INDIANS 8, RAYS 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Carlos Carrasco came within one strike of throwing the Cleveland Indians' first no-hitter since 1981 on Wednesday night, giving up an RBI single to Joey Butler over leaping second baseman Jason Kipnis' glove in an 8-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
For the third consecutive night, the Indians took a perfect game into the sixth inning against the Rays. This time, Carrasco retired the first 19 batters before walking Butler with one out in the seventh.
Washington's Max Scherzer lost a perfect game with one strike to go on June 20, but he finished with a no-hitter, the second in the major leagues this season.
Carrasco walked Asdrubal Cabrera leading off the ninth, then struck pinch-hitter Brandon Guyer with a pitch. Grady Sizemore, also pinch hitting, grounded into a force play and Kevin Kiermaier struck out to bring Butler to the plate with a crowd of 11,394 at Tropicana Field on its feet.
Butler lined an 0-2 pitch over Kipnis, who jumped high in the air to make an attempt at catching the ball and fell flat to the ground as the line drive landed cleanly in the outfield.
Carrasco smiled, clapped into his glove several times and pointed at the second baseman in appreciation of his effort.
The 28-year-old right-hander was lifted after his career-high 124th pitch and Austin Adams got the final out. Carrasco received pats on the back and hugs in the dugout after his 13-strikeout performance.
Brandon Moss homered and drove in five runs for the Indians. He had a two-run double off Alex Colome (3-4) in the second and a three-run home run off C.J. Riefenhauser in the eighth. Jason Kipnis, Michael Brantley and David Murphy also drove in runs for Cleveland.
YANKEES 3, ANGELS 1 Nathan Eovaldi pitched scoreless, five-hit ball into the sixth inning, Garrett Jones homered and New York snapped its three-game skid with a victory over host Los Angeles. Chase Headley and Didi Gregorius had run-scoring singles for the Yankees.
ORIOLES 4, RANGERS 2 J.J. Hardy hit a tiebreaking two-run home run in the seventh inning to back an effective pitching performance by Wei-Yin Chen and carry Baltimore past visiting Texas. Jimmy Paredes homered and had two RBI for the Orioles.
BLUE JAYS 11, RED SOX 2 Justin Smoak hit home runs from both sides of the plate, Mark Buehrle won his fourth consecutive decision and Toronto beat visiting Boston, ending the Red Sox's winning streak at three.
ASTROS 6, ROYALS 5 Jose Altuve had three hits and scored the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning to help host Houston complete a three-game sweep of Kansas City. Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion and Josh Donaldson all connected and Jose Reyes had four hits.
INTERLEAGUE
REDS 2, TWINS 1 Johnny Cueto made his best start yet since returning from a sore elbow, allowing four hits in eight innings, and host Cincinnati beat Minnesota to take their interleague series. Cueto (5-5) struck out eight, walked one and gave up an RBI groundout to Eddie Rosario.
ATHLETICS 4, ROCKIES 1 Billy Butler hit his first triple in nearly three years and also singled, Jesse Hahn pitched six solid innings and Oakland beat visiting Colorado.
MARINERS 7, PADRES 0 Taijuan Walker pitched one-hit ball for six innings, Robinson Cano and Nelson Cruz hit home runs, and Seattle beat host San Diego.
PIRATES 9, TIGERS 3 Neil Walker homered twice, including a two-run shot in a five-run third, and visiting Pittsburgh beat Detroit. A.J. Burnett (7-3) (North Little Rock, Central Arkansas Christian) got the easy victory, giving up 2 runs on 7 hits in 7 innings. He struck out four and didn't walk a batter.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BREWERS 9, PHILLIES 5 Adam Lind homered, Scooter Gennett doubled twice, tripled and drove in three runs and hot-hitting Milwaukee won its season-best fourth consecutive game over host Philadelphia.
MARLINS 6, GIANTS 5 Justin Bour hit a three-run home run with no outs in the ninth inning, and Miami overcame three errors and a flurry of double-play grounders to rally past visiting San Francisco.
CUBS 2, METS 0 (11) Starlin Castro legged out a run-scoring infield single in the 11th inning, and Chicago blanked host New York for its second consecutive shutout at Citi Field.
BRAVES 4, NATIONALS 1 A.J. Pierzynski and Juan Uribe hit back-to-back homers in a four-run fourth inning and Atlanta beat visiting Washington to end a streak of nine consecutive losses in the season series. Rookie Matt Wisler allowed one hit in 5 1/3 scoreless innings to make up for a loss to the Nationals in his last start.
DODGERS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 3 Kike Hernandez had three hits, including a triple and a double, and Brett Anderson pitched seven strong innings for his third consecutive victory as Los Angeles defeated host Arizona. Anderson (5-4) stranded 6 runners and allowed 1 run and 7 hits, striking out 7 and walking 2.
Sports on 07/02/2015