Joe Musgrove threw a no-hitter in the sixth, Fernando Tatis Jr. had three doubles and four RBI’s as the San Diego Padres defeated the Miami Marlins 10-1 on Thursday.
Recently acquired Gary Sánchez homered for the second consecutive day and helped San Diego to 11 hits after being limited to a two-hitter by three Miami pitchers on Wednesday. The Padres finished 5–4 on their nine-game road trip.
Projected for a postseason berth following their lead up to the NL Championship Series in 2022, the Padres struggled for the first two months with a 25-30 record.
“We have to keep pushing and trusting each other,” Tatis said. “We know what we’ve got and we’ll keep fighting until we get it done.”
Musgrove (3-2) took advantage of a nine-run lead and held Miami hitless until Luis Arraez’s lead-off single. The righthander gave up a run in the third inning, three hits, walked three batters and struckout three batters in six innings.
San Diego Padres’ Joe Musgrove delivers a pitch during the first inning against the Miami Marlins
After Arraez’s single, the Marlins loaded the bases against Musgrove with no outs. Musgrove caused a double play grounder that started with a force home, then struckout Yuli Gurriel.
“As a pitcher, especially when I’m feeling as good as I am, it’s great to have a few runs early in the game,” Musgrove said. “The better you throw, the more confidence you build.”
The 30-year-old Musgrove became the first and remains the only Padres pitcher to throw a no-hitter with his performance against the Texas Rangers on April 9, 2021.
Consecutive doubles by Ha-Seong Kim and Tatis in the fourth helped erase an eight-inning hitless slip for the Padres to tie the score at 1-1. Xander Bogaerts’ groundout moved Tatis to third base and Brandon Dixon’s sacrifice fly gave San Diego the lead.
Sánchez’ solo shot in the fifth inning made it 3-1. Claiming waivers on Monday, Sánchez drove Marlins’ starter Jesús Luzardo’s fastball over the wall to the left. The two-time All-Star has struck safely in the three games since joining his new club, Sanchez’s third in two months.
“He’s moved around quite a bit and now he feels he’s in a good place to produce,” said Padres manager Bob Melvin. “He has the ability to clearly pull the ball and do some good things offensively. We saw it again today.’
San Diego broke it open and chased down Luzardo with a 7-point sixth. Sánchez’ two-run single and Tatis’ three-RBI double keyed the blowout.
“Our approach was great,” said Melvin. “We had a certain approach that we stuck to, even though it didn’t work for the first three innings today. Then we had guys on base and we tried to move the line.”
Luzardo (4-4) gave up five runs, four hits, struckout eight and walked one batter in 5 1/3 innings.
“He looked good for the first three or four innings, but then the pitches went up,” said Marlins manager Skip Schumaker. “And he got hurt with the higher pitch count and maybe he wants a few pitches back, but for the most part a pretty good outing.”
The Marlins took an early lead on Arraez’s sacrifice fly in the third. Jonathan Davis reached on a walk, stole second and advanced on a throwing error by catcher Austin Nola. Joey Wendle walked before Arraez’s fly to medium left scored Davis.
Miami catcher Jacob Stallings threw a scoreless ninth on Tatis’ third double.
Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. hits a ground line double-scoring Ha-Seong Kim, during the fourth
RED SOX 8, RED 2
Rafael Devers doubled to break a tie in the eighth inning and the Boston Red Sox overcame Chris Sale’s early exit due to shoulder pain to beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-2 on Thursday night.
Sale left after manager Alex Cora and a member of the coaching staff visited the mound twice in the fourth inning. Sale ended up with two outs on a walk for Nick Senzel, with Boston trailing 1-0.
Sale struckout five batters in 3 2/3 innings. The 34-year-old southpaw has struggled to stay healthy for most of his time in Boston, where he underwent Tommy John surgery in 2020. .
Boston Red Sox Chris Sale walks to the dugout after being removed during the fourth inning
METS 4, PHILLIES 2
Mark Canha hit a go-ahead, two-run homer, Max Scherzer overcame a shaky first inning to win his third decision in a row, and New York completed a three-game sweep of Philadelphia.
Trailing 2-0, Jeff McNeil hit an RBI single in the third and Canha homered in the fourth against former Met Taijuan Walker (4-3).
The Mets improved to 30-27. Philadelphia (25-31) lost a season-worst six games under .500. The Phillies are on their fourth four-game losing streak.
Scherzer (5-2) trailed 2-0 in the first inning after Trea Turner singled with one out and Bryce Harper walked. A double steal led to a run when catcher Francisco Álvarez’s throw went into left field on an error and Nick Castellanos, who hit three of the Phillies’ six hits, followed with a sac-fly.
Scherzer gave up two runs – one earned – and five hits in seven innings, striking out nine and walking one.
New York Mets batter Mark Canha holds onto a pitch for a walk in baseball’s sixth inning
DIAMOND BACKS 6, ROCKIES 5
Corbin Carroll had a two-out, two-run single in the ninth inning and Arizona tied with the inactive Los Angeles Dodgers for a share of the NL West lead.
Gabriel Moreno walked with one out against Pierce Johnson (0-2), and Ketel Marte doubled with two outs to put Moreno in third. With first base open and Christian Walker on deck, the Rockies decided to pitch to Carroll, and he came through with a liner for his first career walk-off hit.
Kevin Ginkel (2-0) pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to help Arizona earn its fifth consecutive victory and improve to 34-23 to tie the Dodgers for the best record in the National League.
Ezequiel Tovar homered in the seventh inning for Colorado.
Arizona Diamondbacks crowd Corbin Carroll, center, after driving in two runs with a single
BLUE JAYS 3, BREWERS 1
Kevin Gausman pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings to win back-to-back starts for the first time this season, Bo Bichette and Matt Chapman homered, and Toronto handed Milwaukee its fifth loss in seven games.
Gausman (4-3) struck out 11, giving him 100 on the season and reclaiming the AL lead from Angels right-hander Shohei Ohtani (90). Gausman gave up five hits and walked two. Jordan Romano earned his 13th save in 16 chances.
Bichette and Chapman both connected on Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta (5-5) in a three-run first inning.
Peralta allowed three runs and six hits in six innings, his second straight losing decision.
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Kevin Gausman (34) throws against the Milwaukee Brewers
GEMINI 7, GUARDIANS 6
Royce Lewis hit a tying two-run homer in the eighth inning and Willi Castro had a game-ending sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the ninth as Minnesota rallied past Cleveland.
Eli Morgan (2-1) walked Christian Vázquez to start the ninth inning. Jorge Polanco followed with a double. After an intentional walk, with the infield pulled in, Castro jabbed a perfectly placed fly to rightfield deep enough to score Vázquez.
Gabriel Arias and Will Brennan each had two hits for Cleveland.
Emilio Pagán threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief, and Griffin Jax (3-6) worked a perfect ninth for the win for the Twins, who got a home run from Michael Taylor to start a four-hit fifth against rookie Tanner bibee.
Royce Lewis of Twins runs the bases on a 2-run home run against the Guardians
ASTROS 4, CORNERS 2
Alex Bregman and José Abreu each had two RBIs and Kyle Tucker added three hits to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-2 victory over Los Angeles on Thursday night in a game that saw Angels manager Phil Nevin ejected.
The win was manager Dusty Baker’s career 2,126th, surpassing Joe McCarthy to hold sole eighth place on the all-time baseball list.
Ronel Blanco (1-0) of Houston, who was recalled before the game from Triple-A Sugar Land, gave up seven hits and two runs in 5 1/3 innings for the win in his first major league start. The 29-year-old has made 16 appearances in his career.