When Kris Bryant reached the dugout after his record-setting third homer, thousands of Cubs fans in the stands cheered for a curtain call. A few teammates wanted him to take a bow, too.

Nope. That was the only thing Chicago’s top hitter wouldn’t do on his historic night.

Bryant became the first major leaguer to hit three homers and two doubles in a game, and Jake Arrieta added a solo shot in the ballpark where he threw a no-hitter in April, setting up an 11-8 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.

The Cubs pulled out of their 1-6 slide behind a tandem that’s had some huge moments in Cincinnati.

‘‘The last couple of weeks haven’t been what I've wanted, so I figured I'm due,’’ said Bryant, who hit three homers one time during a college game with San Diego.

Arrieta (12-2) threw his second career no-hitter on April 21 during a 16-0 win over the Reds. Bryant led the way with a pair of homers in that game, including a grand slam that gave him a career-high six RBIs.

Arrieta struggled in his return to Cincinnati, giving up a season-high five runs in five innings, but Bryant drove in six runs again to help the righthander pull through. Bryant’s 16 total bases were a Cubs record, and his five hits marked a career high.

‘‘That keeps you back from those 0-for-20 stretches when you have a game like this,’’ Bryant said.

Bryant doubled home a run in the first, hit a solo homer in the third and added a three-run shot deep into the upper deck in left field in the fourth off Dan Straily (4-5). His solo shot in the eighth came off Ross Ohlendorf, who also gave up a homer to Anthony Rizzo.

Most of the 31,762 fans wore Cubs blue and demanded a curtain call after the third homer. Bryant wouldn’t oblige, considering it inappropriate on the road.

‘‘He enjoys the moment, but he doesn’t go over the top with it,’’ Chicago manager Joe Maddon said. ‘‘He’s very old school. He doesn’t spike the ball in the end zone. He just lays it down or hands it to the official.’’

Arrieta hit an opposite-field drive — his fourth career home run — in the fifth inning off Michael Lorenzen for an 8-3 lead.

The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner became the league’s first 12-game winner despite his worst pitching performance of the season. Arrieta walked a season-high five batters in five innings, and four of them scored. The five runs allowed were his most since he gave up six during a 7-2 loss at Great American Ball Park on Aug. 28, 2014.

‘‘I was my own worst enemy tonight,’’ Arrieta said. ‘‘I'm not happy about it.’’

Adam Duvall had a two-run double in the first inning, Jay Bruce singled home a run and Joey Votto hit a two-run homer off Arrieta, who threw 93 pitches in five innings.

The Cubs have the best record in the majors at 49-26 despite their slump last week, characterized by a lack of clutch hitting and poor relief pitching. The bullpen gave up three runs and four hits Monday, including Votto’s second homer in the ninth inning.

Indians 8, Braves 3 — Lonnie Chisenhall hit a three-run homer, Trevor Bauer gave up two runs in six innings, and visiting Cleveland won its 10th straight game.

Jason Kipnis added a homer in the ninth.

The AL Central-leading Indians extended the majors’ longest winning streak of the season. It is Cleveland’s longest streak since closing the 2013 regular season with 10 straight wins.

The Indians have outscored opponents, 68-21, and have hit 21 homers, including 10 in their last three games, during the streak.

The Indians had 14 hits as they scored at least six runs for the seventh straight game. Mike Napoli drove in a run with three hits.

Chisenhall’s homer in the fourth inning off Tyrell Jenkins (0-1) broke a 1-1 tie. Jenkins relieved rookie righhander John Gant, who left the game in the third inning with a left oblique strain.

Gant grabbed his left side near his ribs after throwing a pitch to Bauer with no outs in the third. Assistant trainer Jim Lovell and interim manager Brian Snitker joined Gant on the mound. Gant left with Lovell after throwing a warm-up pitch.

Tyler Flowers led off the fourth with a homer, one of five hits allowed by Bauer (6-2).

Home plate umpire Jerry Layne left the game in the bottom of the eighth after he was hit by a foul tip from Nick Markakis. There was a delay while Hunter Wendelstedt, who had been the second base umpire, put on the gear to complete the game behind the plate.

Layne was staggered by the foul tip, which appeared to hit the right side of his head beyond the area covered by his mask. He stepped back and grabbed Cleveland catcher Chris Gimenez’s arm to keep from falling.

Royals 6, Cardinals 2 — Danny Duffy matched a career best with eight sharp innings as host Kansas City routed St. Louis to open a four-game, two-city series.

Kendrys Morales went 4 for 4 and drove in two runs, and Eric Hosmer also had a pair of RBIs as the Royals roughed up Adam Wainwright (6-5) to snap a four-game losing streak to their cross-state rival.

Duffy (3-1) served up a two-run homer to Matt Holliday in the first before settling into a nice rhythm, keeping the Cardinals off balance with pinpoint control. The lefthander struck out eight and didn’t walk a batter while breezing through a lineup that scored 11 runs the previous day against Seattle.

Rockies 9, Blue Jays 5 — Carlos Gonzalez homered, Jon Gray tossed seven solid innings and host Colorado beat Toronto to spoil Troy Tulowitzki’s return to Colorado.

Tulowitzki went 0 for 4 in his first game at Coors Field since Toronto acquired him from the Rockies last July 27. He received a standing ovation when he batted in the second inning. He stepped out of the batter’s box and doffed his helmet to the 36,491 fans.

Edwin Encarnacion homered twice and Devon Travis also went deep for the Blue Jays.

Gray retired 12 straight and 16 of 17 batters after Travis’ homer in the first inning made it 1-0. The Blue Jays made it 4-0 in the third on Josh Donaldson’s RBI single and Encarnacion’s first homer.

