MLB.com Games of the Year, 2015

Adam Wainwright struck out six in six shutout innings, Matt Holliday went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Jason Heyward had a three-hit Cards debut to spoil Opening Night at Wrigley for Jon Lester and the Cubs, who went 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position.

Lorenzo Cain, hit by a pitch earlier and for the second straight game, delivered the final blow for the Royals with a two-run rocket in the eighth inning to break a tie. Chicago's Tyler Flowers and Kansas City's Eric Hosmer traded three-run homers earlier.

Adrian Gonzalez crushed three homers -- all off Andrew Cashner -- giving him five on the young season and leading the Dodgers to a series win over the Padres. In his Dodgers debut, Brandon McCarthy fanned nine, but allowed homers to Justin Upton and Will Middlebrooks. Matt Kemp was 5-for-13 in the series vs. his old club.

Stephen Drew entered off the bench in the seventh inning and unloaded the go-ahead grand slam, the Yankees' third homer of the night. Chris Young and Mark Teixeira also connected for New York, and Adam Jones swatted his third homer in four games for the Orioles.

Matt Harvey's first home start since 2013 was just part of a wild game that saw injuries, replays, an ejection and players playing out of position. Harvey had a quality start, David Wright (right hamstring) and Michael Cuddyer (left hand) exited with injuries and Chase Utley homered twice.

Kendrys Morales hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth as the Royals rallied to beat the A's. Kansas City manager Ned Yost was ejected in the first after Lorenzo Cain was hit by a pitch, and reliever Kelvin Herrera was ejected in the eighth after he threw behind Brett Lawrie.

In the debut of Statcast on MLB Network, Matt Holliday capped his four-hit game with a game-tying single, but Yunel Escobar crushed the first pitch he saw from Carlos Villanueva over the left-field wall for a walk-off home run in the 10th.

After Atlanta built an eight-run lead off of A.J. Cole's MLB debut, Dan Uggla stung his former team with a two-run triple and a decisive ninth-inning homer to snap the Nats' six-game skid. Denard Span went deep among five hits, overshadowing A.J. Pierzynski's four hits and four RBIs.

Jose Altuve singled in Marwin Gonzalez with one out in the bottom of the 10th as the surprising Astros won their seventh straight. Altuve also recorded his eighth straight multi-hit game. James Paxton and Scott Feldman dueled to a 2-2 tie through seven innings.

Carlos Perez became the first player since Miguel Cabrera in 2003 to hit a walk-off homer in his Major League debut, snapping the Angels' four-game losing streak and evening their series with the AL West-rival Mariners, who had just rallied for their first lead in an inning earlier.

Bryce Harper homered in each of his first three at-bats against Tom Koehler to power the Nationals past the visiting Marlins. Harper finished 3-for-4 with five RBIs, while Max Scherzer fanned 10 over seven-plus innings.

Scott Van Slyke, who had three hits and threw out a runner at the plate, lifted the Dodgers to victory with a game-ending three-run homer. His shot negated Christian Yelich's two-run blast in the top of the ninth that put the Marlins ahead before Steve Cishek blew his fourth save.

Alex Gordon belted a leadoff homer in the 10th that proved to be the decisive blow in a win over the Rangers, who forced extra frames on Adrian Beltre's two-out RBI single off Royals closer Greg Holland in the ninth. It was Holland's first blown save since July 24, 2014.

Ryan Zimmerman muscled his 10th walk-off homer off the foul pole in the 10th after Wilson Ramos extended his hit streak to 19 games with a tying shot in the sixth. Mark Teixeira went deep after the Yanks posted a big fourth to answer homers by Ian Desmond and Bryce Harper (15).

Jason Castro put the Astros ahead with a two-run single in the 7th after Preston Tucker's game-tying three-run homer. Tigers starter Anibel Sanchez gave up three runs in the 1st, settled in to strike out 11, but lost the lead in the a four-run 6th as the Tigers fell in the finale. Evan Gattis had 3 RBIs.

Jhonny Peralta gave the Cardinals a walk-off victory on Memorial Day with his 10th-inning leadoff homer. Mark Trumbo’s game-trying two-run shot in the 8th and high-intensity relief from both clubs set the stage for the extra-inning magic in the series opener.

