New York: Left-hander Cole Hamels allowed just two baserunners as he tossed his first solo no-hitter on Saturday, helping the Philadelphia Phillies blank the Chicago Cubs 5-0.
Hamels (6-7) threw 129 pitches over nine innings while striking out 13 and walking a pair as the Phillies (36-63) won their third straight and seventh in eight games since the All-Star break.
Giants 2, A’s 1
Left-hander Madison Bumgarner limited the Oakland Athletics to one run in seven innings and helped his cause with his third home run of the season, delivering the San Francisco Giants a 2-1 victory on Saturday.
In beating their cross-bay rivals for the second consecutive day, and 15th time in their last 18 meetings in San Francisco, the Giants posted a fourth straight win and seventh in eight games since the All Star break.
Tigers 5, Red Sox 1
Nick Castellanos hit a home run and drove in three runs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1 on Saturday. Castellanos, Detroit’s third baseman, also hit a two-run double for Detroit (48-49). Detroit left fielder Yoenis Cespedes hit a solo homer against his former team and also threw out a runner at the plate.
Blue Jays 8, Mariners 6
Toronto first baseman Chris Colabello, whose first career home run came in the 13th inning of a 2013 win over the Seattle Mariners, provided some Safeco Field heroics again on Saturday in the Blue Jays’ 8-6 win.
Colabello’s bases-loaded, two-run single off Seattle closer Carson Smith in the top of the ninth inning finished off a Toronto comeback from three runs down.
The Blue Jays (50-49) trailed 6-4 in the eighth before pinch hitter Ezequiel Carrera tied the score with a two-run home run.
Orioles 5, Rays 1
Miguel Gonzalez of Baltimore Orioles continued his mastery of the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday, taking a shutout into the eighth inning as Baltimore rode Chris Davis’ grand slam to a 5-1 win at Tropicana Field. AGENCIES
