Indians fall short of combined no-no

Bolstered by a strong effort by starter Trevor Bauer, the Indians carried a combined no-hitter into the ninth inning against the host Astros before settling for a onehitter in a 5-1 victory Thursday afternoon.

Jed Lowrie broke up the nohit bid with a one-out home run in the ninth inning off Nick Hagadone, the last of three Indians relievers.

Bauer was pulled after throwing 111 pitches through six innings. He struck out a careerhigh 11 and walked five.

Relievers Kyle Crockett and Scott Atchison each pitched a scoreless inning before Hagadone took over.

Hagadone struck out Chris Carter to begin the ninth. Lowrie then sent a 94 mph fastball far over the left-center-field wall.

The Indians have not pitched a no-hitter since Len Barker threw a perfect game in 1981 against the Blue Jays.

Indians pitching combined to strike out 16 while walking seven.

Roberto Perez and Jose Ramirez homered for the Indians. Reds 3, Pirates 2: Joey Votto hit his first homer since May 10 and Todd Frazier scored the winning run in the ninth on Gregory Polanco’s error as the Reds finished the three-game sweep. Mets 6, Nationals 3: In his return from Tommy John surgery, Matt Harvey struck out nine in six shutout innings to outduel Stephen Strasburg. Royals 4, White Sox 1: Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer, and Lorenzo Cain and Kendrys Morales also had RBIs as the Royals finished a three-game sweep. Rangers 10, Athletics 1: Shin-Soo Choo hit a three-run homer and Mitch Moreland added a tworun blast as the Rangers belted four homers. Tigers 7, Twins 1: Shane Greene allowed one unearned run and struck out five in eight innings. J.D. Martinez hit a two-run homer and drove in three. Blue Jays 6, Yankees 3: Edwin Encarnacion homered and the Jays got RBI singles from Jose Reyes and Kevin Pillar in a four-run second. Red Sox 6, Phillies 2: Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run triple during a six-run third for the Red Sox, who made a winner of Justin Masterson. Giants 1, Padres 0: Justin Maxwell’s RBI single in the 12th lifted the Giants in the Padres’ home opener. Giants relievers allowed just 2 hits in 52⁄3 innings.