It is also to be noted that in the in the ninth inning Span ran down a ball in mid left center field and made an incredible sliding catch to keep the no-hitter alive, before Corey Seager hit a shallow line drive to right field to end the no-hit bid.
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In other games, Max Scherzer allowed two hits over eight innings and Bryce Harper had a two-run double as Washington avoided a four-game home-and-home sweep with a 4-0 victory over Baltimore.
“He had everything working tonight and saved us from getting swept”, Bochy said of Moore’s performance.
Moore had thrown 119 pitches at that point, five more than his previous high since returning from having Tommy John surgery in 2014.
Giants center fielder Denard Span sprinted for two outstanding catches, including a leadoff grab in the ninth, to give Moore a chance.
Rays 2, Red Sox 1 • Enny Romero earned his first major league save, fanning Red Sox slugger David Ortiz to give Tampa the win over visiting Boston.
Moore almost gave San Francisco a major league record five straight years with a no-hitter.
With that, Bochy let Moore take the mound for the ninth in his bid to become the first Giant in 101 years to no-hit the Dodgers.
Moore struck out seven and walked three. Santiago Casilla came in to record the final out following the base hit by Dodgers’ shortstop Corey Seager. They still hold on to the first wild-card slot, but winning the division is obviously the goal, and this game is certainly a step in the right direction. It got in on me a little bit, so I didn’t square it up quite as well as I would have wanted to.
“For us, the way we look at it is we won the series”, said Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez said, who went 0-for-3 and had his 17-game hitting streak snapped.
ST. LOUIS – Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright lost his glove trying to tag out Yoenis Cespedes and lost the game, too, when Alejandro De Aza homered and drove in five runs to send the New York Mets over St. Louis 10-6 Thursday night. “Like I said, we won the series, and you’re still happy about that”.
But tonight he had flawless command of his fastball, curve and changeup, no-hitting the confused Dodgers through 8 2/3 innings.
Moore struck out seven in the win. That places the Giants two games back of the Dodgers in the West.
Panik followed with a two-run homer to right for a 3-0 advantage.
Hamels (14-4) retired 19 straight batters after Francisco Lindor’s two-out single to left in the first. It would have tied Carlos Ruiz, who was traded to the Dodgers earlier Thursday, and Jason Varitek for most by a catcher in Major League Baseball history.
Seth Lugo (1-2) pitched five scoreless innings for his first big league win.
Giants (69-57): San Francisco returns to the comfy confines of AT&T Park where they will open a three-game series with the Atlanta Braves. Bud Norris will start the opener at 7:10 PM ST.
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The Angels won consecutive games for the first time since August 2-3 and prevented J.A. Happ from becoming the first 18-game victor in the majors. The Cubs will start LHP Mike Montgomery (1-1, 2.77).