Josh Donaldson hit a walk-off three run home run, his second homer of the night, to help the Blue Jays knock off the White Sox. Jose Bautista hit three doubles, including one involving a balk, and had five RBIs while Josh Thole had three hits. Jose Abreu hit a three-run HR for Chicago.

Alex Guerrero stunned the Rockies with a ninth-inning, two-out, go-ahead grand slam after trailing by three entering the inning. Troy Tulowitzki gave the Rockies a late lead in the seventh on a two-run homer, but Rafael Betancourt couldn't close it out.

Maikel Franco’s game-tying three-run homer in the ninth off Aroldis Chapman sent the game to extra innings and a Reds error in the eleventh allowed Cody Asche to score to give the Phillies the win. Mike leak didn’t allow a hit until Franco singled with two outs in the seventh while Joey Votto hit a two-run HR and Brandon Phillips had a two-run single.

Chris Heston, making his 13th career Major League start, pitched a 17th no-hitter in Giants history, striking out 11 and hitting three batters. He also notched his first big league RBIs with a two-run single off Mets rookie noah Syndergaard, who allowed four runs in six innings.

With the Blue Jays down 3-2 in the 9th, Edwin Encarnacion, back in the lineup after missing two games with a sore left shoulder, hit a 2-run homer to give Toronto the walk-off win and keep its streak alive at 7. Giancarlo Stanton homered twice for the Marlins, but it wasn't enough.

Max Scherzer retired the first 18 batters he faced and allowed only a seventh-inning single to Carlos Gomez and a walk to Scooter Gennett in the eighth to go with a career-high 16 strikeouts. Taylor Jungmann struck out five over five innings in his second MLB start for Milwaukee.

Alex Rodriguez homered on the first pitch he saw from Justin Verlander to become the 29th player to reach 3,000 hits. Didi Gregorius and Brett Gardner also homered off Verlander to support Adam Warren, who pitched a career-high eight winnings.

Max Scherzer spun the second no-hitter in Nationals history, coming within one strike of a perfect game before hitting Jose Tabata with a pitch on the elbow and striking out 10. Bryce Harper led the offense with a solo homer and added an RBI single in a four-run sixth.

In his first at-bat after coming in as a defensive replacement, Gordon Beckham launched a homer in the 11th, adding a Father's Day game-ender to his walk-off single on Mother's Day. The long ball gave Chicago back-to-back victories over the Rangers, who got homers from Ryan Rua and Leonys Martin.

After taking a no-hitter into the eighth last time out, Marco Estrada carried a perfect game into the eighth before Logan Forsythe hit an infield single. The Rays’ Nathan Karns also flirted with a no-no and didn’t allow a hit until the sixth. Chris Colabello came through in the 12th with the go-ahead homer as the Blue Jays won the series.

Steven Matz became the first pitcher to drive in four runs in his debut, had three hits and pitched 7 2/3 innings, allowing only two runs. Curtis Granderson stayed hot with two hits and two RBIs and Johnny Monell added two hits as well. Todd Frazier slugged his 25th home run and Brandon Phillips led off the game with his 5th home run. The Mets have now won four straight.

Carlos Carrasco came one out short of a no-hitter until Joey butler’s RBI single with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning. A dominant Carrasco still finished with 13 strikeouts over 8 2/3 innings. Brandon Moss homered and drove in five runs for the Indians.

Steven Souza Jr. hit a game-tying two-run blast off Dellin Betances in the top of the ninth, but an errant throw by Rays reliever Brad Boxberger in the bottom of the inning allowed Jose Pirela to score the winning run. It was the Yanks' second straight walk-off win.

Brian Dozier didn’t let finishing second in the Esurance All-Star Game Final Vote dampen his spirits. Instead he became the first player in Twins history with multiple walk-off homers in the same week and first in franchise history since 1958. His three-run homer in the ninth on Friday followed Monday’s game-ending blast and took a win from Justin Verlander.

Mike Trout, fresh off winning a second straight All-Star Game MVP Award, opened the second half of the season with a walk-off home run in the ninth inning to stun the Red Sox at Angel Stadium. Boston lefty Wade Miley took a no-hitter into the seventh, but C.J. Wilson negated that gem with one of his own.

