LOS ANGELES — Colby Lewis lost on no-hitter in the ninth inning on a leadoff double by Max Muncy but rebounded to pitch a complete game, delivering the Texas Rangers a 5-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics Thursday afternoon.
Ian Desmond broke a scoreless tie with a leadoff home run in the seventh, propelling the Rangers to a third win in four days against the A’s and their franchise-record-tying eighth straight series win.
Lewis took a perfect game two outs into the eighth before issuing a four-pitch walk to Yonder Alonso. In the ninth, Lewis fell behind Muncy 2-1 before the left-handed hitter hit a high drive toward the right-field wall. Rangers right fielder Nomar Mazara got to the fence at the same time as the ball, which deflected off his glove as he was crashing into the padded wall.
Two batters later, Lewis lost his shutout when Rua came up just short on another attempt at a spectacular catch, racing in on a Coco Crisp liner, diving and having the ball go in and out of his glove. Crisp got a double on the play, scoring Muncy.
Lewis (6-0) retired the next A’s to complete his two-hitter, throwing 109 pitches. He walked one and struck out four.
Mariners 6, Rays 4
Dae-Ho Lee was 2-for-3 with three RBIs to lead Seattle over Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field.
Lee had a two-run double in the bottom of the fourth inning that proved to be the difference in the game.
In the top of the ninth, Kyle Seager added an insurance run with a solo homer to right.
Braves 7, Reds 2
Matt Wisler bounced back from two poor starts to help Atlanta defeat Cincinnati at Turner Field.
Wisler, who had received only 1.8 runs in support in his previous 12 starts, broke a four-game losing streak and won for the first time since May 20. The win allowed Atlanta to split the four-game series and win back-to-back home games for only the second time this season. Wisler gave up two runs and eight in 6-2/3 innings.
The Atlanta offense was led by first baseman Freddie Freeman, who went 3-for-4, including his 12th homer of the season, a two-run shot in the third inning, and scored two runs. Freeman, who hit for the cycle on Wednesday, was 10-for-18 with three homers in the four-game series.
Orioles 5, Red Sox 1
Tyler Wilson survived some early hard-hit balls and pitched eight shutout innings and Adam Jones hit a two-run homer and added an RBI double as Baltimore moved into sole possession of first place in the American League East with a victory over Boston.
Mets 6, Pirates 4
Bartolo Colon threw 7-2/3 strong innings and doubled to begin a four-run third inning for New York, which went on to beat Pittsburgh at Citi Field.
The Mets won the final two games of the three-game series. The Pirates lost seven of eight to fall to .500 for the first time since they were 9-9 on April 23.
Elsewhere it was: Blue Jays 13, Phillies 2; Yankees 4, Twins 1; Tigers 10, Royals 4; Nationals 8, Padres 5; Brewers 8, Dodgers 6. — Agencies
