Jon Lester (Photo by Dirk Lammers)
The St. Louis Cardinals’ Jhonny Peralta lined the ball just over the bag, making a tough play for third baseman Kris Bryant. Peralta reached safety and the official scorer rightfully ruled the play a hit. The Cardinals scored two runs in the inning.
Lester threw his only career no-hitter for the Boston Red Sox in 2008.
Here are the deepest near no-nos of the 2015 season (minimum six innings):
| 8⅔ | Shelby Miller |
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| Atlanta Braves (NL) | |
| Sunday, May 17, 2015 Spoiler: Justin Boer, single up the middle with one out in the ninth Atlanta Braves 6, Miami Marlins 0 Marlins Park (Miami) |
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| 8⅔ | Carlos Carrasco |
| Cleveland Indians (AL) | |
| Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Spoiler: Joey Butler, single to right over the head of second baseman with two out in the ninth Cleveland Indians 8, Tampa Bay Rays 1 Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
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| 8⅓ | Trevor Bauer (6 inn) Kyle Crockett (1 inn) Scott Atchinson (1 inn) Nick Hagadome (⅓ inn) |
| Cleveland Indians (AL) | |
| Thursday, April 9, 2015 Spoiler: Jed Lowrie, homer to left-center off Nick Hagadome with one out in the ninth Cleveland Indians 5, Houston Astros 0 Minute Maid Park (Houston) |
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| 7⅓ | Chad Bettis |
| Colorado Rockies (NL) | |
| Friday, May 29, 2015 Spoiler: Cody Asche, one-out single to left with shift deployed in the eighth inning Colorado Rockies 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1 Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia) |
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| 7⅓ | Marco Estrada |
| Toronto Blue Jays (AL) | |
| Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Spoiler: Logan Forsythe, infield single with one out in the eight inning Toronto Blue Jays 1, Tampa Bay Rays 4 Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg) |
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| 7⅓ | Anibal Sanchez |
| Detroit Tigers (AL) | |
| Friday, July 3, 2015 Spoiler: Ezequiel Cabrera, one-out single to left field in the eighth inning Detroit Tigers 8, Toronto Blue Jays 6 Comerica Park (Detroit) |
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| 7 | Marco Estrada |
| Toronto Blue Jays (AL) | |
| Friday, June 19, 2015 Spoiler: Jimmy Paredes broken-bat bloop single to left with no out in the eight inning Toronto Blue Jays 5, Baltimore Orioles 4 Rogers Centre (Toronto) |
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| 7 | Chris Young (5 inn) Ryan Madson (2 inn) Kelvin Herrera (0 inn) |
| Kansas City Royals (AL) | |
| Friday, May 1, 2015 Spoiler: Nick Castellanos, single to left off Kelvin Herrera with nobody out in the eighth inning Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 1 Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City) |
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| 7 | Sonny Gray |
| Oakland Athletics (AL) | |
| Monday, April 6, 2015 (Opening Day) Spoiler: Ryan Rua, single to right with nobody out in the eighth inning Oakland Athletics 8, Texas Rangers 0 O.co Coliseum (Oakland) |
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| 6⅔ | Corey Kluber |
| Cleveland Indians (AL team in IL game) | |
| Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Spoiler: Jhonny Peralta, two-out single to left in the seventh inning Cleveland Indians 2, St. Louis Cardinals 0 Progressive Field (Cleveland) |
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| 6⅔ | Mike Leake |
| Cincinnati Reds (NL) | |
| Tuesday, June 2, 2015 Spoiler: Maikel Franco, two-out single up the middle in the seventh inning Philadelphia Phillies 5, Cincinnati Reds 4 Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia) |
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| 6⅓ | Garrett Richards |
| Los Angeles Angels (AL) | |
| Sunday, May 10, 2015 Spoiler: Jason Castro, one-out single to left in the seventh inning Los Angeles Angels 3, Houston Astros 1 Angel Stadium of Anaheim (Anaheim) |
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| 6⅓ | Cody Anderson |
| Cleveland Indains (AL) | |
| Monday, June 29, 2015 Spoiler: Grady Sizemore, one-out home run in the seventh inning Cleveland Indians 7, Tampa Bay 1 Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg) |
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| 6⅓ | Chris Young |
| Kansas City Royals (AL) | |
| Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Spoiler: Trevor Plouffe, one-out triple to right in the seventh inning Kansas City Royals 2, Minnesota Twins 0 Target Field (Minneapolis) |
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| 6⅓ | Chase Anderson |
| Arizona Diamondbacks (NL) | |
| Friday, June 12, 2015 Spoiler: Buster Posey, one-out comebacker that struck Anderson and dribbled for a single in the seventh inning Arizona Diamondbacks 1, San Francisco Giants 0 AT&T Park (San Francisco) |
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| 6⅓ | Mike Montgomery |
| Seattle Mariners (AL) | |
| Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Spoiler: Yangervis Solarte, one-out double to left in the seventh inning Seattle Mariners 1, San Diego Padres 0 Petco Park (San Diego) |
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| 6⅓ | Jon Lester |
| Chicago Cubs (NL) | |
| Monday, July 6, 2015 Spoiler: Jhonny Peralta, one-out lined single to third in the seventh inning St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field (Chicago) |
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| 6 | Madison Bumgarner |
| San Francisco Giants (NL) | |
| Monday, May 4, 2015 Spoiler: Justin Upton, leadoff single to left in the seventh inning San Francisco Giants 2, San Diego Padres 0 AT&T Park (San Francisco) |
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| 6 | Max Scherzer |
| Washington Nationals (NL) | |
| Sunsday, June 14, 2015 Spoiler: Carlos Gomez, bloop single over the second baseman to lead off the seventh inning Washington Nationals 4, Milwaukee Brewers 0 Miller Park (Milwaukee) |
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| 6 | Michael Pineda |
| New York Yankees (AL team in IL game) | |
| Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Spoiler: Christian Yelich, solo home run to right center to lead off the seventh inning New York Yankees 2, Miami Marlins 1 Yankee Stadium (New York) |
