METS 19, NATIONALS 5

Brandon Nimmo hit a grand slam and matched a franchise record with nine RBIs, helping New York pound Washington. Nimmo also hit a three-run drive in his seventh career multihomer game. The 32-year-old outfielder had four hits and scored four times after beginning the day with a .192 batting average.

New York earned a split of the four-game series. The Mets have won nine of 11 overall to improve to a major league-best 20-9. Jeff McNeil and Mark Vientos also homered for New York, which finished with 21 hits. Vientos connected for a three-run drive against Washington infielder Amed Rosario in the ninth.

James Wood and Nathaniel Lowe homered for Washington in the eighth.

TWINS 11, GUARDIANS

1 Jonah Bride had three of the Twins’ 17 hits, Bailey Ober allowed one run in 7 2/3 innings and Minnesota rolled to a victory over Cleveland.

Minnesota had 10 players with hits, the first time the Twins had done that since last June against the Athletics. Six players had at least two hits, including Ryan Jeffers, who had a two-run homer and three RBIs. Edouard Julien also went deep for the Twins, who have won four straight and six of seven.

Ty France and Byron Buxton both had two hits and each drove in a pair of runs.

Ober (3-1) has won his last three starts.

REDS 3, CARDINALS 1

Nick Martinez pitched six sparkling innings, and Cincinnati beat St. Louis for its fifth straight win.

Martinez (1-3) allowed one run and five hits in the opener of a seven-game homestand. Graham Ashcraft and Tony Santillan each got three outs before Emilio Pagán finished the five-hitter for his eighth save.

Jose Trevino homered for Cincinnati, and Noelvi Marte drove in the go-ahead run with his first career triple.

Reds star Elly De La Cruz doubled in the first to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 12 games, and Gavin Lux collected three hits, including two doubles, to run his hitting streak to a careerbest 12.

ORIOLES 4, YANKEES 3

Ryan O’Hearn hit a three-run home run off Will Warren and Baltimore held on for a victory over New York.

Ramón Laureano doubled in Baltimore’s other run, and 35-year-old Japanese rookie Tomoyuki Sugano (3-1) struck out a career-high eight over five scoreless innings to help Baltimore stop a threegame losing streak.

Aaron Judge, hitting a major league-leading .405, had two hits to extend his on-base streak to 25 games and drove in New York’s first run when he hit into a forceout against Yennier Cano in the seventh inning. Anthony Volpe and Austin Wells hit consecutive RBI doubles with one out in the eighth off Gregory Soto.

Félix Bautista struck out Judge and Cody Bellinger during a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

ASTROS 8, TIGERS 5

Jose Altuve hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning that sent Houston to a win over Detroit.

Christian Walker also had a two-run shot in the fourth to begin Houston’s comeback from a 3-0 deficit. The Astros still trailed by one when Jeremy Peña singled in the sixth. Altuve followed with his drive off Jack Flaherty (1-3) that crashed off the wall above the left-field seats to put Houston up 4-3.

Altuve had two hits and three RBIs while batting second for the first time since 2023. He asked to move out of the leadoff spot to give him more time to get ready to hit in the first inning after coming in from the outfield.

ATHLETICS 2, RANGERS 1

Tyler Soderstrom hit a two-run double to help JP Sears and the Athletics beat Texas. Sears (4-2) struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings. He allowed one run and five hits in the opener of a seven-game trip.

The A’s went ahead to stay in the fifth. Gio Urshela hit a leadoff double and Brent Rooker reached on a two-out walk. Soderstrom then drove a 1-1 pitch from Patrick Corbin into the right-field corner, giving him 24 RBIs on the season.

The Rangers got one back when Kyle Higashioka doubled and scored on Jonah Heim’s two-out single in the sixth.