MLB roundup: Padres’ Dylan Cease no-hits Nationals

Dylan Cease pitched the second no-hitter in the majors this season, lifting the visiting San Diego Padres to a 3-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday.

Cease, 28, struck out nine batters and walked three while throwing a career-high 114 pitches to complete San Diego’s three-game sweep of Washington.

Cease (10-8) became the second pitcher in Padres history to toss a no-hitter. San Diego native Joe Musgrove accomplished the feat against the Texas Rangers on April 9, 2021.

Houston Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco tossed a no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 1 this season.

A’s 6, Angels 5

Daz Cameron hit the go-ahead two-run homer in the fourth inning as visiting Oakland edged Los Angeles in the opener of a four-game series.

Brent Rooker hit a solo homer in the first inning and Lawrence Butler added a two-run blast in the third for the Athletics, who have won six of eight. Butler and Max Schuemann had two hits apiece. Ross Stripling (2-9), who was activated from the injured list prior to the game, earned the win after allowing five runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over 5 2/3 innings.

The Angels, who scored all of their runs in the second inning, had their four-game winning streak end. O’Hoppe and Zach Neto had RBI singles and Mickey Moniak lofted a sacrifice fly before Luis Rengifo laced a two-run double. Angels starter Kenny Rosenberg (0-1) gave up all six runs on six hits and one walk while striking out one over 3 1/3 innings.

Mets 3, Braves 2 (10 innings)

Jeff McNeil’s second hit of the night, an RBI single in the 10th inning, gave New York a walk-off win over Atlanta in the opener of a four-game series between the National League East rivals.

Francisco Lindor hit a two-run homer in the third inning — the Mets’ last hit before the 10th. New York has won four straight games to improve to 14-7 this month and is within a half-game of Atlanta for the top wild-card spot in the National League. McNeil has three consecutive multi-hit games, and he is 10-for-24 (.417) with four homers and nine RBIs in seven games since the All-Star break.

Mets starter Luis Severino allowed two runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out six in five innings. Braves starter Chris Sale gave up two runs on two hits and one walk while striking out nine in 7 1/3 innings.

Rangers 2, White Sox 1

Max Scherzer recorded a season-high nine strikeouts over six innings to help Texas complete a four-game sweep of Chicago in Arlington, Texas.

Marcus Semien homered and Leody Taveras gave Texas the lead in the fourth inning with an RBI on a fielder’s choice. Just two days before his 40th birthday, Scherzer (2-3) limited the White Sox to one run on three hits. The three-time Cy Young Award winner surpassed former teammate Justin Verlander and moved into 10th place on the all-time MLB strikeout leaders list. Scherzer also now leads all active MLB pitchers with 3,400 career strikeouts.

Jonathan Cannon (1-5) gave up two earned runs and eight hits over six innings as Chicago lost its 11th straight. He struck out one batter and walked two. Korey Lee hit an RBI double to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead in the top of the third.

Rays 13, Blue Jays 0

Brandon Lowe went 4-for-4 with an upper-deck solo home run, Taj Bradley extended his scoreless streak to 23 innings as visiting Tampa Bay defeated Toronto.

Brandon Lowe finished with three RBIs, Isaac Paredes had two hits and four RBIs and Alex Jackson added two hits and three RBIs for the Rays in the decisive game of a three-game series. Bradley (6-4) allowed two hits and one walk while striking out seven.

Toronto starter Chris Bassitt (8-9) gave up three runs on five hits in five innings.

Tigers 3, Guardians 0

Javier Baez’s three-run homer in the second inning was all that six Detroit pitchers needed to beat host Cleveland and split the four-game set.

Tyler Holton, Easton Lucas (1-0), Alex Faedo, Jason Foley, Andrew Chafin and Shelby Miller held the AL Central-leading Guardians to four hits and a walk, while recording 10 strikeouts and not allowing more than one runner on base in any inning.

Baez’s homer proved to be the only major mistake made by Cleveland starter Gavin Williams (0-3), who yielded six hits and two walks and struck out nine in six innings. The Guardians are 10-14 since June 26, and they have been shut out five times in the last 14 contests.

Dodgers 6, Giants 4

Clayton Kershaw pitched four innings in his season debut, Nick Ahmed hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning and Los Angeles downed visiting San Francisco.

Kershaw gave up two runs on six hits with two walks and six strikeouts in his first outing since he was roughed up by Arizona in last year’s National League Division Series. The three-time Cy Young Award winner underwent shoulder surgery in the offseason. Enrique Hernandez had three hits with two RBIs, while Shohei Ohtani followed Ahmed’s home run with one of his own.

Heliot Ramos had three hits with an RBI for the Giants, while rookie Tyler Fitzgerald continued to produce with an RBI triple and a run scored. Fitzgerald had his five-game home-run streak snapped Wednesday.

Orioles 7, Marlins 6 (10 innings)

Ryan Mountcastle singled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as Baltimore recovered from squandering a six-run lead to beat host Miami.

Connor Norby homered in his first game back in the majors since June 8, and teammates Anthony Santander and hot-hitting Colton Cowser also went deep for the Orioles. The Marlins scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game at 6-6. Orioles closer Craig Kimbrel walked two and allowed two singles and all three runs (one earned) while getting only two outs in the ninth.

Yennier Cano (4-2) came on to send the game to extra innings. Cionel Perez worked a perfect 10th with two strikeouts for his second save. Josh Bell homered in his second straight game for the Marlins, and Calvin Faucher (2-2) took the loss.

–Field Level Media