Dodgers, Astros resume battle of division leaders

Fiers threw 134 pitches in leading the Astros to a 3-0 win over the Dodgers in Houston. “The energy is not really what you’d like”.

“It’s not a goal, but it’s something that is pretty special because it’s the first time I have done it”, Altuve said.

Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw allowed seven hits and one run in eight innings before giving the ball to Jansen. The Dodgers (67-53) fell to 0-3 on their current road trip with Friday’s loss to Fiers.

“I knew I had it”, Fiers said. Fiers knew he was working on something special but would not let it affect him “you try not to think about it, you just go about every inning the same” Fiers said.

The NL East leaders got a season high-tying 21 hits, including 10 for extra bases. “The only way we would’ve had a chance today”, the pitcher said, “is if I’d gone scoreless”. It was the first no-hitter thrown by Houston since a six-pitcher effort combined to blank the Yankees in 2003 on their own field. Kazmir, who was ripped for six runs and nine hits in his last outing against Tampa Bay, has permitted 13 runs and four homers during his skid.

Jake Marisnick gave the Astros a 2-0 lead in the second with a two-run homer off the left center façade. Marwin Gonzalez shared the same mindset before his clutch hit in the ninth, and Jose Altuve was just waiting to see which Astro would deliver the decisive blow.

Toronto’s Josh Donaldson had four hits from five at bats with a three-run homer, driving in six runs and propelling the Blue Jays to a 15-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels and their 18th victory in 22 games.

The game was delayed for several minutes in the eighth inning after a female fan seated in the first row behind the Tigers dugout was hit by a line drive off the bat of Anthony Gose.

Some analysts who watched the game said social media comments and Twitter tweets reeked of hate, and were just a week endeavor to run down a guy who had just been so wonderful in his games. Mike Fiers in his third start with the Astros, was given the ball to open the series versus the former rivals in the 80’s. His two-run homer in the sixth gave the Mets a 10-8 lead after the Rockies fought back from a 7-1 deficit to tie the score 8-8.

” target=”_blank”>Luis Valbuena stepped in with no one on and two outs and sent his 22nd home run of the season into the Houston bullpen to stretch the lead to 2-0″.

The calendar still says August, but the American League West-leading Astros are playing the exciting, tight, clutch baseball usually reserved for cool October nights in the playoffs.

Players like Carl Crawford and manager Don Mattingly downplayed photos that surfaced showing a shiny substance in the Astros pitcher’s glove.

Mattingly played almost 1,800 major league games, coached for hundreds more, and has managed close to 800 now.

Yasiel Puig was ejected for arguing with the umpire after he struck out looking for the second out of the ninth inning.

The Astros, however, got the scoring started early as Houston struck for single runs in the first and second innings.

Utley doubled with one out in the first inning and took third on a wild pitch.