Stratton (2-1) pitched around a two-on, one out jam in the eighth. David Bednar worked a clean ninth for his seventh save.
MARINERS 8, METS 7 » Rookie Julio Rodríguez hit a tying homer as part of a four-hit game, Cal Raleigh added a go-ahead, two-run drive and reliever Diego Castillo struck out Pete Alonso with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to lift Seattle over New York.
New York trailed 4-1, then burst ahead in the fourth against Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray (4-3) when J.D. Davis and Brandon Nimmo became the first pair of Mets in the team’s 61-season history to hit two-run triples in the same inning.
The homers from Rodríguez off Chasen Shreve (11) and Raleigh helped Seattle climb back ahead, but the Mets rallied again in the ninth. Eduardo Escobar hit the Mets’ third triple with one out, Jeff McNeil had an RBI single and Brandon Nimmo a run-scoring double. With runners on second and third, Castillo relieved and struck out Starling Marte.
YANKEES 5, WHITE SOX 1 » Nestor Cortes pitched a career-high eight innings and New York took advantage of Michael Kopech’s one wild stretch to beat Chicago.
The Yankees managed just two hits: a second-inning single for Isiah KinerFalefa and a two-run homer by Joey Gallo in the ninth.
RANGERS 7, RED SOX 1 » Adolis García and Kole Calhoun each hit two home runs, Martin Perez pitched six strong innings and Texas beat Boston.
Texas trailed 1-0 and didn’t have a hit until Calhoun led off the bottom of the fifth with an oppositefield homer into the visitors’ bullpen in left-center.
TIGERS 5, ORIOLES 1 » Miguel Cabrera blasted his 505th career home run, Tarik
Skubal equaled his career high with 11 strikeouts, and Detroit beat Baltimore for its first series sweep this season.
Cabrera had two hits, scored two runs and knocked in two more for the Tigers. Harold Castro added three hits, a run scored and two RBIs.
RAYS 3, BLUE JAYS 0 » Third baseman Matt Chapman’s throwing error allowed Tampa Bay to break a scoreless tie in the sixth inning and beat Toronto.
Jeffrey Springs combined with four relievers on a five-hitter for the Rays, who took two of three in the series. Matt Wisler (21) took over with two outs in the fifth and worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, and Andrew Kittredge pitched the ninth for his fifth save in seven attempts.
BREWERS 7, MARLINS 3 » Kolten Wong homered, singled and had three walks to help Milwaukee beat Miami.
Jace Peterson and Rowdy Tellez also homered to back Brandon Woodruff, who limited Miami to three runs and five hits in his five-inning outing. Woodruff (42) walked two and struck out six.
ASTROS 8, NATIONALS 0 » Yuli Gurriel went 3 for 4 with a homer, Justin Verlander pitched five scoreless innings and Houston beat Washington.
Jose Altuve, Martin Maldonado and Chas McCormick also homered for the Astros. Gurriel finished the series 8-for-12 with two homers and four RBIs.
TWINS 3, GUARDIANS 1 » Joe Ryan allowed one run over six innings and was backed by solo homers from Byron Buxton and Gio Urshela as Minnesota beat Cleveland.
Ryan (4-2) threw a career-high 103 pitches and struck out five, with his only blemish a fourth inning changeup that José Ramírez hit over the right field fence for his eighth home run of the season.
PADRES 7, BRAVES 3 » HaSeong Kim had a run-scoring double to give San Diego the lead in a four-run 11th inning.
Kim’s double to left field off Jackson Stephens (01) drove in Jake Cronenworth, who opened the inning as the automatic runner on second.
DODGERS 5, PHILLIES 4 » Gavin Lux atoned for an early fielding mistake with a walk-off, two-run double in the ninth inning, and Los Angeles avoided a fourgame series sweep.
Cody Bellinger got a twoout triple off Corey Knebel (0-3) and Chris Taylor walked before Lux drove them both home. Lux made a two-out error on a routine grounder in the second inning, allowing the Phillies to score four unearned runs.
ROYALS 8, ROCKIES 7 » Salvador Perez hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the ninth inning and Kansas City recovered from blowing a sixrun lead to beat Colorado.
Bobby Witt Jr., Whit Merrifield and Emmanuel Rivera homered for the Royals, who took two of three from Colorado.
CUBS 3, DIAMONDBACKS 2 » Frank Schwindel hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning and Chicago beat Arizona.
Patrick Wisdom and Rafael Ortega also homered for the Cubs, who have won four of six after a 3-14 stretch.