Tampa Bay Rays' Nathan Eovaldi limits Washington Nationals to one hit in odd 1-0 victory

Another attempt at a no-hitter, a reliever alternating between the mound and first base, and postgame pushing and shoving. The Tampa Bay Rays pulled off an odd one for their fifth straight victory. Nathan Eovaldi took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before an unusual combination of relievers in the ninth completed a three-hitter as the Rays beat Max Scherzer and the Washington Nationals 1-0 Tuesday. Eovaldi (2-3) lost his no-hit bid when Bryce Harper hit an opposite-field double off the left-field wall with two outs in the sixth. The right-hander, who struck out nine, walked two and hit a batter over six innings, was making his sixth start since returning from a second Tommy John surgery in August 2016.