Rangers miss out on no-hitter
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August 25, 2010, Wednesday
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THE Texas Rangers came within two outs of achieving a no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins, instead settling for a 4-0 victory on Monday.
Twins catcher Joe Mauer lined a single up the middle with one out in the ninth against Texas closer Neftali Feliz to break up a no-hit bid that combined four pitchers.
"That's baseball," Rangers starter Rich Harden told reporters. "We had Feliz, who is one of the best closers in the game, and we had Mauer, who is one of best hitters in the game. It was a good matchup. That's the way the game goes."
Harden tossed 6 2/3 innings before being taken out after having thrown 111 pitches and issuing five walks.
Reliever Matt Harrison finished the seventh, while Darren O'Day worked the eighth but Feliz could not finish off what could have been the sixth no-hitter in the majors this season. Feliz walked a batter and threw a wild pitch in the final inning to put two men in scoring position, but he recovered to get the last two outs of the game.
"A combined no-hitter would have been something special," Texas outfielder David Murphy added. "They still don't happen every day. It was fun to play out there."
The American League West-leading Rangers (70-54) had lost five of seven games on a tough road trip but returned home with a strong effort.
Harden was pitching in his first outing since going on the disabled list with a shoulder injury following an August 7 start.
Texas took a 2-0 lead in the first inning with a two-run triple by Murphy. The Rangers added a run in the fifth and another in the eighth on a sacrifice-fly from AL batting leader Josh Hamilton, who went 1-for-3.
Nick Blackburn got the start for Minnesota in place of injured pitcher Kevin Slowey and completed seven innings while allowing three runs.
With the loss, the Twins (72-53) had their AL Central lead over the Chicago White Sox cut to 4-1/2 games.
Elsewhere, it was: Rays 4, Angels 3; Blue Jays 3, Yankees 2; Red Sox 6, Mariners 3; and Tigers 12, Royals 3
In the National League, Mike Coleman, a rookie right-hander, took a one-hitter into the seventh inning as Chicago Cubs interim manager Quade had a successful debut in a 9-1 victory over the Washington Nationals.
Coleman (1-1) allowed one run and three hits with three strikeouts and two walks. He faced only three batters above the minimum until the seventh, when he gave up consecutive hits followed by Ivan Rodridguez's RBI groundout. Coleman collected his first major league hit, a single punched through a drawn-in infield in the fifth that also produced his first RBI.
In other action, it was: Rockies 5, Braves 4; Cardinals 10, Pirates 2; Astros 3, Phillies 2; and Giants 11, Reds 2.
Twins catcher Joe Mauer lined a single up the middle with one out in the ninth against Texas closer Neftali Feliz to break up a no-hit bid that combined four pitchers.
"That's baseball," Rangers starter Rich Harden told reporters. "We had Feliz, who is one of the best closers in the game, and we had Mauer, who is one of best hitters in the game. It was a good matchup. That's the way the game goes."
Harden tossed 6 2/3 innings before being taken out after having thrown 111 pitches and issuing five walks.
Reliever Matt Harrison finished the seventh, while Darren O'Day worked the eighth but Feliz could not finish off what could have been the sixth no-hitter in the majors this season. Feliz walked a batter and threw a wild pitch in the final inning to put two men in scoring position, but he recovered to get the last two outs of the game.
"A combined no-hitter would have been something special," Texas outfielder David Murphy added. "They still don't happen every day. It was fun to play out there."
The American League West-leading Rangers (70-54) had lost five of seven games on a tough road trip but returned home with a strong effort.
Harden was pitching in his first outing since going on the disabled list with a shoulder injury following an August 7 start.
Texas took a 2-0 lead in the first inning with a two-run triple by Murphy. The Rangers added a run in the fifth and another in the eighth on a sacrifice-fly from AL batting leader Josh Hamilton, who went 1-for-3.
Nick Blackburn got the start for Minnesota in place of injured pitcher Kevin Slowey and completed seven innings while allowing three runs.
With the loss, the Twins (72-53) had their AL Central lead over the Chicago White Sox cut to 4-1/2 games.
Elsewhere, it was: Rays 4, Angels 3; Blue Jays 3, Yankees 2; Red Sox 6, Mariners 3; and Tigers 12, Royals 3
In the National League, Mike Coleman, a rookie right-hander, took a one-hitter into the seventh inning as Chicago Cubs interim manager Quade had a successful debut in a 9-1 victory over the Washington Nationals.
Coleman (1-1) allowed one run and three hits with three strikeouts and two walks. He faced only three batters above the minimum until the seventh, when he gave up consecutive hits followed by Ivan Rodridguez's RBI groundout. Coleman collected his first major league hit, a single punched through a drawn-in infield in the fifth that also produced his first RBI.
In other action, it was: Rockies 5, Braves 4; Cardinals 10, Pirates 2; Astros 3, Phillies 2; and Giants 11, Reds 2.
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