Anibal Sanchez’s no-hit bid was broken up when former Detroit teammate Ezequiel Carrera lined a single to left with one out in the eighth inning as the Tigers held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-6 on Friday, a night when Miguel Cabrera limped off with a calf injury.
Given an 8-0 lead, Sanchez (7-7) wound up allowing four runs, three hits and three walks in 7-1/3 innings, leaving after 117 pitches.
He was bidding to become the sixth pitcher to throw no-hitters in the American League and National League, according to STATS, a feat accomplished by Cy Young, Jim Bunning, Nolan Ryan, Hideo Nomo and Randy Johnson. Sanchez pitched a no-hitter for the Florida Marlins against Arizona on Sept. 6, 2006.
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Cabrera, a two-time AL MVP, was on first base with no outs in the fourth inning and a 3-2 count to Victor Martinez and took off with the pitch. Martinez fouled the ball off, but Cabrera pulled up sharply, grabbing his left leg. He was attended to by trainers and limped off the field. Detroit said Cabrera will have an MRI.
METS 2, DODGERS 1
In Los Angeles, Kevin Plawecki drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, while Mets rookie Noah Snydergaard dueled with reigning NL MVP Clayton Kershaw on even terms.
Lucas Duda blooped a double just inside the left field line leading off the ninth against closer Kenley Jansen (2-1). Wilmer Flores followed with a single off Jansen’s glove as the right-hander tried to backhand the ball. Duda then scored on Plawecki’s fly out to center field.
Hansel Robles (2-2) pitched two scoreless innings for the victory and Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect ninth for his 22nd save in 24 chances.
Snydergaard remained winless in five starts on the road despite allowing one run and just two hits over six innings with six strikeouts and two walks.
Kershaw allowed a run and five hits over seven innings, striking out seven and walking one.
NATIONALS 2, GIANTS 1
In Washington, Clint Robinson, a 30-year-old non-roster invitee by Washington in spring training who had just 13 major-league at-bats before this season, hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to give the Nationals a victory over San Francisco.
Robinson, playing first base in place of the injured Ryan Zimmerman, is 20 for 69 (.290) with four homers and 12 RBIs in his past 21 games. His homer off right-hander Jake Peavy (0-3) made a winner of left-hander Gio Gonzalez (6-4), who allowed a run and five hits in seven innings.
Buster Posey had homered on Gonzalez’s first pitch of the seventh inning to give San Francisco a 1-0 lead in the teams’ first meeting since the Giants beat the Nationals in five games last year.
ROYALS 3, TWINS 2, 10 INNINGS
In Kansas City, Missouri, Lorenzo Cain had three hits and scored the winning run in the 10th inning as Kansas City beat Minnesota to snap a four-game losing streak.
Cain led off the bottom of the 10th with a double, went to third on a wild pitch by Aaron Thompson (1-3) and scored on Jarrod Dyson’s fielder’s choice grounder to first baseman Joe Mauer.
The Twins challenged the call, but after a 99-second review the ruling on the field stood.
Wade Davis (4-1) worked a spotless 10th and lowered his ERA to 0.26.
The Royals tied it 2-2 in the eighth when Kendrys Morales’ two-out single drove home Cain, who had singled and stolen second. Morales leads the Royals with 51 RBIs.
ASTROS 12, RED SOX 8, 10 INNINGS
In Boston, first baseman Mike Napoli allowed Preston Tucker’s hard grounder to bounce past him for an error, while Carlos Correa followed with a tiebreaking single in a four-run 10th inning that lifted Houston over Boston for their fifth straight win.
Jose Altuve had three hits and two RBIs for the AL West-leading Astros, who won after wasting three leads in four innings.
Noe Ramirez (0-1), making his major-league debut, hit Altuve with a pitch leading off the 10th, and Altuve took third on Napoli’s error.
Correa singled for a 9-8 lead, Jon Singleton added a two-run single and Domingo Santana stole home on the back end of a double steal.
Roberto Hernandez (3-5) pitched a perfect inning and Luke Gregerson got the final three outs.
PADRES 2, CARDINALS 1
In St Louis, Missouri, Jedd Gyorko homered in the seventh inning to tie the game and then had a run-scoring single in the ninth to lead San Diego to a victory over St Louis.
San Diego won the first two games of the four-game series after losing three straight.
St Louis lost a season-high fourth straight home game, but the Cardinals are still a major league-best 29-11 at home.
Gyorko hit a 3-2 pitch from closer Trevor Rosenthal (1-1) to bring in Yangervis Solarte, who hit a one-out triple.
Joaquin Benoit (5-3) picked up the win in relief.
Craig Kimbrel recorded his 21st save in 22 opportunities. He got Jason Heyward to ground into a game-ending double play.
In other games on Friday, it was:
‧ Yankees 7, Rays 5
‧ Mariners 9, Athletics 5
‧ Indians 5, Pirates 2
‧ Angels 8, Rangers 2
‧ Marlins 2, Cubs 1
‧ Brewers 12, Reds 1
‧ White Sox 1, Orioles 0
‧ Braves 2, Phillies 1
‧ Diamondbacks 4, Rockies 3
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