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Almost perfect Rodón throws ‘no-hitter’ MLB Results/Standings

WASHINGTON, April 15, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Wednesday. Toronto 5 NY Yankees 4 after HBP in 9th as Chisox down Indians Boston 3 Minnesota (7 innings 1st game) 2 Kansas City 6 LA Angels 1 Boston 7 Minnesota (7 innings 2nd game) 1 Texas 5 Tampa Bay 1 Chic. Wht. Sox 8 Cleveland 0 Red Sox sweep doubleheader against Twins, extend win streak to 9 games Detroit 6 Houston 4 Washington 6 St Louis 0 Milwaukee 7 Chicago Cubs 0 San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 0 CHICAGO, April 15, NY Mets 5 Philadelphia 1 (AP): Carlos Rodón threw Pittsburgh 5 San Diego 1 Miami 6 Atlanta (10 innings) 5 the second no-hitter of the LA Dodgers 4 Colorado 2 young season, los- American League East Division ing his bid for a perfect W L Pct GB Boston 9 3 .750 _ game on a hit batter with Toronto 6 6 .500 3 one out in the ninth inning, Baltimore 5 6 .455 3-1/2 New York 5 7 .417 4 and the Tampa Bay 5 7 .417 4 Central Division cruised to an 8-0 victory W L Pct GB over the Cleveland Indians. Kansas City 6 4 .600 _ Cleveland 6 5 .545 -1/2 The left-hander retired his first Chicago 6 6 .500 1 Detroit 6 6 .500 1 25 batters before he plunked Ro- Minnesota 5 7 .417 2 berto Pérez on the back foot with West Division W L Pct GB an 0-2 slider. An incredulous Los Angeles 7 5 .583 _ Rodón looked on almost in bewil- Seattle 6 5 .545 -1/2 Houston 6 6 .500 1 derment as Pérez made his way to Oakland 5 7 .417 2 first. Texas 5 7 .417 2 Rodón (2-0) regained his composure East Division in time to strike out Yu Chang looking W L Pct GB and retire Jordan Luplow on a sharp New York 5 3 .625 _ grounder to third, starting a joyous cel- Philadelphia 6 6 .500 1 ebration. Miami 5 6 .455 1-1/2 Washington 3 6 .333 2-1/2 It was the fi rst no-hitter for the Atlanta 4 8 .333 3 White Sox since Lucas Giolito pitched Central Division one Aug. 25 last year against Pitts- W L Pct GB Cincinnati 7 5 .583 _ burgh and No. 20 in franchise his- Milwaukee 7 5 .583 _ tory, second-most among major league St Louis 6 6 .500 1 teams behind the Chicago 5 7 .417 2 Pittsburgh 5 7 .417 2 (23). West Division W L Pct GB BASEBALL Los Angeles 10 2 .833 _ San Francisco 8 4 .667 2 San Diego 8 5 .615 2-1/2 Rodón’s gem came just fi ve days af- Los Angeles Dodgers’ , left, hits a solo as catcher Elias Diaz, right, watches along with home Arizona 4 8 .333 6 ter Joe Musgrove threw a no-hitter for plate Tom Hallion during the first inning of a baseball game, on April 13, in Los Angeles. (AP) Colorado 3 9 .250 7 his hometown Padres at Texas. Rodón threw 75 of his 114 pitches 11 while remaining unbeaten in their Giants 3, Reds 0 for strikes. He struck out seven in his past 11 games at Dodger Stadium In San Francisco, Johnny Cueto Azam hits sensational 122 from 59 balls fi rst career shutout and second com- since last Sept. 23. pitched neatly into the sixth inning be- plete game. C.J. Cron slowed his slump with fore exiting with a tight lat muscle, and The closest call for Rodón and the two hits for the Rockies, who lost San Francisco fi nished off Cincinnati. White Sox occurred when Josh Naylor their fi fth straight despite snapping Cueto (2-0) removed himself from the Pakistan ahead in T20 series in SAfrica led off the ninth with a slow bouncer. their 26-inning scoreless streak since game after fanning Nick Castellanos for First baseman José Abreu picked it up last Saturday with Trevor Story’s RBI the second out in the sixth. The 35-year- CENTURION, South Africa, April and got his toe on the bag just ahead of single in the fi fth. Colorado couldn’t old Cueto surrendered three hits and 15, (AP): Babar Azam hit a sen- a sliding Naylor. score in the fi nal four innings against walked none while striking out four. sational 122 from 59 balls to lead Los Angeles’ bullpen. Royals 6, Angels 1 Pakistan to 205-1 for a resounding Red Sox 3, Twins 2, 1st Game Victor González escaped a jam in the nine-wicket win over South Africa fi fth after the Rockies chased Dustin In Kansas City, Mo., Salvador Pérez Red Sox 7, Twins 1, 2nd Game homered and doubled to cap off an and a 2-1 lead in their Twenty20 In Minneapolis, Alex Verdugo had May. (1-0) retired the series. side on six