Cleveland’s Cal Quantrill had a no-hit bid broken up with two outs in the seventh and combined on a one-hitter, leading the host Guardians over the Minnesota Twins 2-0 on Sunday.
Alex Kirilloff got the lone hit with a two-out single in the seventh. Kirilloff hit a 1-0 changeup over second baseman Andrés Giménez, who attempted to make a leaping catch. The ball was picked up by right fielder Will Brennan.
Quantrill (2-2) received a standing ovation from the crowd of 17,477 following the hit. He walked Joey Gallo, but struck out José Miranda on three pitches. Quantrill pumped his fist and let out a yell as he left the mound as his day ended with another big ovation.
Quantrill admitted the no-hitter was on his mind.
“I was probably aware of it in the sixth,” he said. “Yeah. I mean it was a tight game the whole game, so it wasn’t really an opportunity to revel in it. A walk and a homer would’ve tied it up. So I don’t think you really pitch for no-hitters. You pitch to win. If they happen, that’s great.”
Quantrill struck out four, walked three and hit a batter.
Jose Ramirez and Josh Bell had run-scoring singles in the first inning for the Guardians.
RAYS 8, YANKEES 7 (10) >> Gerrit Cole failed to hold a six-run lead, allowing his first two home runs of the season and host Tampa Bay beat New York on Isaac Paredes’ 10th-inning single to take two of three from the Yankees. Anthony Rizzo and Harrison Bader homered for the Yankees (18-17), who led 6-0 before Tampa Bay scored twice in the fifth and five times in the sixth. Jose Siri and Christian Bethancourt homered for the Rays (28-7).
PHILLIES 6, RED SOX 1 >> Kyle Schwarber homered after being dropped from leadoff to fifth in the batting order and host Philadelphia stopped a six-game skid and ended Boston’s eight-game winning streak. The Phillies won for the first time since Bryce Harper’s return to the lineup. Harper, playing in his fifth game after Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, is batting .368 with one RBI after going 1 for 3.
BRAVES 3, ORIOLES 2 (12) >> Michael Harris hit a game-ending single off Cionel Pérez in the 12th inning, and host Atlanta beat Baltimore to stop the Orioles’ streak of eight consecutive winning series. Braves right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. in the 11th caught Adam Frazier’s 322-foot flyout and made a one-hop throw to third baseman Austin Riley, who tagged Austin Hays for a double play.
ROCKIES 13, METS 6 >> Skidding New York fell under .500 for the first time since early April as Brenton Doyle’s first big league home run capped a seven-run fifth inning in visiting Colorado’s victory. The Mets are 3-11 since opening 14-7. New York didn’t spend a day under .500 last season on its way to winning 101 games, second-most in franchise history.
CARDINALS 12, TIGERS 6 >> Paul Goldschmidt homered three times, Brendan Donovan hit a three-run drive and host St. Louis stopped an eight-game losing streak. Goldschmidt had four hits and four RBIs in his third three-homer game, the first since March 29, 2019, against Milwaukee. Jake Rogers hit a grand slam for the Tigers, whose five-game winning steak was stopped.
BLUE JAYS 10, PIRATES 1 >> Whit Merrifield had four RBIs and visiting Toronto routed Pittsburgh for a three-game sweep that extended the Pirates’ losing streak to seven. Merrifield put the Blue Jays ahead with a run-scoring infield single in the first following a 95-minute rain delay and opened a 4-0 lead in the third with a three-run blast off Roansy Contreras (3-3).
mariners 3, astros 1 >> Bryce Miller gave up two hits over six shutout innings for his first major league win, Justin Topa worked around a leadoff single in the ninth for his first big league save and host Seattle took two of three from Houston. First baseman José Abreu made a run-scoring error in a two-run third inning and Matt Gage committed a bases-loaded balk when he relieved in the fifth.
MARLINS 5, CUBS 4 (14) >> Garrett Hampson scored on Adbert Alzolay’s balk in the 14th inning and visiting Miami stopped a five-game slide by outlasting Chicago. Hampson opened the inning on second as the automatic runner. He advanced on Luis Arraez’s groundout and trotted home when Alzolay (1-2) was called for a balk with a 2-2 count on Jesús Sánchez.
BREWERS 7, GIANTS 3 >> Willy Adames and William Contreras each hit two-run home runs and visiting Milwaukee ended a six-game losing streak. Contreras opened up the scoring for the Brewers with a two-run home run in the second inning. The Giants tied it in the second inning when Brett Wisely drove in Blake Sabol and LaMonte Wade Jr. singled in Austin Slater.
white sox 17, reds 4 >> Hanser Alberto had four hits, drove in a career-high four RBIs and visiting Chicago scored 11 runs in the second inning to rout Cincinnati. The 11 runs are the most for the team in one inning in 16 years and third-most ever for the franchise. The White Sox had 11 runs in the fifth at Kansas City on Sept. 17, 2007.
ROYALS 5, A’S 1 >> Salvador Perez homered and host Kansas City beat Oakland to avoid being swept in the series between teams with the worst records in the major leagues. Kansas City (9-26) lost two of three to the A’s (8-27) and dropped to 1-10 in series this season. Perez went 3 for 4 and scored three times.
NATIONALS 9, DIAMONDBACKS 8 >> Joey Meneses hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning off Miguel Castro and had four RBIs, lifting visiting Washington. Arizona took an 8-6 lead into the ninth inning behind Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s two homers and four RBIs.