May 25

The Padres set a franchise record with 7 homers in a 19 – 4 win over the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre. Wil Myers and Hunter Renfroe hit two each while Austin Hedges blasts a grand slam off Edwin Jackson. Cal Quantrill is the beneficiary of this power display as he records his first career victory a short distance from his hometown of Port Hope, ON, while another local boy, Josh Naylor, collects his first three big league hits for the Padres in the game.

The Mariners obtain CF Denard Span and P Alex Colome from the Rays in return for Ps Andrew Moore and Tommy Romero. Span will help out a line-up hollowed by the 80-game suspension handed out to 2B Robinson Cano and an injury to CF Dee Gordon over the past couple of weeks, while the Rays continue the youth movement started during the spring.

On a rainy night at Fenway Park, five Red Sox pitchers combine their efforts to tie the major league record of 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game in a 6 – 2 win over the Rangers. Drew Pomeranz starts things off with 11 Ks in 6 innings; relievers Heath Hembree and Robby Scott notch two each and Matt Barnes one before Craig Kimbrel registers four in a wild 9th inning that features Nomar Mazara being awarded first base after striking out on a pitch that hits him on the back foot. Umpire Chad Fairchild misses that, calling a wild pitch instead of a hit batsman. Of the six 20-K games, the Red Sox have recorded three, Roger Clemens being responsible for two of them; it is the second time the feat has been recorded by multiple pitchers.

Josh Beckett of the Dodgers records the first no-hitter of the year by blanking the Phillies, 6-0. It is the first no-hitter by a Dodgers pitcher since Hideo Nomo pitched one in 1996, and the first nine-inning no-hitter by an opposing pitcher in Philadelphia since Bill Stoneman of the Montreal Expos back in 1969.

Nelson Cruz goes 4 for 5 with a grand slam and 8 RBI to lead the Rangers to a 14 – 3 win over the Blue Jays. Josh Hamilton hits his 19th home run as Derek Holland is the winner.

It takes 6 hours and 10 minutes for the Phillies to beat the Reds, 5 – 4, in 19 innings. By the time the winning run scores with two outs in the bottom of the 19th, the Phils have been forced to use back-up infielder Wilson Valdez on the mound, in his first professional pitching appearance. He throws a scoreless inning, then picks up the win when Raul Ibanez hits a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 19th. Wilson is the first position player to earn a win since Brent Mayne in 2000. Losing pitcher Carlos Fisher does yeoman work himself, pitching 5 1/3 scoreless innings before giving up the game-ending run; for the Phils, Danys Baez had earlier pitched five scoreless innings in relief. The Reds almost end the contest in the 10th, when Jay Bruce hits a solo homer, but Ryan Howard replies with a long ball of his own, and 9 more frames are necessary to determine a winner.

Jo-Jo Reyes makes his 28th straight start without recording a victory, tying the major league record shared by Cliff Curtis (1910-11, Braves, Cubs, Phillies) and Matt Keough (1978-79, A’s). The Blue Jays southpaw, who leaves the game trailing 5-0 to the Yankees after just three innings of work, hasn’t won a start since June 13, 2008.

The Red Sox make it a no-contest in the battle of baseball’s two hottest teams. They crush the Indians, 14 – 2, while banging out a season-high 20 hits. Jon Lester earns his 7th win, tops in the majors, while Mitch Talbot is roughed up in his return from the disabled list.

In the 12th inning of an eventual 7-6 loss to Florida, Giants catcher Buster Posey is lost for the season as a result of a brutal collision at home plate with Scott Cousins, who scores the go-ahead run. An MRI will confirm last season’s Rookie of the Year has a fractured left fibula and three torn ligaments in his left ankle, and will need season-ending surgery to repair the damage.