July 25, 2024; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; San Diego Padres starting pitcher Dylan Cease (84) celebrates with his teammates after the final out of a no-hitter against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. Mandatory credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Dylan Cease pitched his 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.
Quit (10-8) became the second pitcher in Padres history to toss a no-hitter. San Diego native Joe Musgrove completed the feat against the Texas Rangers on April 9, 2021.
Houston Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco threw a no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 1 this season.
A 6, Angel 5
Daz Cameron hit a 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 had won six of eight. Butler and Max Schuemann had two hits. Ross Stripling (2-9), who was activated from the injured list before the game, got 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 the runs in the second inning, have completed a four-game winning streak. O’Hoppe and Zach Neto had RBI singles and Mickey Moniak hit a sacrifice fly before Luis Rengifo hit 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 is 10-for-24 (.417) with four homers and nine RBI 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 on three hits. The three-time Cy Young award winner passed former teammate Justin Verlander and moved into 10th place on MLB’s all-time strikeout leader list. Scherzer also currently 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 a solo home run in the top, Taj Bradley extended his scoreless streak to 23 innings as visiting Tampa Bay beat Toronto.
Brandon Lowe finished with three RBIs, Isaac Paredes two hits and four RBIs and Alex Jackson added two hits and three RBIs for the Rays in the deciding game of the 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 for 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 error against 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 have been shut out five times in their last 14 contests.
Dodgers 6, Giants 4
Clayton Kershaw pitched four innings in his season debut, Nick Ahmed hit a home run in the eighth inning and Los Angeles fell to San Francisco.
Kershaw gave up two runs on six hits with two walks and six strikeouts in his first outing since being roughed up by Arizona in last year’s 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 freshman Tyler Fitzgerald continued to produce with a triple and a run scored. Fitzgerald had a five-game hitting streak at home Wednesday.
Orioles 7, Marlins 6 (10 innings)
Ryan Mountcastle homered in the 10th inning as Baltimore recovered from blowing a six-run lead to beat host Miami.
Connor Norby homered in his first game back in the majors since June 8, and teammate Anthony Santander and hot-hitter 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 just 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 the second straight game for the Marlins, and Calvin Faucher (2-2) took the loss.
–Field Level Media