Gray (5-3) settled down to pitch the seventh. He allowed four runs and five hits and struck out eight.

Nationals 11, Mets 4 — Ben Revere had four hits and three steals and Anthony Rendon had three RBIs for host Washington as it dealt Noah Syndergaard his first loss in more than a month and increased its lead to 3½ games in the NL East.

Washington starter Joe Ross (7-4) gave up four early runs then retired 11 of the last 12 batters he faced.

The Nationals stole six bases, matching their most since the franchise moved to Washington in 2005. Five steals came against Syndergaard (8-3), who had won six consecutive decisions and had not lost since May 6. He lasted only three innings, surrendering season-highs in runs (5) and walks (3).

Dodgers 5, Pirates 4 — A.J. Ellis hit a tiebreaking, two-out infield single that capped a four-run fifth inning, as visiting Los Angeles rallied to salvage the finale of a four-game series.

Scott Kazmir (6-3), who entered with an 11.17 ERA at PNC Park, won despite allowing four runs, four hits, and four walks in five innings.

‘‘It was resiliency,’’ Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. ‘‘We spot them four in the first, and [Kazmir] goes out there and throws up four zeroes and we responded, put up a crooked number and found a way to win a baseball game.’’

Kenley Jansen, the Dodgers’ sixth pitcher, got four outs for his 22d save in 25 chances.

‘‘I just wanted the ball, especially with us losing three games straight,’’ Jansen said. ‘‘I wanted to ask for five or four [batters]. My teammates had been eating a lot of innings lately. I just wanted to help them out.’’

Before Jansen entered, Louis Coleman, J.P. Howell, Joe Blanton, and Pedro Baez combined for 2? innings of one-hit relief.

Francisco Liriano (4-8) led by four runs early and took a two-hitter and a 4-1 lead into the fifth, when he was chased by Yasiel Puig’s two-run, bases-loaded single.

Howie Kendrick greeted Jared Hughes with an RBI single, and Puig took third on a throwing error by catcher Erik Kratz. Kendrick stole second, Scott Van Slyke struck out, and Ellis grounded to the outfield grass in the shortstop hole, giving the Dodgers their first lead of the series.

Liriano gave up five runs — four earned — four hits and five walks in 4? innings. He leads the NL with 59 walks — 13 more than Miami’s Tom Koehler, who is second.

Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez was scheduled to have Monday off, but after going 1 for 8 in the first two games in Pittsburgh, Gonzalez thought it was best to ask for a bigger break. Manager Dave Roberts agreed, letting the 34-year old take advantage of back-to-back days off by also resting him on Sunday.

‘‘It’s good for me to just not think about hitting for a couple days,’’ Gonzalez said.

Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco did not start for the fourth straight game due to left leg injury. He pinch hit for the second consecutive game, striking out in the ninth.

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Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki returned to Coors Field saying he is ‘‘in a good place’’ 11 months after being traded by the Colorado Rockies.

Tulowitzki was in Denver on Monday for a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays, the team that acquired him from the Rockies last July 27. He greeted his old Colorado teammates during batting practice and had a warm embrace with Rockies’ rookie shortstop Trevor Story, who has succeeded him in the field and with the fans.

‘‘He was my favorite player,’’ Story said. ‘‘I have a lot of respect for Tulo. He’s been a mentor for me. I've got nothing but good things to say. I kind of grew up watching him play. He’s a bigger shortstop, so I kind of idolized him a little bit. It’s going to be cool to play against him.’’

Tulowitzki landed in Toronto after asking the Rockies to trade him to a contender. The Blue Jays reached the AL Championship Series with him last October before losing to Kansas City in six games.

Tulowitzki said he is happy in Toronto but wasn’t pleased with how the trade went down last summer. He has said he had an agreement with Colorado to be kept informed of any trade talk but when it happened he said was ‘‘blindsided.’’

‘‘I wish it would have been cleaner, I wish there would have been better communication,’’ he said. ‘‘I believe I touched on it when I got traded how upset I was.’’

Tulowitzki said he is not bitter despite being unhappy at the time.

‘‘I'm not bitter. I'm in a good place, I'm on a good team,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s all I ever wanted. We should all move on. The Rockies got good players for me. Hopefully I do my thing here in Toronto and win a World Series.’’

Tulowitzki played 10 years with the Rockies and helped lead them to the 2007 World Series as a rookie. He hit .299 with 188 home runs in Colorado but his time with the organization was marked by injury. He spent significant time on the disabled list in 2012 and 2014.

When he was healthy he was an MVP candidate for Colorado. He hit 21 or more home runs six times while with the Rockies including a career-high 32 in 2009 when Colorado won a club record 92 games. The Rockies reached the NL Division Series as the wild card before losing to Philadelphia.

Tulowitzki was fifth in voting for the 2010 NL MVP and had his best statistical year the following season when he hit .315 with 30 home runs and 105 RBIs.

He played in just 47 games the next season and in 91 in 2014.

‘‘Obviously that injury history of mine is something I wish I could take away, but it is a part of me and what I have to deal with,’’ he said. ‘‘''When I have been out there and healthy, it’s what I love doing.’’

The injuries followed the five-time All-Star to Toronto. He missed three weeks with a leg injury before returning June 18. He is batting .320 since returning from the 15-day disabled list but entered Monday hitting .219 with 11 home runs this season.

Monday marks the first time he has played at Coors Field since last July 25.

‘‘It’s a little weird being on this side,’’ he said. ‘‘I have mixed emotions. It’s kind of like making my big league debut all over again. I played here for a long time, gave it everything I had and have fond memories.’’