Ross comes within 4 outs of Padres’ 1st no-hitter ever
San Diego’s Tyson Ross lost his bid to pitch the first no-hitter in the history of the Padres when rookie center fielder Franchy Cordero appeared to misjudge a ball with two outs in the eighth inning of a 4-1 win over the host Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.
Ross, who pitched at Cal and with the A’s, had a 1-0 lead with two outs in the eighth when Christian Walker lined a drive to deep center. Cordero seemed to get a late break on the ball before it sailed over his outstretched glove.
Ross grimaced when the ball fell, and was pulled after throwing a career-high 127 pitches.
Ross was an All-Star with the Padres in 2014 and their 2016 Opening Day starter, but he didn’t pitch the rest of the season because of a shoulder ailment. He pitched 12 games for Texas last year and rejoined the Padres this season on a minorleague contract.
The right-hander, who turns 31 Sunday, struck out 10 and walked three. Nationals 5, Dodgers 2: Max Scherzer scattered four hits over six innings for visiting Washington against Clayton Kershaw in the 13th all-time meeting of three-time Cy Young Award winners. Scherzer struck out nine and walked three. Kershaw gave up four runs and nine hits in seven innings, striking out a seasonlow four against no walks. Cubs 16, Rockies 5: Javier Baez and Kyle Schwarber each had a homer and four RBIs, and visiting Chicago rode a sevenrun sixth inning to victory. Baez had four hits, finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Schwarber had three hits, connecting for his fourth home run of the season in the sixth to help break open the game. Albert Almora Jr. added four hits, including a double and RBI single. Astros 10, White Sox 0: Justin Verlander pitched six sparkling innings and Carlos Correa homered twice for visiting Houston. George Springer drove in four with a pair of doubles. Reliever Danny Farquhar passed out in Chicago’s dugout after recording the last two outs in the top of the sixth inning. He regained consciousness before being taken to a hospital for tests. Phillies 2, Pirates 1: Odubel Herrera hit a go-ahead triple in the eighth. Cesar Hernandez, Carlos Santana, Maikel Franco and Herrera each had two hits for host Philadelphia, which has won nine of 11. Blue Jays 8, Yankees 5: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. made his big-league debut with two hits and three RBIs for visiting Toronto. Teoscar Hernandez homered and drove in three and Yangervis Solarte also connected for the Jays, who have won nine of 11. Giancarlo Stanton broke a 50 at-bat homerless slump with his fourth of the season to put New York ahead 4-2 in the third inning. Royals 3, Tigers 2: Niko Goodrum dropped Jon Jay’s grounder then threw high to first base, allowing Kansas City to score the tie-breaking run in the top of the ninth in the second game of a doubleheader, snapping their nine-game losing streak. Tigers 3, Royals 2: Host Detroit won on a 10th-inning solo homer by JaCoby Jones. Royals starter Jason Hammel allowed two runs on five hits and two walks in nine innings. Orioles 3, Indians 1: Dylan Bundy pitched six innings of five-hit ball and struck out nine as host Baltimore ended a six-game losing streak. Manny Machado homered and Trey Mancini doubled in two runs for the Orioles. Mets 5, Braves 3: Yoenis Cespedes hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the 12th for visiting New York. He struck out in his previous four at-bats. His single to right drove in Robert Gsellman, who pitched two scoreless innings in relief for the win. Rays 8, Twins 7: Pinch-runner Johnny Field scored the winning run from second base in the 10th inning for the host Rays as reliever Zach Duke missed first base after taking a flip from first baseman Joe Mauer on Denard Span’s two-out grounder. Mauer made a diving catch on Span’s ball and made a toss to Duke, who missed the base twice. Mariners 6, Rangers 2: Jean Segura hit a two-run double in a four-run ninth inning for visiting Seattle. A Mitch Haniger homer had tied it in the eighth. Cardinals 4, Reds 2: Michael Wacha kept up his strong pitching against visiting Cincinnati and Yadier Molina hit a two-run double in the first inning to spoil Jim Riggleman’s debut as Reds interim manager. Wacha, 10-1 against the Reds in his career, gave up one run and six hits in 62⁄3 innings. Brewers 8, Marlins 0: Ryan Braun and Travis Shaw hit back-to-back homers for the Brewers, who have outscored visiting Miami 20-3 in the first two games of the series.