If this was Blake Snell's final start for the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, it sure was a memorable one. The NL Cy Young Award contender lowered his big league-leading ERA to 2.33 and struck out 10 in seven brilliant innings for the Padres, who took a combined no-hitter into the ninth before beating the Colorado Rockies 2-0 on Tuesday night. Snell, Robert Suarez and All-Star closer Josh Hader finished with a two-hitter.
Brendan Rodgers singled against closer Josh Hader leading off the ninth inning to break up San Diego's bid for a combined no-hitter Tuesday night against the Colorado Rockies. Padres left-hander Blake Snell carried the no-hit bid through seven innings and reliever Robert Suarez worked a perfect eighth in a scoreless game.
Blake Snell of the San Diego Padres has demonstrated excellence that befits a Cy Young Award winner this season, but he is an enigma due to command issues.
The San Diego Padres' postseason hopes faded long ago. Blake Snell's bid to become the seventh player to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues is alive and well. Snell scattered one hit over six scoreless innings, Juan Soto and Luis Campusano homered and San Diego beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 on Wednesday night to win a series against their NL West rivals for the first time in two years.
Giancarlo Stanton's milestone homer resembled so many of the 399 that came before. Stanton smashed his 400th home run, Gerrit Cole burnished his Cy Young Award credentials and the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 on Tuesday night. DJ LeMahieu hit his second leadoff homer in four games and Gleyber Torres had a two-run double for the last-place Yankees (69-69), who have won four straight and seven of eight to get back to .500 for the first time since Aug. 15.