Shin-Soo Choo became the top major league home run hitter born in Asia, connecting for a leadoff drive in the 10th inning that lifted the Rangers over the Royals 4-3 on Saturday.

Choo's 176th career homer moved him past Hideki Matsui for the most by an Asian player.

James Paxton became the first Canadian to throw a no-hitter in his home country, pitching the Seattle Mariners over the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 Tuesday night.

"You couldn't write this stuff," Paxton said. "Pretty amazing to have it happen against the Blue Jays, at home in Canada."

After nearly two weeks off the mound due to a sprained ankle, Shohei Ohtani was a bit surprised about how he felt.

He was less surprised by how he pitched.

"I had no worries about my command. I felt like today I had one of my better commands," Ohtani said through a translator.

The two-way Japanese star took a shutout into the seventh inning while out pitching Felix Hernandez and got help from Mike Trout's 12th home run in the Angels' 8-2 win over the Mariners on Sunday.

Craig Kimbrel needed only 11 pitches in a perfect ninth to close out Boston's latest victory, and become the quickest pitcher ever to reach 300 career saves.

Kimbrel struck out two for his ninth save in 10 chances this season as the Red Sox won 6-5 at Texas on Saturday night. They had scored the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth, after Joe Kelly struck out the only two batters he faced when the Rangers had the bases loaded in the eighth.

The Dodgers have the most no-hitters in the majors -- and now the most in Mexico, too.

Rookie Walker Buehler and a trio of Los Angeles relievers combined for the franchise's 23rd no-hitter in a 4-0 victory over the San Diego Padres in the opener of a neutral-site series Friday night.

It was the first combined no-hitter in Dodgers history, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

After lining out in his first at-bat and walking in his second plate appearance Friday night at Seattle's Safeco Field, Albert Pujols reached the 3,000-hit milestone when he singled on a soft liner to right field with two outs in the fifth inning off Mariners starter Mike Leake.

Pujols went on to single in the ninth inning, passing Roberto Clemente for No. 31 on the MLB's career list with his 3,001st hit. He finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the Angels' 5-0 win.