Braves, one out shy of no-hitter, cruise past Mets

Henderson resident Max Fried and two Atlanta relievers combined for a no-hitter through 8⅔ innings before J.D. Martinez homered as the Braves beat the host New York Mets 4-1 on Saturday.

Fried (3-1) opened with seven no-hit innings, and Joe Jimenez worked around two walks in the eighth before Raisel Iglesias retired the first two batters of the ninth. Martinez homered just over the wall in right on the next pitch from Iglesias, who walked Jeff Mcneil and yielded an infield single to Harrison Bader before retiring Brett Baty on a fly to center.

Atlanta has not thrown a no-hitter since Kent Mercker’s gem against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 8, 1994. The no-hitter drought is the majors’ fourth-longest. The Braves have the majors’ second-most wins and second-lowest ERA since 1994, a span in which Hall of Famers Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz pitched for the team.

Fried struck out five and walked three while throwing 109 pitches, one shy of his career high. The 30-year-old left-hander retired the first eight batters he faced before issuing consecutive walks to Tomas Nido and Brandon Nimmo. He then set down 11 straight before walking Pete Alonso with one out in the seventh.

Martinez followed and came closest — to that point — to ending the no-hit bid with a deep fly to center, where Michael Harris II caught the ball at the wall. Fried struck out Mcneil to end the seventh.

Orlando Arcia hit a two-run homer, and Harris had three hits, including an RBI single. Rookie right-hander Christian Scott (0-1), making his first home start for the Mets, gave up three runs and struck out eight in six-plus innings.

■ Blue Jays 10, Twins 8: At Toronto, Ernie Clement broke an 8-all tie with a bases-loaded single in the seventh, capping Toronto’s rally from a six-run deficit.

■ Orioles 5, Diamondbacks 4: At Baltimore, Jordan Westburg’s four hits included an RBI double in the second and a walk-off RBI single in the 11th.

■ White Sox 3, Guardians 1: At Chicago, three Chicago relievers combined for 4⅓ hitless, shutout innings in the White Sox’s fourth straight win.

■ Rockies 8, Rangers 3: At Denver, Jacob Stallings hit a two-run single and Charlie Blackmon a pinch two-run double in Colorado’s six-run seventh.

■ Dodgers 5, Padres 0: At San Diego, Teoscar Hernandez hit a grand slam in the sixth to back James Paxton (5-0), who pitched six shutout innings.

■ Phillies 8, Marlins 3: At Miami, Las Vegas native Bryson Stott hit a tiebreaking three-run triple in the sixth and an RBI single in the eighth.

■ Tigers 8, Astros 2: At Detroit, Mark Canha hit a grand slam in a seven-run second, and Kerry Carpenter had a two-run homer and a solo shot.

■ Brewers 5, Cardinals 3: At Milwaukee, Rhys Hoskins’ go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh sent St. Louis to its seventh straight loss.

■ Giants 5, Reds 1: At San Francisco, Matt Chapman hit a grand slam in the first, and Cincinnati lost for the ninth time in 10 games.

■ Red Sox 4, Nationals 2: At Boston, Rafael Devers hit a tiebreaking two-run double with two outs in the Boston eighth.

■ Rays 7, Yankees 2: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Randy Arozarena hit a go-ahead three-run homer and an RBI double.

PCL

■ Express 4, Aviators 3: At Round Rock, Texas, Andrew Knapp hit a go-ahead two-run single with two outs in the seventh for Round Rock (21-16). J.T. Ginn allowed one run while striking out 10 over six innings in his debut for the Aviators (17-21).

Paul Sancya The Associated Press Tigers shortstop Zach Mckinstry pursues a ball hit by Yordan Alvarez for a fifth-inning single Saturday in the Astros’ 8-2 loss at Comerica Park. Mckinstry was the lone Detroit batter without a hit. He walked and scored in a seven-run second.

The Associated Press Frank Franklin II Max Fried (3-1) shut out the Mets on no hits and three walks over seven innings Saturday during the Braves’ 4-1 triumph at Citi Field.