Colby Rasmus is off to one of the best starts of his career, but the Astros’ colorful left fielder can’t really enjoy it too much. Rasmus went 2-for-3 with a pair of homers in Thursday’s 7-4 loss to the Rangers that dropped the Astros to 5-11.

As is often the case, good defense preserves a no-hitter, and the Cubs had Jake Arrieta’s back early on in his historic outing against the Cubs.

Throwing a no-hitter while out-hitting the opposing team by yourself is impressive, but that has been the norm over the past few seasons. The Cubs’ Jake Arrieta continued the trend in Thursday night’s 16-0 victory over the Reds at Great American Ball Park, going 2-for-4 with a pair of singles and a walk.

Dansby Swanson connected on his first home run of the season for Class A Advanced Carolina on Thursday, though he didn’t have time to savor his trip around the bases.

Padres Opening Day starter Tyson Ross will not require surgery on his injured right shoulder, but it doesn’t appear he’ll be ready to return to the mound soon. The right-hander, who made one start before landing on the disabled list retroactive to April 5, underwent an MRI on the shoulder, and the results reached the Padres during Thursday’s game — an 11-1 loss to Pittsburgh.

Khris Davis and Coco Crisp hit back-to-back home runs off Chasen Shreve in the seventh inning on Thursday, highlighting a four-homer barrage by the Athletics in a 7-3 victory over the Yankees at Yankee Stadium that completed a three-game sweep.

First came the stuff. Then the command. Now the reputation, the stone-cold stare and, it would seem, a whole lot of intimidation. That Jake Arrieta, he just keeps getting better and better.

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The Blue Jays are through their grueling 17-game schedule against American League East opponents to open the season. They didn’t exactly thrive, but they survived, and considering the way things have gone so far, that might be good enough for now.

After Jake Arrieta had totaled 85 pitches through six innings, Joe Maddon admitted he was a little concerned about whether the right-hander would finish what he started. But the manager also told pitchers this spring that if they were attempting to throw a no-hitter, pitch count wouldn’t matter.

One night after recording the fastest throw in Statcast history, Aaron Hicks turned in two more defensive gems for the Yankees in Thursday’s 7-3 loss to the A’s, scaling a padded wall in foul territory to snare a Chris Coghlan popup and once again throwing out a runner, this time Jed Lowrie at second base.

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For the second consecutive night, the Orioles were the beneficiary of a passed ball charged to a Blue Jays catcher, and they rode it all the way to a 3-2 victory on Thursday night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

If anyone felt a sense of deja vu washing over them on Thursday night, they could be forgiven. It was only last Aug. 30 that Cubs right-hander Jake Arrieta tossed a no-hitter against the Dodgers in Los Angeles.

Twice in 20 days during the 1971 season, the Reds were on the wrong end of a no-hitter. With a streak of 7,109 regular-season games, they went nearly 45 years without it happening to them again. Until Thursday.

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Jake Arrieta delivered the 15th no-hitter in Cubs history and his second in as many seasons on Thursday night, as Chicago rolled past Cincinnati, 16-0, at Great American Ball Park.