The Rangers’ offense was able to hold off the Astros attack with three homers on Saturday. Carlos Correa and Hank Conger, who got in a heated exchange with Rougned Odor, each launched a home run for Houston.

After the Astros acquired lefty Scott Kazmir from the A’s, Jose Altuve hit a walk-off blast in the ninth to hand Houston a sweep of the Red Sox. David Ortiz and Mike Napoli drove in all four runs for Boston, which lost its eighth straight game.

With trade rumors swirling around Cole Hamels, the Phillies' ace struck out 13 in a no-hitter, allowing just two base runners in Chicago.

After Carlos Gonzalez's 2nd HR of the night capped the Rockies' four-run 9th, Kris Bryant answered with a two-run, walk-off blast in the bottom half. The Cubs erased an early 4-0 deficit with a six-run 4th, including Starlin Castro's two-run single. Daniel Descalso also homered for the Rockies.

Two days after shedding tears on the field because he thought he had been traded, Wilmer Flores belted a walk-off homer in the 12th inning to give the Mets a thrilling victory over the Nationals, moving N.Y. to within two games of first place. Matt Harvey took a shutout into the eighth before yielding Yunel Escobar's game-tying single.

The Giants took a six-run lead thanks to four homers, but the Braves roared back late, tying the game on A.J. Pierzynski's two-run, two-out shot in the ninth. After Buster Posey's RBI single in the 12th put the Giants ahead again, Adonis Garcia won it with a walk-off two-run blast.

The A's took the lead in the eighth, then the Astros went ahead on Colby Rasmus' 3-run HR in the 9th, but Oakland answered with Danny Valencia's bases-loaded, walk-off single. Valencia also homered, and Josh Reddick had an RBI double in the 8th and the tying single in the 9th. Billy Burns had a go-ahead single for the A's in the 8th.

Hisashi Iwakuma dominated the Orioles in Seattle, becoming the second Japanese pitcher to throw a no-hitter and the fifth Mariners hurler to accomplish the feat. He struck out seven and outdueled Kevin Gausman, who K'd a career-high eight. Franklin Gutierrez and Jesus Sucre hit RBI doubles.

The Yankees were held off the board for the first seven innings by David Price as the Jays took a three-run lead, then Chase Headley hit an RBI double and Carlos Beltran delivered a three-run blast. Toronto's win streak was snapped at 11 games and the Yanks moved back into first.

Chris Davis went deep in the ninth his second homer of the game to give the orioles their 2nd win in a row vs the A's. Sam Fuld and Josh Reddick each hit solo shots for Oakland in the third but Gerardo Parra homered in the 6th to tie the game.

Mike Fiers, making his third start with the Astros, threw the 11th no-hitter in franchise history.

Starling Marte shined early by robbing Brandon Crawford of a homer, then sent the Pirates off winners with a homer in the ninth. In between, Jung Ho Kang contributed a pair of solo shots, one of which was the only hit surrendered by Mike Leake in a strong six-inning return from the DL.

Kris Bryant came through with a walk-off blast to keep the Cubs' win streak alive at five. Corey Kluber had a perfecto going until the sixth, when David Ross broke it up with a bloop single. Anthony Rizzo notched an RBI triple to back a strong Jon Lester before Carlos Santana's RBI single tied it in the ninth as the Tribe fell short.

Jake Arrieta became the first Cubs pitcher to throw a no-hitter since Carlos Zambrano in 2008 as the righty fanned 12 Dodgers on his way to his 17th win. Kris Bryant's two-run homer in the first was all Arrieta would get--or need--as Chicago ended its road trip on a high note by becoming the second team to no-hit L.A. this month.

A five-run, two-out rally in the seventh carried the Cardinals to a series-opening win over the sputtering Nationals. Jason Heyward had a go-ahead two-run double in the frame, which came immediately after Ryan Zimmerman's three-run homer gave the Washington a two-run lead. Zimmerman finished a triple shy of the cycle and had four RBIs.

Adrian Gonzalez singled home a run and Joc Pederson slugged a solo homer, providing just enough backing as Zack Greinke outdueled Madison Bumgarner. The victory pushed the Dodgers' National League West lead to 5 1/2 games over the Giants.

