Chris Sale became the fastest pitcher to reach 2,500 strikeouts, pitched six scoreless innings and the visiting Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-3 on Thursday night to split a doubleheader.

The Phillies won the afternoon game 5-4.

Sale (3-3) struck out Edmundo Sosa in the sixth inning for his eighth strikeout to reach the milestone. He did it in 2,026 innings, surpassing the record of 2,107 2/3 set by Randy Johnson.

Sale became the 40th pitcher in major league history to reach 2.500 strikeouts and joined Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer as the only active pitchers to have reached that plateau.

Sosa was the last hitter Sale faced. He allowed just two hits in six shutout innings.

Austin Riley had a double, a homer, and four RBIs, Ozzie Albies homered and drove in three, and Luke Williams had a pair of RBIs for the Braves, who snapped a three-game losing skid.

Zack Wheeler (6-2) allowed six runs in 5 1/3 innings for the Phillies, who lost for just the second time in their last 13 games.

In the opener, backup catcher Rafael Marchán hit a two-run homer, drove in the go-ahead run when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the eighth inning and caught two runners stealing.

Marchán put the Phillies ahead 2-0 with his blast in the third and scored with a headfirst slide on Trea Turner’s fifth-inning infield single after reachiong on a walk and advancing on a passed ball and grounder. Marchán was nicked on a shin protector by a bounced slider from Daysbel Hernández (3-1).

Michael Harris II tied it at 4-4 for Atlanta with an RBI double in the top of the eighth.

Sean Murphy homered and had an RBI single, and Ronald Acuña Jr. had a pair of hits and an RBI for the Braves.

Kyle Schwarber slugged his 19th homer for the Phillies.

Rays 13, Astros 3: Junior Caminero homered and had a career-high six RBIs to lead Tampa at Houston.

The game was tied 3-all with no outs and two on in the seventh when Yandy Díaz’s RBI single put the Rays on top. Tampa Bay made it 5-3 when Jonathan Aranda reached and Díaz scored on a fielding error by first baseman Victor Caratini.

Caminero then connected off Bryan King (3-1) on his 11th homer this season to push the lead to 8-3.

Caminero drove in two more runs on a double in Tampa Bay’s five-run eighth that made it 13-3.

Jose Altuve and Yainer Diaz hit solo homers for the Astros, whose four-game winning streak was halted.

Altuve tied it at 3 with his shot to left-center field off Shane Baz with no outs in the sixth. It’s the third home run in three games for Altuve, who went deep twice Tuesday.

Blue Jays 12, Athletics 0: Ernie Clement homered and had five RBIs, Bo Bichette homered and drove in three runs, and host Toronto used an eight-run second inning to rout the struggling Athletics.t Seattle.

José Berríos (2-2) and two relievers combined on a four-hitter as the Blue Jays recorded their second straight shutout and fourth of the season.

The Athletics have lost three straight and 14 of 15, getting outscored 117-44 in that span.

The A’s have been outscored by 101 total runs this season. They’ve lost by 10 or more runs an MLB-worst seven times.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run homer and George Springer added a solo shot for Toronto. Alejandro Kirk reached base four times, scored twice and had a sacrifice fly.

Berríos struck out nine in six innings to win for the first time since April 7 at Boston.

Nationals 9, Mariners 3 (10): Josh Bell’s three-run homer capped a seven-run 10th inning, Luis Garcia preceded it with a two-run double and Washington won at Seattle.