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- Gavin Williams overcomes frightful first, nearly pitches Guardians' first no-hitter in 44 years</p>
<p>The August 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM</p>
<p>Cleveland Guardians pitcher Gavin Williams (32) reacts after giving up a hit during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) ()</p>
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — Gavin Williams came within two outs of Cleveland's first no-hitter in 44 years before Juan Soto homered with one out in the ninth inning, and the Cleveland Guardians completed a three-game sweep of the reeling New York Mets with a 4-1 win Wednesday.</p>
<p>Williams (7-4) walked three and struck out six, including Francisco Lindor to lead off the ninth. But Soto homered just beyond the leaping grasp of center fielder Angel Martinez two pitches later.</p>
<p>The Guardians have not thrown a no-hitter since Len Barker twirled a perfect game on May 15, 1981. Their no-hitter drought is the longest in the majors.</p>
<p>CUBS 6, REDS 1</p>
<p>CHICAGO (AP) — Seiya Suzuki homered, Cade Horton threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings and Chicago prevented a sweep from Cincinnati.</p>
<p>The sixth-inning solo shot was Suzuki's 27th home run of the season, moving him into a tie with teammate Pete Crow-Armstrong for seventh in the majors and fourth in the National League. The outfielder finished 2-for-2 on the day with a pair of RBIs and a walk, also scoring Nico Hoerner on a third-inning sacrifice fly.</p>
<p>Horton (6-2, 3.18 ERA) earned the win after giving up only two hits and striking out six. The 23-year-old Horton has not allowed a run in his last 23 1/3 innings, dating back to July 9 against Minnesota.</p>
<p>GIANTS 4, PIRATES 2</p>
<p>PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dominic Smith hit a go-ahead double in the ninth inning, and San Francisco rallied for a win over Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>Jung Hoo Lee hit a one-out double down the right-field line off Dennis Santana (3-4). Smith, pinch hitting for Christian Koss, brought Lee in with another double to right to make it 3-2 and Patrick Bailey extended the lead with an RBI single.</p>
<p>Giants reliever Ryan Walker (4-4) struck out the side in the eighth, including Oneil Cruz with two on and two outs. Randy Rodríguez pitched a perfect ninth for his third save.</p>
<p>ORIOLES 5, PHILLIES 1</p>
<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Coby Mayo hit a three-run homer, Jeremiah Jackson doubled in a run for his first extra-base hit and RBI in the majors as Baltimore beat Philadelphia.</p>
<p>After the Phillies scored 18 runs in winning the first two games of the series, Baltimore left-hander Trevor Rogers (5-2) put a stop to it, allowing one run on eight hits with six strikeouts over six innings.</p>
<p>Dietrich Enns pitched two scoreless innings and fellow lefty reliever Keegan Akin closed it out in the ninth for Baltimore.</p>
<p>TWINS 9, TIGERS 4</p>
<p>DETROIT (AP) — Luke Keaschall drove in three runs for the second straight game as Minnesota beat Detroit.</p>
<p>Keaschell is hitting .393 in his nine-game major league career, which was interrupted in April by a broken arm. He returned on Tuesday and has four hits and six RBIs in his first two games back.</p>
<p>Thomas Hatch (1-0) picked up the win with 4 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. He was claimed off waivers on Monday from the Kansas City Royals.</p>
<p>YANKEES 3, RANGERS 2</p>
<p>ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt put the Yankees ahead with a pinch-hit solo homer in the seventh inning and New York ended its five-game losing streak with a victory over Texas.</p>
<p>Goldschmidt went deep off lefty reliever Robert Garcia (1-7), who has now given up homers in his last three appearances.</p>
<p>The Yankees (61-54) avoided being swept in Texas for the first time since 2010, and kept the Rangers from moving past them for the American League's third and final wild-card spot.</p>
<p>Mark Leiter Jr. (5-6) got the win after coming on with a runner on in the sixth and getting a flyout before a double-play grounder to end the inning. That came after his cousin, Rangers rookie starter Jack Leiter, struck out three and walked four in 3 1/3 innings while allowing two runs (one earned).</p>
<p>David Bednar struck out five while throwing 42 pitches over the final 1 2/3 innings for his 18th save.</p>
<p>BLUE JAYS 20, ROCKIES 1</p>
<p>DENVER (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had four hits, including a home run, and Davis Schneider went deep twice as Toronto capped their Coors Field onslaught with a victory over Colorado.</p>
<p>The first-place Blue Jays finished with five homers and 24 hits to set a major league record with 63 hits in a three-game series. They established a franchise mark with 45 runs in the three-game set.</p>
<p>Bo Bichette and Ernie Clement also homered for the AL East leaders, who outscored the Rockies 45-6 in the series and are 26-11 since June 25. Toronto hit 13 home runs in the series.</p>
<p>Ty France had four doubles and Clement added four hits. Bichette and Schneider had four RBIs apiece.</p>
<p>Guerrero extended his on-base streak to 23 games, the longest current streak in the American League.</p>
<p>CARDINALS 5, DODGERS 3</p>
<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered for his 1,000th career hit and struck out a season-high eight in four innings on the mound, but St. Louis rallied late to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers.</p>
