Rea Takes No-hit Bid Into 7th; Padres Beat Mets 5-3

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Colin Rea lost his no-hit bid with two outs in the seventh inning when Yoenis Cespedes singled the other way against a shift, and finished with eight-plus innings of three-hit ball as the San Diego Padres beat the New York Mets 5-3 Thursday night.

The Padres remain the only team in the major leagues without a no-hitter, failing to achieve the milestone in 7,519 games since 1969.

Rea (3-1) had retired 19 straight batters until Cespedes grounded a single through the right side where the second baseman normally would have been. The no-hit bid was extended by the shift several times.

Fernando Rodney got the final two outs for seventh save.

Rea got enough support from the Padres' sometimes anemic offense, which jumped on Jacob deGrom (3-1).