ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Carlos Carrasco came within one strike of throwing the Cleveland Indians’ first no-hitter since 1981 on Wednesday night, giving up an RBI single to Joey Butler over leaping second baseman Jason Kipnis’ glove in an 8-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

For the third straight night, the Indians took a perfect game into the sixth inning against the Rays. This time, Carrasco retired the first 19 batters before walking Butler with one out in the seventh.

Washington’s Max Scherzer lost his perfect game with one strike to go on June 20 but finished with a no-hitter, the second in the major leagues this season.

Carrasco walked Astrubal Cabrera leading off the ninth, then hit pinch-hitter Brandon Guyer with a pitch.

Grady Sizemore, also pinch hitting, grounded into a force play and Kevin Kiermaier struck out to bring Butler to the plate with a crowd of 11,394 at Tropicana Field on its feet.

Butler lined an 0-2 pitch over Kipnis, who jumped high in the air to make an attempt at the ball and fell flat to the ground as the line drive landed cleanly in the outfield.

Astros 6, Royals 5

HOUSTON — Jose Altuve had three hits and scored the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning to help Houston complete a three-game sweep of Kansas City.

The game was tied at 5 in the seventh when Kelvin Herrera (1-2) plunked Altuve on the forearm. Altuve stole second and reached third on a lineout.

He put Houston on top when he beat the tag at the plate on a fielder’s choice by Chris Carter.

The Astros trailed early before taking a 5-3 lead after a four-run fifth inning. A two-run triple by Jarrod Dyson off Josh Fields tied it in the seventh before Altuve scored the go-ahead run.

Luke Gregerson (3-1) pitched a perfect ninth for the win.

Carter and Marwin Gonzalez hit solo homers for Houston and Evan Gattis drove in two runs.

Dodgers 4, Diamondbacks 3

PHOENIX — Kike Hernandez had three hits, including a triple and a double, and Brett Anderson pitched seven strong innings for his third straight victory as Los Angeles defeated Arizona.

The NL West-leading Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks for the ninth time in the past 10 meetings and recorded their first winning road trip of the season with a 6-4 mark in the 10-game swing to Chicago, Miami and Arizona.

Anderson (5-4) stranded six runners and allowed one run and seven hits, striking out seven and walking two. The Diamondbacks’ run came on Aaron Hill’s home run in the sixth.

Hernandez ripped a leadoff triple to start the game and scored on Howie Kendrick’s sacrifice fly.

Robbie Ray (2-4) took the loss after allowing four runs and seven hits with six strikeouts and two walks in six innings.

White Sox 7, Cardinals 1

ST. LOUIS — Melky Cabrera homered to back a strong outing from Jose Quintana, and the White Sox pulled away late in a game interrupted by three rain delays to beat the Cardianls and complete a two-game sweep. The Cardinals were 0 for 16 with runners in scoring position in the series, including seven hitless at-bats Wednesday. Quintana (4-7) allowed a run in six innings with eight strikeouts to win for the first time in four starts.

Cabrera homered in the sixth to give the White Sox the lead.

Cubs 2, Mets 0

NEW YORK — Starlin Castro legged out a run-scoring infield single in the 11th inning, and the Chicago Cubs blanked punchless New York for its second consecutive shutout at Citi Field.

Jon Lester returned to form with seven sharp innings, and the Cubs overcame a major baserunning blunder to score twice in the 11th. Miguel Montero added an RBI single and Chicago won its eighth straight against the Mets, including the first six of seven meetings this season.