Clay Buchholz took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and Kelly Johnson‘s broken bat base hit to right field prevented the Tampa Bay Rays from being no-hit for the fifth time in the last five seasons. Buchholz and the Red Sox settled for a 5-0 win.
Buchholz lowered his ERA to 0.41 and has allowed one earned run in 22 innings He left after 109 pitches, and Andrew Miller finished with a one-hit ninth. The Red Sox Improve their record to 7-4 to lead the American League East.
Alex Cobb allowed four runs — three earned — and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings, and Tampa Bay lost for the fifth time in six games.
Chicago 3 Cleveland 1 – Jake Peavy struck out 11 Cleveland Indians in seven innings of work and Paul Konerko homered to lead the White Sox to a 3-1 victory over the Indians. Addison Reed recorded his fourth save for Chicago.
Kansas City 3 Toronto 2 Alex Gordon‘s RBI single in the ninth inning lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 walk-off win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Ervin Santana pitched eight solid innings allowing one earned run for Kansas City.
Detroit 10 Oakland 1 The Detroit Tigers pounded Oakland A’s pitching for 14 hits and 10 runs to secure a 10-1 win. Austin Jackson had three RBI and four hits. Anibal Sanchez turned in seven solid innings, striking out eight to move his record to 2-0.
Seattle 4 Texas 3 – Brandon Maurer allowed two earned runs in six innings of work, Raul Ibanez homered and Dustin Ackley added an RBI single and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 4-3.
