After seven unproductive seasons, the Mariners, suffering through the second-longest postseason drought in baseball, fire general manager Jack Zduriencik. The former much-touted Milwaukee scouting director, named by Baseball America in 2007 as the first non-GM to receive its Major League Executive of the Year Award, was given a contract extension a year ago when Seattle would finish the season with 87 victories.

2015 – The Mariners fire General Manager Jack Zduriencik after 8 seasons during which the team failed to reach the postseason. He is replaced on an interim basis by his assistant, Jeff Kingston.

2015 – Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz rules against Barry Bonds in his claim that teams colluded to keep him out of the game after he broke the all-time home run record in 2007.

Detroit’s Justin Verlander comes up just short in his bid for a third career no-hitter, as he has to settle for a one-hit, 5 – 0 shutout after Chris Iannetta leads off the 9th for the Angels with a double that lands on the left field foul line. Verlander retires the final three batters in order to earn only his second win of the year, after missing the start of the season to an injury and suffering from a lack of run support all season. It is the second time he loses a no-hit bid in the 9th inning.

David Price is a winner on his 30th birthday as the Blue Jays defeat the Rangers, 12 – 4 to extend their lead in the AL East to two games. Edwin Encarnacion hits a grand slam in the 6th inning to extend his hitting streak to 21 games, while Justin Smoak and Kevin Pillar also homer. The Rangers don’t help their cause by issuing 11 walks and 3 wild pitches in the game. It is already the 20th time Toronto has scored 10 or more runs in a game this year.

Down 5 – 0 to the Tigers in a make-up game resulting from a rainout earlier this year, the Reds explode for 10 runs in the 6th inning to win, 12 – 5. Brandon Phillips has a triple and homer and drives in 4 runs in the inning, while Eugenio Suarez homers and doubles against his former team. The 10 runs are the most in one inning for the Reds since 2005 and they snap a nine-game losing streak.

The Mets set team records with 8 homers and 14 extra-base hits in a 15 – 7 win over the Phillies. In his first at-bat since going on the disabled list with back problems in April, David Wright hits a long homer in the 2nd inning to get the ball rolling for New York. Wilmer Flores hits two and Yoenis Cespedes, Juan Lagares, Travis d’Arnaud, Daniel Murphy and Michael Cuddyer also go deep. New York overcomes a rare poor start by Jacob deGrom, who leaves after giving up 7 runs in 2 2/3 innings, including three-run homers by Ryan Howard and Domonic Brown and a solo shot by Cameron Rupp. Reliever Sean Gilmartin is the winner, while Hector Neris is tagged with the loss.

2015 – Josh Donaldson has a homer and 6 RBIs in leading the Blue Jays to a 15 – 3 demolition of the Angels. Combined with 3 RBIs in a 9 – 2 win the night before, Donaldson becomes the first major league player to reach the 100 RBI mark this year. Jose Bautista has 3 hits, including a two-run triple in a 7-run 4th inning, Edwin Encarnacion extends his hitting streak to 18 games and Chris Colabello also homers as Toronto beats up on rookie Andrew Heaney who gives up 8 runs in 3 1/3 innings.

Mike Fiers of the Astros pitches the fifth no-hitter of the season, defeating the Dodgers, 3 – 0, in an interleague contest. He strikes out 11 and retires the last 21 batters in a row. It is the first time in his career that he reaches the 9th inning in a game he has started.

Trading deadline acquisition Yoenis Cespedes continues to make his presence felt in the Mets line-up as he homers three times, including a grand slam, and collects 7 RBIs in a 14 – 9 win over the Rockies. He also has two other hits and drives a ball to the warning track in the 9th inning. Travis d’Arnaud and Michael Conforto also homer for New York.