<p>Jordan Walker had three hits for the Cardinals, including an RBI single that tied the score with two outs in the eighth. St. Louis took a 4-3 lead on the same play when rookie third baseman Alex Freeland made a costly throwing error.</p>
<p>Lars Nootbaar added a run-scoring double off reliever Brock Stewart in the ninth.</p>
<p>RAYS 5, ANGELS 4</p>
<p>ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Junior Caminero hit his 29th and 30th homers, Christopher Morel had a go-ahead shot and six Tampa Bay pitchers combined to strike out 16 in the Rays' victory over the Los Angeles Angels.</p>
<p>Caminero hit a career-long 447-foot shot with a man on in the first, and had a solo homer in the third. Morel was 0 for 6 with six strikeouts in the series before hitting his solo homer in the seventh.</p>
<p>Nick Fortes also homered, his first hit in five games with the Rays since being acquired from Miami.</p>
<p>Starter Shane Baz struck out nine in four innings to help Tampa Bay win for the fourth time in 14 games. Garrett Cleavinger (1-4) was the winner, and Pete Fairbanks got his 19th save.</p>
<p>Ryan Zeferjahn (6-4) took the loss.</p>
<p>MARLINS 6, ASTROS 4</p>
<p>MIAMI (AP) — Xavier Edwards went 4 for 5 with a double, Graham Pauley and Heriberto Hernández each hit a solo homer and Miami beat Houston to snap a seven-game losing streak against the Astros.</p>
<p>Janson Junk (6-2) allowed three runs on five hits with two walks and two strikeouts in five innings. The Marlins are 8-2 in Junk's 10 starts since joining the rotation June 20.</p>
<p>Lake Bachar pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.</p>
<p>NATIONALS 2, ATHLETICS 1</p>
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — CJ Abrams singled home rookie Robert Hassell III with the winning run in the ninth inning, and Washington defeated the Athletics to stop a six-game losing streak.</p>
<p>Athletics starter Jeffrey Springs retired his first 15 batters before Riley Adams tied the score 1-all with a leadoff homer in the sixth.</p>
<p>Hassell doubled off Michael Kelly (2-1) to begin the ninth and scored on Adams' one-out single when left fielder Tyler Soderstrom's throw was off line.</p>
<p>Soderstrom opened the top of the sixth with his 20th home run.</p>
<p>Nearly three years after his major league debut, Nationals right-hander Cade Cavalli finally returned from injury to make his second career start. He pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings and left to a standing ovation.</p>
<p>ROYALS 7, RED SOX 3</p>
<p>BOSTON (AP) — Jonathan India hit a three-run homer and Michael Wacha scattered five hits over six innings to help Kansas City beat Boston.</p>
<p>Wacha (6-9) allowed two runs while walking none and striking out three to earn his second consecutive victory and help the Royals avoid the three-game sweep.</p>
<p>Boston led 2-0 after one inning but Kansas City took the lead in the fourth on Kyle Isbel's two-run single. India made it 6-2 in the seventh.</p>
<p>BREWERS 5, BRAVES 4</p>
<p>ATLANTA (AP) — Blake Perkins doubled, hit a homer and drove in two RBIs, Andrew Vaughn also homered and Milwaukee beat Atlanta for their sixth straight win.</p>
<p>Vaughn extended his hitting streak to a career-best 12 games and is batting .435 with five home runs and 16 RBIs in that span.</p>
<p>Jose Quintana (9-4) allowed three runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts in six innings. Jared Koenig and Abner Uribe each threw a scoreless inning of relief. Trevor Megill earned his 26th save despite giving up a solo homer to Michael Harris II in the ninth.</p>
<p>PADRES 3, DIAMONDBACKS 2</p>
<p>PHOENIX (AP) — Jose Iglesias followed Ryan O'Hearn's tying homer with a run-scoring single in the ninth inning and San Diego Padres rallied to beat Arizona.</p>
<p>San Diego scored five runs in the 11th inning to beat the Diamondbacks 10-5 on Tuesday night and staged another late rally.</p>
<p>With Arizona leading 2-1, O'Hearn led off the ninth with a tying homer off Kyle Backus (0-2), his first off a left-hander this season. Xander Bogaerts, who hit a solo homer in the seventh, followed with a double and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt.</p>
<p>Iglesias lined a single to right and Mason Miller worked around a walk in the the ninth for his 21st save. Adrian Morejon (9-4) allowed a hit in two innings for the Padres, who have won nine of 11.</p>
<p>Corbin Carroll homered for Arizona.</p>
<p>Padres starter Nestor Cortes had a shaky start in his first game since being traded from Milwaukee.</p>
<p>MARINERS 8, WHITE SOX 6</p>
<p>SEATTLE (AP) — Julio Rodríguez hit a three-run homer during a five-run second inning for Seattle as they beat Chicago.</p>
<p>Rodríguez — who on Sunday became the first player in major league history with 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases in each of his first four seasons — went deep on a hanging sweeper from starter Jonathan Cannon (4-9). Cal Raleigh drove in two runs with a single immediately before Rodríguez's homer.</p>
<p>Seattle led 7-1 after two innings, thanks in part to Josh Naylor's two-run homer in the first. George Kirby (7-5) was effective for six innings, yielding two runs and five hits while striking out nine.</p>
<p>Chicago made it competitive in the seventh after Kirby exited, scoring three runs off reliever Eduard Bazardo on homers from Mike Tauchman and Lenyn Sosa.</p>
<p>Rodríguez scored on Eugenio Suárez's sacrifice fly in the bottom half to make it 8-5.</p>
<p>All-Star closer Andrés Muñoz gave up a solo shot to Michael A. Taylor in the ninth before walking back-to-back batters. Muñoz settled in from there to lock down his 26th save.</p>
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