Santana allowed two runners — an error on the lead-off
batter that resulted in a first-inning run and a walk in the eighth.
Santana (6-8) threw the Angels' first complete-game
no-hitter since Mike Witt's perfect game on Sept. 30, 1984, against Texas. Mark
Langston (7 innings) and Witt (2 innings) combined to hold Seattle hitless on
April 11, 1990.
This was the third no-hitter in the major leagues this
season. Minnesota's Francisco Liriano
did it against the White Sox on May 3 and Detroit's Justin
Verlander beat Toronto on May 7.
This was the first no-hitter at Progressive Field, a
ballpark that opened as Jacobs Field in 1994. The last pitcher to hold the
Indians hitless was Jim Abbott of the Yankees on Sept. 4, 1993.
The win was Santana's third in 11 starts since May 30.
In New York, Seattle snapped its
17-game losing streak as Ichiro Suzuki
and rookie Dustin Ackley
led a 17-hit attack.
Felix Hernandez
(9-9) pitched seven innings for his third straight win in the Bronx.
Suzuki had four hits and scored two runs. Ackley tripled among his three hits
and drove in three runs.
Seattle scored five runs off three relievers in the
seventh - highlighted by Mike Carp's
bases-loaded triple.
It was the longest skid in the major leagues since Kansas
City lost 19 in 2005.
The Mariners came in hitting .218 during the streak. Phil
Hughes (1-3) allowed nine hits and
two runs over six innings.
Hernandez gave up five hits, walked four and struck out
five to win for the first time since June 24.
In Chicago, Alejandro De Aza hit a two-run homer in his first at-bat
of the season for Chicago.
De Aza, who was called up earlier in the day to fill a
roster spot opened by a trade, connected against Max Scherzer (11-6) in the second for his first
major league homer.
Austin Jackson
hit a leadoff homer in the seventh but that was it for Detroit against
John Danks (4-8) and two
relievers.
Danks matched a career high with 10 strikeouts while
improving to 4-0 with a 0.98 ERA in his last six starts. The left-hander allowed
six hits and walked three.
Sergio Santos
got the last out for his 21st save.
Scherzer (11-6) struck out eight in six innings, yielding
six hits and four walks.
The White Sox closed within 3 1/2 games of Detroit in the
AL Central.
In Toronto, Ricky Romero came within two outs of a complete game
to win for the first time in five starts and J.P. Arencibia homered for
Toronto.
Romero (8-9) struck out Adam Jones to begin the ninth, but was replaced by
Jon Rauch after Vladimir Guerrero reached on a wild third strike and
Derrek Lee was hit by a pitch. The
left-hander allowed four hits, walked three and struck out nine.
Rauch got Matt Wieters and Mark Reynolds
to fly out, recording his eighth save in 12 opportunities.
Romero had not won since June 26 at St. Louis, going 0-2
with a 5.87 ERA in four starts. He is 5-1 in his past seven starts against
Baltimore, including 4-0 at home.
Returning to the lineup one night after he was hit on the
helmet by a pitch, Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista singled home a run in the first.
Orioles right-hander Alfredo Simon (2-4) allowed three runs and seven hits
in five innings.
In Boston, Boston's David
Ortiz hit a grand slam to cap a
five-run fourth inning and Dustin Pedroia extended his career-best hitting
streak to 24 games with a solo homer.
Jacoby Ellsbury and Pedroia, Boston's first two batters,
homered. It was the first time since July 21, 1995, that the first two Red Sox
homered. The Red Sox won for the 19th time in 23 games.
Pedroia added two singles and a sacrifice fly. Adrian
Gonzalez had three hits and three
RBIs to raise his major-league leading total to 87.
Eric Hosmer
hit a three-run homer and Billy Butler added a solo shot for the Royals.
John Lackey
(9-8) won his fourth straight start, allowing four runs - three earned -
and 11 hits in 5 2-3 innings.
Boston had 16 hits, reaching double digits for the 11th
straight home game.
Bruce Chen
(5-4) was tagged for 10 runs and 10 hits in four innings.
In Arlington, Texas, Joe Mauer and
Michael Cuddyer homered to back a solid start by Minnesota's Brian Duensing .
Duensing (8-8) limited Texas to one run over 6 2-3
innings. Texas scored 28 runs in the first two games of the series.
Colby Lewis
(10-8) had won five consecutive decisions over seven starts. The
right-hander has allowed an Al-high 26 homers after the solo shots by Mauer and
Cuddyer.
Mauer's two-out homer in the first inning was his first
in 54 games, dating to September. He spent two months on the disabled list this
season. Cuddyer led off the fourth with his 15th homer.
In the fifth, Mauer and Cuddyer had consecutive RBI
singles to put the Twins up 4-1.
Duensing struck out six and walked one while scattering
seven hits.
Lewis gave up four runs and eight hits over 6 2-3
innings. He struck out five and walked two in his first loss since June 11.
In Oakland, California, Hideki
Matsui and Ryan Sweeney both homered in Oakland's nine-run
fourth inning.
Matsui was 3 for 5 with five RBIs, Jemile Weeks had three hits, three RBIs and three
runs scored, and Scott Sizemore
added two hits and two RBIs to lead the A's to their third straight win
over the Rays.
Trevor Cahill
went 7 1-3 innings with six strikeouts for his first win in more than a
month.
The Rays, who broke one of baseball's oldest records when
they played their 705th consecutive game with a starting pitcher younger than
30 years old, lost for the 11th time in 15 games.
The A's had a season-high 17 hits. Sweeney had three hits
and scored twice - both times in the fourth when Oakland broke the game open
against starter James Shields
(9-9).
Matsui hit an RBI double in the third, homered in the
fourth and had a run-scoring single in the fifth