pitches in the eighth, and impressive series, leading Brad Keller three hits, including a two-run single and Kansas City past Los Angeles. Babar marked the day he unseat- in a six-run fi fth inning, and the Bos- got three for ed Virat Kohli to become the top- his third save. Pérez drove in two runs and went ton extended its winning streak to went 8 for 12 with four RBIs this week ranked ODI batsman in the world nine games, sweeping a doubleheader Marlins 6, Braves 5, 10 Innings against Los Angeles. with another brilliant limited-overs against Philadelphia. In Atlanta, Jesus Aguilar drove in Carlos Santana also homered as the innings, albeit in the shortest format In the second game, Eduardo Ro- the winning run with a 10th-inning Royals took two of three from the An- dríguez (2-0) pitched fi ve innings and this time. double and Miami overcame two hom- gels. The Pakistan captain opened the gave up one run on fi ve hits for Boston, ers by Ronald Acuña Jr. for its third Keller (1-1) went 5 2/3 innings and which has come from behind in six of batting and blasted his way to a straight win at Atlanta. gave up one run and four hits, striking century as Pakistan chased down a its nine wins this season. The Red Sox Leading off in extra innings with out fi ve and walking one. have their longest winning streak since Starling Marte placed at second, Agui- seemingly testing target of 204 with a 10-game run in 2018, a season that lar dumped a low pitch from Tyler Rangers 5, Rays 1 ease. ended with a title. Matzek (0-1) down the left-fi eld line to In St. Petersburg, Florida, Nate Verdugo had fi ve hits in the double- bring home the tiebreaking run. Lowe hit a solo homer and rookie Ko- CRICKET header and capped the day with his Acuña led off the bottom of the hei Arihara got his fi rst major league second homer of the season in the sev- 10th with a chance to do more dam- victory, pitching into the sixth inning enth inning. age after erasing Miami’s 5-0 lead al- as Texas beat Tampa Bay. The tourists romped home in José Berríos (2-1) surrendered four most single-handedly. But Yimi Gar- Arihara (1-1) allowed two singles 18 overs, with Mohammad Riz- runs in 4 1/3 innings for Minnesota, cia struck out the Atlanta slugger on and a double over 5 2/3 scoreless in- wan crashing 73 from 47 balls at giving up four hits and three walks. three pitches before retiring Freddie nings in his third start since signing the other end after opening with with the Rangers after six seasons with South Africa’s bowler George Linde dives as he attempts a catch from Berríos walked Franchy Cordero with Freeman and Marcell Ozuna to earn Babar. Their partnership of 197 own bowling during the fourth T20 cricket match between South Africa and the bases loaded for the fi rst run of the his second save. the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of from 107 balls ripped the game Pakistan at Centurion Park in Pretoria, South Africa, on April 14. (AP) Japan’s Pacifi c League. fi fth before departing. Blue Jays 5, Yankees 4 away from a South African team The Twins have lost fi ve straight. In Dunedin, Florida, Bo Bichette Pirates 5, Padres 1 that felt it was in position for vic- Dodgers 4, Rockies 2 homered twice, including a game-end- In Pittsburgh, Gregory Polanco tory after posting its own strong In Los Angeles, hom- ing drive leading off the ninth inning homered and Pittsburgh beat San Di- score of 203-5 in 20 overs. Bangalore ‘successfully’ defends ered and drove in two runs, and rookie that lifted Toronto over New York. ego’s Joe Musgrove in his fi rst start Babar fell just two balls from the Zach McKinstry added a late homer as Bichette drove a pitch from Chad since throwing the fi rst no-hitter in end trying to ramp a delivery from 149 runs against Sunrisers in IPL Los Angeles beat Colorado for its fi fth Green (0-2) the opposite way to right- franchise history. Lizaad Williams over third man and consecutive victory. center fi eld as Toronto took two of Polanco hit a solo shot into the right- edging it to wicketkeeper Heinrich CHENNAI, India, April 15, (AP): Maxwell, who was out off the got his fi rst career hit in three from its AL East rival. fi eld stands in the second inning. That Royal Challengers Bangalore re- last ball after hitting three sixes