MAJOR LEAGUES
Francisco Liriano (6-11) was tremendous against his former team, pitching a no-hitter into the seventh inning as the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 5-3 on Saturday to retain the American League Central lead.
Liriano only allowed a two-out homer to Trevor Plouffe. He walked two, hit a batter and struck out nine in seven innings.
Paul Konerko homered and drove in three runs for the White Sox, who entered the day with a one game lead over Detroit in the American League Central.
Detroit’s Anibal Sanchez took also no-hitter into the seventh inning as the Tigers Detroit officially eliminated Cleveland Indians from the playoffs with a 5-3 win despite losing a run on an appeal.
Sanchez (3-5) struck out seven batters over 6-2/3 innings, but Carlos Santana spoiled his no-hit bid with a two-out triple in the seventh.
Atlanta moved within 6.5 games of first-place Washington in the National League East after pinch-runner Jeff Baker scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning when Nationals reliever Ryan Mattheus hit Andrelton Simmons’ uniform with a bases-loaded pitch.
Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman homered for the Braves in their 5-4 win over the Nationals.
Andrew McCutchen homered and reached base four times as the Pittsburgh Pirates broke a seven-game losing streak with a 7-6 win over the Chicago Cubs, while Carlos Lee homered and drove in three runs to help the Miami Marlins claim a 6-4 home win over the Cincinnati Reds.
In other NL games, the San Francisco Giants edged the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2, the Houston Astros blanked the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0, the Milwaukee Brewers downed the New York Mets 9-6, the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
In the AL, Stephen Drew homered and made a pair of big defensive plays to back Jarrod Parker as the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2, and the New York Yankees got back-to-back home runs from Curtis Granderson and Eduardo Nunez in a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2, the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 8-6 and the Kansas City Royals were 3-2 winners over the Los Angles Angels.
Freddie Freeman homered and drove in four runs, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and Roki Sasaki earned his first major league win as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 10-3 on Saturday night for their seventh straight victory. The Dodgers have won the first two games of the series to improve to 5-0 against Atlanta this year. Los Angeles’ three-game sweep at home early in the season left the Braves 0-7. Sasaki allowed three runs and six hits over five innings. The 23-year-old right-hander gave up a home run to Ozzie Albies, but received plenty of offensive support in his
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