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 The right-hander also became the first 17-game winner in Major
League Baseball this season by striking out Dodgers Justin Turner,
Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley in a rousing finale.
Arrieta (17-6) had 14 strikeouts and only two runners reached base
as the Cubs improved to 74-55.
Cubs second baseman Starlin Castro was charged with an error on a
hit from Los Angeles third baseman Enrique Hernandez in the third
inning and Rollins drew a two-out walk in the sixth.
"I thought it was a hit, I really did," said Arrieta, who was doused
by team mates with two buckets of ice water afterwards.
"It was a tough play. Hernandez hit it well. It was a tough
short-hop for Castro. But you know they scored it an error.
Thankfully so and I was able to finish it off."
Utley took Arrieta to the edge of warning track in leftfield, also
in the sixth inning. Castro made a nice catch on a line drive off
the bat of Dodgers left-fielder Carl Crawford in the seventh inning.
"I threw the ball well, but those guys played well behind me, too,"
Arrieta said.
"It went by so quick. It feels like that could have been just five
innings the way it kind of played out. My stuff was good as well as
my command of the ball."
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The near-perfect 116-pitch performance, in which Arrieta faced 29
batters -- two more than the minimum -- was the second time in nine
days the Dodgers (72-57) had been victims of a no-hitter.
Mike Fiers of the Houston Astros turned the trick at home for a 3-0
win over the Dodgers on Aug. 21.
The last Cubs no-hitter was on Sept. 15, 2008 when Carlos Zambrano
beat the Astros 5-0. That game had to be moved from Texas to
Milwaukee because of Hurricane Ike.
(Writing by Tim Wharnsby; Editing by John O'Brien)
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