In the NL East, Washington pushed their lead into double figures by beating their nearest rivals, the New York Mets. The Mets stayed a game aheand of Miami, which lost at American League Central leader Cleveland.
Taxas pushed their lead in the AL West out to 9 games ahead of Houston by winning a tight game against their state and then settled down to retire 18 straight batters. Benefiting from some impressive catches in the field, and up up til he gave up a homer in the seventh he looked capable of the second no-hitter of his career.
washington pitcher AJ Cole posted his first major league win, giving up one run in six innings to lead the Nationals to a 4-1 win at the Mets.
Bryce Harper hit two doubles and bacme the latest player to steal a base against Noah Syndergaard. Tall and slow to the plate, he's had 45 runners steal with him on the mound; the most against any pitcher since Hideo Nomo in 2001, ESPN Stats & Info said.
Harper drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, doubled in the fourth, stole third and came home for the run . Harper's double set up a two-run single in the ninth.
Carrasco had the 10th double-digit strikeout game of his career and the third this season. He walked one in 7 1/3 innings as the Indians won for the fourth straight game, maintaining a 4 game lead in the AL Central.
Taxas' Rougned Odor homered for the third straight game in a seven-run fourth inning that lifted the Rangers Over Houston 10-8.
Odor's team-leading 28th home run of the season was one of three in the fourth inning against Astros starter Doug Fister, who was pulled after Odor's shot over the 14-foot wall in left field for a 9-2 lead.