ended a 32-inning scoreless streak by Klassen. the eighth inning for the major league- Brewers 7, Cubs 0 That denied Pakistan the world re- markably defended 149 runs suc- and five boundaries. leading Dodgers, who have won 10 of Musgrove that dated to last season cessfully against Sunrisers Hyder- Hyderabad captain David War- In Milwaukee, Corbin Burnes struck when he was still with the Pirates. cord for the highest successful chase in out 10 in six dominant innings and also T20s without losing a wicket. abad and won their Indian Premier ner looked like winning the match delivered a two-run single for his fi rst Mets 5, Phillies 1 Fakhar Zaman smashed two fours League contest by six runs. on his own as he struck a six and career RBIs as Milwaukee beat Chi- In New York, David Peterson matched off the next two balls to end it and Hyderabad was cruising to vic- seven boundaries, but when he hit cago. a career high with 10 strikeouts in six ensure Pakistan can’t lose the series dominant innings and batterymate James tory at 96-1 in the 14th over, but Kyle Jamieson to long on after 54 Burnes (1-1) allowed just two hits with one game to play. the departure of captain David off 37, his side’s suspect middle to continue his sizzling start to the McCann hit his fi rst home run with New Pakistan also won the ODI series season. His bases-loaded single up the York, sending the Mets past Philadelphia Warner triggered a collapse. order was exposed. for their third straight win. in South Africa. Hyderabad ended up needing 16 middle capped the Brewers’ four-run Babar has 186 runs from three in- outburst in the sixth. McCann had three hits, including a off the last over, scored nine, and CRICKET Jackie Bradley Jr. doubled to lead two-run homer in the eighth. Brandon nings at an average of 62.00 in the fi nished on 143-9 to Bangalore’s off the fi rst against Jake Arrieta (2-1) Nimmo and Dominic Smith also got T20 series and averaged 76.00 in the 149-8. and scored on Travis Shaw’s single. three hits apiece, and Francisco Lindor ODI series. Earlier Wednesday he Bangalore’s innings was led by Nobody else, including a waste- Shaw moved to third on Avisaíl Gar- scored twice. ended Kohli’s more than three-year captain and opener Virat Kohli, 33 ful Manish Pandey, could get cía’s double and came home on Omar Tigers 6, Astros 4 stay at the top of the ODI rankings. South Africa appeared to have ex- off 29 balls, and man of the match on top of the bowling except for Narváez’s sacrifi ce fl y. In Houston, Michael Fulmer earned Glenn Maxwell, 59 off 41. Khan, who was run out for 17 off Nationals 6, Cardinals 0 his fi rst win since 2018 and Detroit posed Pakistan’s decision to bowl fi rst at SuperSport Park when openers Aid- They scored only 44 runs together nine with two balls to go. In St. Louis, Joe Ross pitched six built a big lead before holding off off six overs, but ensured the team Left-armer Shabhaz Ahmed took sharp innings and Washington threw short-handed Houston for a three- en Markram (63) and Janneman Malan (55) made half-centuries and the host started well and fi nished better. In 3-7 from two overs, and medium- its fi rst regular-season shutout at St. game sweep. between, however, they struggled, pacer Harshal Patel was given the last Louis. Outscored 14-4 in losing the fi rst posted its highest total ever against Chicago White Sox starting Ross (1-0) improved to 3-0 in four two games with a full roster, the Astros Pakistan. especially against legspinner Rashid over and conceded 5 from a no ball Carlos Rodon (55) throws against career starts against the Cardinals. went into the wrapup after putting fi ve But Babar stroked 15 fours and Khan, who took 2-18 including AB but little else, and took two wickets. the Cleveland Indians during the He allowed four hits, struck out fi ve players, including stars José Altuve, four sixes to underline his scintillat- de Villiers for 1. The 149 was the lowest total first inning of a baseball game, on and walked one. He also singled and Alex Bregman and Yordan Álvarez, ing form and see Pakistan to a highly Fast bowler Jason Holder led successfully defended by Banga- April 14, in Chicago. (AP) scored a run. on the COVID-19 injured list. impressive victory. with 3-30, including Kohli and lore in 12 years.