David Ortiz became the 27th player in Major League Baseball history to reach the 500-home run plateau, hitting two of Boston's five home runs in a rout of the Rays. Mookie Betts and Dustin Pedroia went back-to-back, and Travis Shaw also homered for Boston. John Jaso and Richie Shaffer homered for the Rays.

Huston Street was a strike away from wrapping up an Angels sweep when the Astros rallied for five runs to stun the Angel Stadium crowd. Houston's improbable rally featured home runs from Preston Tucker and Jed Lowrie and a fortunate play that saw Carlos Correa's scalded one-hopper stick in the webbing of Taylor Featherston's glove, denying the second baseman of a game-ending gem.

Things are a little tighter in the AL West. After Houston went ahead early on Jose Altuve's homer off Cole Hamels, the teams swapped leads. Then, with the contest knotted in the eighth, Prince Fielder put Texas ahead for good with a two-run homer, bringing the Rangers within a half-game of the Astros for the division lead.

With the Cubs up by 1 and the tying run on base in the ninth, Addison Russell dove for a ball and flipped it to second from the ground for the final out of the game. With the win, Chicago closed to within five games of NL Central-leading St. Louis. The Cubs' Jorge Soler and Kris Bryant hit back-to-back HRs, and the latter tied a club record for rookies.

Lorenzo Cain's two-out, two-run single in the sixth inning broke a tie and the Royals didn't look back, pulling away from the Mariners down the stretch to clinch their first AL Central title and their first division title since winning the AL West in 1985. Johnny Cueto did his part for KC, holding Seattle to three runs over seven innings for the win.

Lucas Duda's grand slam in the first inning sent the Mets on their way, and Matt Harvey's 6 2/3 innings, Curtis Granderson's homer, Michael Cuddyer's two-run double and David Wright's three-run homer was more than enough as New York clinched its first National League East title since 2006 with a win over the Reds.

Josh Donaldson's 41st homer of the season snapped a 4-4 tie in the ninth and gave the Blue Jays a walk-off win that cut their magic number to four. Justin Smoak homered and drove in three runs for Toronto, while Mikie Mahtook went deep and knocked in a pair in a losing cause for Tampa Bay.

Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw held the Giants to one hit and fanned 13 in a complete-game shutout as Los Angeles clinched its third straight NL West title in a rout. Madison Bumgarner allowed four runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings for the Giants, who were eliminated from the postseason.

Thwarted in their effort to lock down the NL Central when they lost Game 1 of their doubleheader earlier in the day, the Cards came out swinging in Game 2. St. Louis put a pair on the board in the first inning, widened the gap on Jason Heyward's grand slam in the third and piled on the insurance runs late, scoring in the seventh, eighth and ninth to convincingly win their third straight division crown.

With the 10,000th victory in franchise history, the Yankees are back in the postseason for the first time since 2012, earning an American League Wild Card spot by virtue of their win over the Red Sox. Carlos Beltran, Greg Bird and Rob Refsnyder went deep for the Yanks, who need one more win or an Astros loss to host the AL Wild Card Game.

The Angels headed into the ninth inning three outs from a defeat after a four-run lead evaporated, set to watch the Rangers celebrate the AL West title on their home turf. Then Erick Aybar homered. So did Kole Calhoun. What followed was a barrage of timely hits, and when all was said and done, the Angels had turned a deficit into a decisive win that lets them keep pushing for a Wild Card berth.

Max Scherzer struck out 17 Mets, including nine in a row at one point, en route to tossing his second no-hitter of the season, becoming just the sixth pitcher in history to accomplish the feat. Scherzer's 17 strikeouts tied Nolan Ryan for the most K's in any no-hitter and set the record for the most punchouts in a no-hit, no-walk game.

Adrian Beltre's two-run homer in the fifth put the Rangers on top to stay, and Cole Hamels settled in to toss a complete game after a two-run first as Texas clinched its sixth AL West title and a spot in the ALDS vs. Toronto. A six-run Rangers seventh put the game away as the Angels' quest for an AL Wild Card berth ended with the Game 162 defeat.