Justin Verlander hurled six no-hit innings and Alex Bregman provided insurance with a seventh-inning homer as the Houston Astros topped the visiting Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Tuesday.Verlander (16-3) allowed just one baserunner, and that came when Nick Gordon struck out but reached on a wild pitch with one out in the second inning.
He fanned 10, moving past Pedro Martinez and Max Scherzer into 13th place on the all-time strikeouts list with 3,161.The veteran right-hander exited after throwing 91 pitches, one above his preset limit.Down 4-0 entering the ninth, the Twins scored twice and pushed the tying run into scoring position with two outs.
Bryan Abreu finally fanned Jake Cave to earn his second save and send Minnesota to its fourth consecutive loss.Cubs 2, Cardinals 0 (Game 1)Javier Assad grinded out four solid innings in his major league debut as Chicago halted visiting St.
Louis' winning streak at eight games with a victory.Though the right-hander did not qualify for the victory, he kept the Cubs in the game.