Atlanta: San Francisco starter Madison Bumgarner pitched seven shutout innings yesterday as the Giants thrashed the Atlanta Braves 6-0.
Bumgarner struck out 10, with one walk, and had a no-hitter going until the sixth inning when Chris Johnson broke it up with a single.
Gregor Blanco blasted a home run and drove in two runs against his former team while catcher Buster Posey had three doubles.
Despite a fourth successive loss, the Braves stay top of the National League East while the Giants are still second behind Arizona in the NL West.
In Baltimore, Chris Tillman pitched six scoreless innings as the Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox 2-0 in the American League East.
Chris Davis hit his 22nd homer, the most by anyone in Major League Baseball this season, while Manny Machado had three hits to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 12 games.
The Miami Marlins, who have the worst record in MLB this season, posted a 5-4 win over the St Louis Cardinals, who have the best overall record.
Rookie Jose Fernandez had a career-high 10 strikeouts as the Marlins held on after their 5-2 lead was trimmed to a single run by the eighth inning.
Meanwhile, eight people, including five players, were suspended while four others were fined for their part in Tuesday’s bench-clearing brawl between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks, Major League Baseball announced yesterday.
Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy received the longest suspension after he was banned 10 games for intentionally throwing at the head of Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke.
Arizona infielder Eric Hinske received a five-game ban while Dodgers pitcher JP Howell and Dodgers outfielder Skip Schumaker were each hit with two-game suspensions.
Dodgers pitcher Ronald Belisario received a one-game suspension, with all players deemed to have committed “aggressive actions during the incidents.”
The Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire was handed a two-game suspension, while Dodgers manager Don Mattingly and D-backs manager Kirk Gibson were both banned for one game.REUTERS
