Jake Arrieta Pitches No-Hitter For Chicago Cubs In 2-0 Win Over Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jake Arrieta pitched a sixth no-hitter in a majors this deteriorate and a second opposite a Los Angeles Dodgers in 10 days on Sunday night. 
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jake Arrieta
Arrieta (17-6) struck out a season-high 12 and became a initial 17-game leader in a large leagues by throwing baseball’s third no-hitter in reduction than 3 weeks.
Astros right-hander Mike Fiers blanked a NL West-leading Dodgers 3-0 on Aug. 21. Los Angeles had never before been no-hit twice in one season.
Arrieta got a advantage of a tighten call for a central scorer in a third inning, when Kike Hernandez reached on a fielding blunder by second baseman Starlin Castro.
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Hernandez strike a one-hopper during Castro, who attempted to play it on a brief bound as a round bounced off him. The play was ruled an blunder though substantially could have left possibly way.
Hernandez was sacrificed to second before Arrieta struck out Jimmy Rollins to finish a inning.
Carl Crawford scarcely pennyless adult a no-hit bid with dual outs in a seventh, though Castro held Crawford’s line expostulate adult a center with a using effort.
With a Dodger Stadium throng roaring, Arrieta struck out all 3 batters in a ninth – including Chase Utley on his 116th representation to finish it. The 29-year-old pitcher was mobbed by teammates nearby a mound, and they jumped their approach in a crowd over to nearby a Cubs’ cave where they high-fived Arrieta.
Arrieta became a initial Cubs pitcher to chuck a no-hitter given Carlos Zambrano on Sept. 14, 2008, opposite Houston in a diversion that was changed to Miller Park in Milwaukee given of Hurricane Ike.
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Arrieta walked one and helped a Cubs snap a four-game movement on a final night of their six-game West Coast trip. He finished Aug with a 6-0 record, restraining Boston’s Joe Kelly as a usually pitchers with that many wins in a month.
The right-hander lowered his ERA to 0.43 in Aug while apropos a initial Cubs pitcher with that many wins in a month given Rick Sutcliffe in 1984.
Kris Bryant strike a two-run homer in a initial inning off Alex Wood. The Cubs had 13 hits and snapped a Dodgers’ five-game winning streak.
Wood (9-9) took a loss, giving adult dual runs and 8 hits in 6 innings. The left-hander struck out 7 and walked one.
Hisashi Iwakuma of a Seattle Mariners pitched a no-hitter on Aug. 12 in a 3-0 win opposite Baltimore. Cole Hamels of Philadelphia, San Francisco’s Chris Heston and Washington’s Max Scherzer also have thrown no-hitters this season.
The closest Arrieta came to a no-hitter formerly was a one-hit shutout opposite Cincinnati on Sept. 16, 2014, during Wrigley Feld.
UP NEXT
Cubs: RHP Kyle Hendricks (6-6, 4.11 ERA) starts a opener of a three-game array during Wrigley Field opposite Cincinnati. He is 1-1 with a 4.13 ERA in 5 starts this deteriorate opposite a Reds, though has a 1.50 ERA in dual starts opposite them during home.
Dodgers: LHP Brett Anderson (8-8, 3.36) takes a pile for a opener of a essential three-game array opposite a second-place Giants. He leads a majors with a 66.9 groundball percentage, inducing 307 grounders this season. His 147 1-3 innings and 25 starts are a second-highest totals of his career.
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