UNDATED (AP) — Spencer Turnbull pitched the fifth no-hitter in the majors already this season, sending the Detroit Tigers to a 5-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Turnbull, who led the big leagues with 17 losses two years ago, had never gone more than seven innings in any of his previous 49 starts over three seasons. But his fastball and biting slider kept Seattle batters guessing and added to a growing list of gems on the mound in 2021. The five no-hitters through May 18 match the 1917 season for the most in baseball history by that date. Turnbull’s no-hitter was the eighth in Tigers history and their first since Justin Verlander’s in Toronto on May 7, 2011.
In other MLB Tuesday night action:
—The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-1 for their sixth victory in seven games. Gavin Lux hit his first career grand slam and Julio Urías pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning. The Diamondbacks have lost six of seven after dropping two to LA.
— The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-1 for their sixth victory in seven games. Gavin Lux hit his first career grand slam and Julio Urías pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning. The Diamondbacks have lost six of seven after dropping two to LA.
— Anthony DeSclafani gave up one run over seven good innings, Alex Dickerson hit a three-run homer and the San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2. DeSclafani, who signed with the Giants after five seasons in Cincinnati, was outstanding in his first appearance back at Great American Ball Park, scattering six hits and striking out seven. He improved to 4-1.
— Josh Naylor hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning and the Cleveland Indians snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. The Indians jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first but saw the Angels steadily rally and tie it in the seventh.
— Ramón Laureano hit two home runs, then lofted a game-ending sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to send the Oakland Athletics over Houston 6-5, ending the Astros’ six-game winning streak.
— DJ LeMahieu had a season-high three RBIs for the New York Yankees as they beat the Texas Rangers 7-4. LeMehieu’s tiebreaking, two-run double capped a five-run fourth for the Yankees and was his first multi-RBI hit this season. Rouged Odor had two hits against his former team in his return to the Yankees lineup after missing 12 games because of a sprained left knee.
— Hyun Jin Ryu pitched seven masterful innings, light-hitting Danny Jansen played a key offensive role and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 8-0. Ryu scattered four hits and struck out seven. Jansen had a second-inning RBI single and drew a pivotal walk during a three-run fourth as Toronto won for the ninth time in 12 games and improved to a season-high six games over .500.
— Miguel Sanó homered three times, Jorge Polanco hit a game-ending RBI single and the Minnesota Twins beat Yermín Mercedes and the Chicago White Sox 5-4. Twins reliever Tyler Duffey was ejected for throwing behind Mercedes in the seventh, and that seemed to spark the slumping Twins.
— Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer, his fourth in four games, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2. Tommy Edman added three singles and drove in two runs for St. Louis. The Cardinals returned home after dropping three straight at San Diego to win their fourth consecutive game this season against Pittsburgh.
— Mike Zunino hit two home runs and the Tampa Bay Rays connected five times in all, hammering the Baltimore Orioles 13-6 Tuesday night for their fifth straight win. Brett Phillips and Austin Meadows hit three-run homers in the second inning and Ji-Man Choi hit a late drive as the Rays matched their longest winning streak of the year.
— Pinch-hitter Ronald Torreyes delivered a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to beat the Miami Marlins 8-3. The Marlins took a 3-1 lead when Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a two-run homer off a 100-mph fastball from Jose Alvarado in the top of the eighth. But the Phillies answered in the bottom half.
— Inspired by Kevin Pillar’s return to the dugout, the New York Mets got homers from Jonathan Villar and Tomás Nido and strong performances by a string of relievers to beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3. Villar hit a two-run shot in the third inning. Nido won it for the Mets in the ninth with a tiebreaking drive into the left-field seats off struggling Braves closer Will Smith.
— Andrew Benintendi drove in the go-ahead run with two outs in the eighth inning to give the Kansas City Royals a 2-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Benintendi’s go-ahead single came off reliever Devin Williams, and Kansas City added another run on shortstop Luis Urias’ error. Royals starter Kris Bubic pitched six innings of one-hit ball.
