MLB: Arizona 1, Tampa Bay 0

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 25 (UPI) -- Edwin Jackson threw the second no-hit game in franchise history Friday, carrying Arizona to a 1-0 inter-league victory over Tampa Bay.

Jackson (5-6) allowed eight walks, three of them in one inning, but he managed to hold the Rays without a hit while throwing 149 pitches.

The only other no-hitter for the Diamondbacks was a perfect game thrown by Randy Johnson against Atlanta on May 18, 2004.

A call by the official scorer preserved the no-hit bid in the eighth. A grounder to second by Carlos Pena in the eighth was booted by Stephen Drew and it was ruled an error.

Jackson walked the bases loaded with nobody out in the third, but Matt Joyce flew out to shallow right, a ground ball off the bat of B.J. Upton was turned into an out at home. Hank Blalock ended the inning by grounding to second.

The ninth inning began with Jackson striking out Upton, after which Blalock was retired on a fly ball to left.

Willy Aybar followed by walking on four pitches, but Jason Bartlett grounded out to Drew at second to end the game.

The only run of the contest came on a homer by Adam LaRoche in the second.

Jeff Niemann (6-2) suffered the hard-luck loss, giving up a run on six hits with eight strikeouts over 7 1/3.