Another Sunday, another no-hitter

Brick City's Scott Feldman shut down the Allentown Mules, 4-0 on the road in Sunday's game one, tossing the second no-hitter in the DMBL this season and the second in as many Sundays. Last week, Bridgewater's Homer Bailey no-hit Sardine City.

It's the first no-hitter for Brick City since moving from Newark, and the 13th in league history. As the Sugar Bears, Newark saw a no-hitter by Randy Johnson against Kentucky in 2001.

The 31-year-old Feldman struck out five and walked none but hit three batters -- losing his chance at the DMBL's first-ever perfect game. Leading off the 3rd inning, Feldman hit Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who was erased when Mark Trumbo hit into a 5-4-3 double play in the next at-bat. With one out in the 7th, Feldman nailed Mike Trout and leading off the 9th hit pinch-hitter Neil Walker, who like Salty was eliminated on a GDP, this time 6-4-3 by Jimmy Rollins.

The 6-foot, 7-inch Hawaii native improved to 3-0 in tossing his first shutout of the year, lowering his ERA to 2.74 on the season. He was backed by home runs from Avisail Garcia and Gordon Beckham. John Lackey also went the distance for the Mules but allowed 4 runs on 7 hits while striking out 7 to take the loss.

Allentown may be hitting a league-low .223 through Sunday's doubleheaders but the Mules still feature a lineup that includes Trout, Adrian Gonzalez and Giancarlo Stanton.

The surprise pitching gem stole the headlines from Sunday's other big story, on the batting side: home runs by Pedro Alvarez in three straight at-bats in Durham's 7-4 victory at Empire City.

Vancouver, Greinke streak past Buddahs

Vancouver won their 6th straight - a 7-1 win over New Jersey. The two Jones each hit a home run, Garrett's being a grand slam in the 3rd. Meanwhile, ace Zack Greinke continues his stellar season, improving to 7-0 while pitching 8 innings and allowing only 1 run on 6 hits and 2 walks. Greinke struck out 6. Greinke also leads the league in strikeouts (62) and is second among starters in ERA (2.04) behind only New Jersey's Rick Porcello.

Sardine City swept their series against Philadelphia and now sit in second place in the Hanover Division and one game over the .500 mark (18-17). Jordan Zimmerman pitched 7.2 innings and allowed only 1 run on 4 hits, while striking out 10 to earn the win. The Sardines won the game 2-1.

Jason Bartlett hit a solo home run in the 10th to edge the Rat Pack 4-3 in extra innings. The Bombers outhit the Rats 12-5 in the game, but walked 9 Vegas batters. Gavin Floyd started the game, but lasted only 5 innings despite giving up only 2 hits. Floyd walked 7 batters and ran up 112 pitches in his short outing. A.J. Burnett, intent on matching Floyd, walked 5 in his 5.1 innings, but gave up 5 hits. With the win, the Bombers evened their record at 17 - the 6th team (out of 7 teams) in the Morris Division that have a .500 or better record. Only the Falcons have a losing record in the division.

Scott Feldman went the distance, holding the Hitmen to only 4 hits, and earned the win in a 5-4 victory over Hillsborough. Amityville was trailing 4-3 entering the 9th, but George Sherrill plunked leadoff hitter Rajai Davis. Matt Kemp hit a triple and easily scored Davis. Nelso Cruz came through with a base hit to win the game.

Ryan Rowland-Smith, who had been undefeated in spring training, continues his undefeated streak with a strange win over Marietta yesterday. Rowland-Smith gave up 5 runs in 7 innings, giving up 8 hits and striking out zero batters. Rowland-Smith, despite his record, has an unimpresive 5.24 ERA and only 18 strikeouts in 44.2 innings.