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Baseball saw a it's first no-hitter of the 2015 season on Tuesday night at Citi Field as a pair of rookies took the mound for the series opener between the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants, and it was the lesser known of the two who made history.

While the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers continue to be early season surprises in Major League Baseball, other teams are scrambling to replace injured stars who were counted on to make them contenders. Here’s what’s happening in Major League Baseball this week:

A former San Francisco Giants payroll manager has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling more than $1.5 million from the team over the past year. Robin O’Connor, 41, has been charged with wire fraud and fraud in connection with a computer.

One lucky fan will get the chance of a lifetime at spring training next year and square off against Giants’ ace Tim Lincecum. The two-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher is leading a competition that asks fans to mimic his delivery (“most certainly not the vanilla, standard delivery”) on video, and the person who does the best imitation will be chosen to step into the batter’s box against the star

Major League Baseball’s trade deadline has come and gone, which means it’s time to dust off the infield dirt and see which moves could have a significant effect on those teams eyeing deep October runs. Here’s a look at five of them: RP KOJI UEHARA & RP MIKE ADAMS, TEXAS RANGERS Perhaps no team read this year’s trade market better than the Rangers. Texas general manager Jon Daniels was focuse

There’s been a new twist in the investigation into the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium back on Opening Day. On Thursday, police in Los Angeles arrested two men in connection with the attack on 42-year-old Bryan Stow.