NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Springs took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and combined with two relievers on a one-hitter, and the Athletics beat the New York Yankees 1-0 Thursday afternoon to clinch their first series at Yankee Stadium since 2016.
Springs (2-0)lost his no-hitteron his 84th pitch when Ben Rice hit a single to right field following a walk to Giancarlo Stanton. Springs kept the Yankees scoreless by retiring Austin Wells and Randal Grichuk.
Springs allowed only Rice’s hit in seven innings. The left-hander struck out six, walked two and permitted four base runners.
The Yankees have only two hits in their last 17 innings and have not scored since getting two runs in the first inning ofWednesday’s 3-2 lossoff Luis Severino.
After Springs exited Thursday, Justin Sterner retired Aaron Judge on a groundout with a runner on first to end the eighth. Hogan Harris pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his fifth career save and first this season.
The A’s allowed one hit for the first time since April 15, 2024, at Texas. The Yankees were held to one hit for the first since Aug. 15, 2023, at Atlanta.
MARLINS 8, REDS 1
MIAMI (AP) — Owen Caissie had three hits and three RBIs to help Miami beat Cincinnati.
Javier Sanoja also had three hits with two RBIs, Xavier Edwards tripled and Otto Lopez added a double for the Marlins, who had 12 hits total and moved to 7-3 at home this season.
Marlins right-hander Max Meyer picked up his first win since May 16, 2025, allowing four hits and one run with four strikeouts. Meyer last won a start last year against the Tampa Bay Rays before undergoing season-ending left hip surgery in June.
Caissie drove in a pair of runs with an opposite-field double off Rhett Lowder (1-1) in the third, making it 3-0 after Agustín Ramírez’s fielder’s choice allowed Edwards to score in the first.
Caissie doubled again in the sixth before scoring on Edwards’ single to center, and added a run-scoring single against Jose Franco in the seventh to make it 6-1.
After a double steal by Jakob Marsee and Graham Pauley, Ramírez drove in two more runs with a single in the eighth.
Lowder gave up eight hits and four earned runs with two strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings as the Reds ended their road trip 5-2.
TWINS 3, TIGERS 1
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brooks Lee hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning for Minnesota in a victory to complete a four-game sweep of Detroit.
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Mick Abel pitched six scoreless innings and Josh Bell went 3 for 4 with a home run for the Twins, who posted the first four-game sweep inMajor League Baseballthis season. The last team the Twins swept in four games was the Athletics in June 2024.
Gleyber Torres tied the game in the seventh with a sacrifice fly for the Tigers, who lost their eighth consecutive road game. They lost center fielder Parker Meadows in the eighth aftera head-to-head collisionas left fielder Riley Greene caught Bell’s fly ball.
Eric Orze pitched a perfect ninth to become the fifth different Twins pitcher to record a save in 13 games this season, after Garrett Acton went two innings for his first career win.
Abel struck out seven batters and stranded seven runners, including five in scoring position as the Tigers lost their eighth straight road game. Minnesota has surrendered two first-inning runs in 13 games. Only Cleveland (one) has allowed fewer in the major leagues.
DIAMONDBACKS 7, METS 1
NEW YORK (AP) — Eduardo Rodríguez outdueled Nolan McLean in a rematch of the World Baseball Classic final, leading Arizona to a win over New York.
Rodríguez threw his final pitch down 1-0 before the Diamondbacks scored four runs in the seventh off McLean (0-1) and Luke Weaver. Gabriel Moreno greeted Weaver with a pinch-hit RBI double before Jose Fernandez beat Mark Vientos’ throw home on Alek Thomas’ grounder to first.
Tim Tawa hit a sacrifice fly and Jorge Barrosa followed with a run-scoring triple.
Moreno and Adrian Del Castillo added RBI doubles in the eighth.
Rodriguez (1-0) gave up five hits — including Luis Robert Jr.’s first-inning homer, the first earned run allowed this season by the left-hander — and struck out three in six innings.
McLean was charged with two runs on three hits and struck out eight in 6 1/3 innings.
Rodriguez tossed four scoreless innings and McLean surrendered two runs in 4 2/3 innings on March 17, whenVenezuela won the WBCby edging Team USA, 3-2.
WHITE SOX 2, ROYALS 0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Anthony Kay allowed three hits in 5 2/3 innings to pick up his first major league victory since July 2021 as Chicago beat Kansas City.
Kay (1-0), who pitched the last two seasons in Japan, walked three but struck out six, getting Vinnie Pasquantino, Jac Caglianone and Kyle Isbel twice each.
Seranthony Domínguez picked up his second save as the White Sox snapped a 14-game losing streak at Kauffman Stadium.
Kansas City starter Seth Lugo (1-1) was nearly as good as Kay, allowing two runs in 6 1/3 innings. He allowed four hits and struck out four, but issued a season-high four walks, twice his total so far this season.