“It’s got to catapult him in the minds of people voting (for the Cy Young Award) right now”, manager Joe Maddon said after Hendricks (15-7) lowered his major-league-leading ERA to 2.03.
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In a tight race with St. Louis and San Francisco for two NL wild cards, the Mets and their injury-plagued rotation could use a long outing from All-Star ace Noah Syndergaard (13-8) in Washington. NY (76-67) is five games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox in the American League East, and the Yankees remain two games out in the AL Wild Card race.
When the Cubs’ infield went to the mound to talk to Hendricks, West declared that the meeting would count as a mound visit, and that’s when Maddon lost his cool.
Maddon was ejected, and Chapman came in to finish the game for the save. Chapman came into the game and got the save, dropping the Cubs’ magic number in the Central Division to three. Cubs teammate Jake Arrieta tossed the lone no-hitter in the majors this year, winning 16-0 at Cincinnati on April 21.
Mike Leake took the loss for the Cardinals giving up four runs, three earned, on six hits over six innings. “I just left the ball up and he got it”.
Reds 3, Brewers 0 – At Cincinnati: Scott Schebler hit a two-run single in Cincinnati’s three-run first inning and four pitchers teamed up on the Reds’ eighth shutout of the season in a victory over Milwaukee. They increased their lead over NY to 10 games – matching their largest cushion of the season – and reduced their magic number to nine to clinch their third division title in five years. The Cardinals were last victims of a no-hitter on June 1, 2012 against Mets starter Johan Santana.
His first career no-hit bid was broken up by Jeremy Hazelbaker, who led off the ninth with a solo home run, but Hendricks improved to 15-7 with an MLB-leading 2.03 ERA after his near-historic showing.
Mariners leadoff hitter Norichika Aoki went 1-for-4 and drove in two runs. He has not allowed more than two earned runs in a start since July 26, a span of eight starts.
De Leon (2-0) allowed two runs and three hits in his second career start. Yasiel Puig and Justin Turner homered for the Dodgers. He has earned just one victory in his last six starts.
Just two years later, Cicotte would pitch for the 1919 Chicago White Sox and be thrown out of baseball following the 1920 season after being swept up in the Black Sox Scandal. The Cards bats should also be ready to go after being almost no hit Monday night.
INDIANS: Right-hander Danny Salazar will be sidelined for three to four weeks with a forearm injury, casting doubt on his availability for the playoffs.
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Miguel Gonzalez (4-6) was strong over 6 2/3 innings.
