Cubs' Arrieta Throws No-Hitter, Cardinals Pick Up Victory

Even after pitching his first career no-hitter, Jake Arrieta wasn't too big to wear his PJs. He threw the second no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 10 days, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 2-0 victory Sunday night.

Arrieta was lights-out on the mound, striking out a season-high 12. He was ready for lights out afterward, slipping into one-piece pajamas decorated with moustaches for the overnight flight home.

Fitting, since Arrieta had thought about throwing a no-hitter since he was a kid. His grandfather witnessed one of Nolan Ryan's no-hitters in Texas.

"You see other guys around the league do it and you want to be a part of something like that," said Arrieta, 29. "So it's not only special for me and my family and friends, but for the organization and my teammates. They embraced me after the game, and it was extremely special to see how excited they were for what I was able to do."

The kiddie attire was suggested before the game by manager Joe Maddon, one of his colorful apparel themes to build team unity. The Cubs embraced the goofiness an hour after the final out, coming onto the Dodger Stadium field in their brightly colored PJs to pose for photos.

Arrieta tossed the sixth no-hitter in the majors this season with the benefit of a close call by official scorer Jerry White. He charged second baseman Starlin Castro with an error when Kike Hernandez reached on a one-hopper hit right at Castro, although several players on both sides believed it should have been ruled a hit.

Arrieta thought so, too.

"He hit it pretty well. I think [the call] could have gone either way," he said. "I wasn't aware that it was an error until I think an inning or two later. It was kind of out of sight, out of mind. But even if it was a hit, I would have kept the same mindset."

White gave Castro an error after he tried to make the play on an in-between hop. The ball bounced off him and rolled away, allowing Hernandez to reach first.

Cardinals 7, Giants 5

It's coming together for Brandon Moss at the plate, and that's helping the National League's best team playing as well as ever. Moss, Matt Carpenter and Mark Reynolds all hit home runs, Yadier Molina drove in two and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 7-5 on Sunday.

"My at-bats continue to feel a lot better than they were," Moss said. "I feel like I'm squaring it up more often and if I can do that, the results will come."

Jason Heyward added three hits and drove in a run for the Cardinals, who won for the seventh time in eight games. Greg Garcia also drove in a run.

"It's coming together right now," Heyward said. "Hitting-wise, we've kept our heads up and kept plugging away."

Jaime Garcia (7-4) allowed season highs in hits (10) and runs (four) but was effective enough to improve to 4-0 over his past six starts. He did not walk a batter and struck out one, a season low.

White Sox 6, Mariners 5

The Chicago White Sox have turned to several rookies during their lackluster season. Third baseman Tyler Saladino took advantage of his opportunity Sunday with his first career game-ending hit.

He drove in the winning run with a single in the 11th inning and the Chicago White Sox rallied to beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Sunday.

Alexei Ramirez singled and Tyler Flowers walked to start the rally before Ramirez advanced to third on Carlos Sanchez's flyout and scored on Saladino's hit off David Rollins (0-1).

Sunday, August 30 Scoreboard

Toronto 9, Detroit 2

New York Mets 5, Boston 4

Cleveland 9, Los Angeles Angels 2

Tampa Bay 3, Kansas City 2

New York Yankees 20, Atlanta 6

Washington 7, Miami 4

San Diego 9, Philadelphia 4

Colorado 5, Pittsburgh 0

Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle 5 (F/11)

Milwaukee 4, Cincinnati 1

Minnesota 7, Houston 5

Texas 6, Baltimore 0

St. Louis 7, San Francisco 5

Oakland 7, Arizona 4 (F/11)

Chicago Cubs 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

Monday, August 31 Schedule (All Times Central)

New York at Boston, 6:00 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Miami at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at New York, 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 7:40 p.m.

Los Angeles at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Los Angeles, 9:10 p.m.

Texas at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.