Martinez began the ninth inning, an inning he had never pitched in before, by walking Trenton Brooks. Then, catcher Elias Diaz doubled off the left-field wall, breaking up the no-hitter.

Xavier Martinez is a news associate at The Wall Street Journal. Xavier previously interned in the features department at the Seattle Times.

Former state Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli easily won Tuesday’s bitter primary election for the Republican nomination to become New Jersey’s next governor, four years after nearly unseating Gov ...