Ross Stripling of the Dodgers was pulled with a no-hitter in progress after 7-1/3 innings on his major league debut as Los Angeles lost to the San Francisco Giants 3-2 in the 10th on a rainy Friday night.
Brandon Crawford homered off Joe Blanton (0-1) leading off the bottom of the 10th.
In a decision sure to be debated, first-year manager Dave Roberts removed Stripling after the right-hander walked Angel Pagan on his 100th pitch.
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The 26-year-old rookie had never pitched above Double-A and missed the 2014 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery. He was trying to become the first pitcher since Bumpus Jones in 1892 to throw a no-hitter on his major-league debut.
Stripling struck out four and walked four. Chris Hatcher relieved and Trevor Brown greeted him with a tying, two-run homer.
Moments later, Roberts was ejected following a quick confrontation between Hatcher and plate umpire Jeff Kellogg after a close pitch.
PADRES 13, ROCKIES 6
In Denver, Colorado, Trevor Story became the first major leaguer to homer in each of his first four games, connecting two more times for Colorado in a 13-6 loss to San Diego.
Story now has six home runs since making his debut on opening day. He got three hits and drove in four runs while playing for the first time at Coors Field.
Matt Kemp and Melvin Upton Jr homered as the Padres broke loose after they were the first team in major-league history to be shut out in their first three games. San Diego were outscored 25-0 while getting swept by the Dodgers.
CARDINALS 7, BRAVES 4
In Atlanta, Georgia, St Louis set a major-league record with three pinch-hit home runs while rallying from a four-run deficit to beat Atlanta.
Rookie Aledmys Diaz got his first career homer to break a tie as a pinch-hitter in the eighth, while Greg Garcia and rookie Jeremy Hazelbaker also had pinch-hit homers in the Cardinals’ first win.
Hazelbaker homered off Matt Wisler in the seventh to tie the game. Garcia and Stephen Piscotty homered in the ninth.
St Louis, who lost all of their opening three games in Pittsburgh, avoided their first 0-4 start since 1997.
Kevin Siegrist (1-0) threw 1-1/3 scoreless innings before Trevor Rosenthal pitched a perfect ninth inning for the save.
The homer by Diaz into the left-field seats came on the second pitch from Eric O’Flaherty (0-2).
BREWERS 6, ASTROS 4
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Colby Rasmus was called for interference on the “Chase Utley rule,” resulting in a game-ending double play and blunting Houston’s ninth-inning rally in a loss to Milwaukee.
Down 6-0, the Astros scored four times in the ninth and put runners on first and second with one out.
Jose Altuve hit a bouncer to second baseman Scooter Gennett, who threw to shortstop Jonathan Villar for the forceout. Rasmus slid past the base, and Villar did not make a relay to first.
Second baseman Dan Bellino called Rasmus for not trying to stay on the bag, part of the requirement under baseball’s new rule governing slides on potential double plays.
In other games on Friday, it was:
‧ Pirates 6, Reds 5
‧ Mets 7, Phillies 2
‧ Royals 4, Twins 3
‧ Orioles 6, Rays 1
‧ Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 7
‧ Tigers 4, Yankees 0
‧ Indians 7, White Sox 1
‧ Diamondbacks 3, Cubs 2
‧ Athletics 3, Mariners 2
‧ Rangers 7, Angels 3
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