reds 8, dodgers 6

Elly De La Cruz hit a 458-foot drive for his first major league homer and Will Benson hit a game-ending home run in the ninth that lifted Cincinnati over Los Angeles on Wednesday night and extended the Dodgers’ losing streak to a season-high four. De La Cruz hit an 0-1 fastball from Noah Syndergaard in the first inning that left the bat at 114.8 mph and landed into the last rows of the right-field stands at Great American Ball Park.

padres 10, mariners 3

Juan Soto had a career-high five hits with four RBIs, Gary Sánchez hit his fourth home in nine games since joining the Padres and San Diego routed Seattle. Soto had four singles and a double, raising his average to .265 with 10 homers and 31 RBIs as the Padres tied their season high with 17 hits. Soto had an RBI single in the fourth, a two-run single in the three-run fifth and an RBI double that boosted the lead to 10-0 in the seventh.

diamondbacks 6, nationals 2

Zach Davies earned his first victory in more than a year, Corbin Carroll homered and NL West-leading Arizona defeated Washington. The surprising Diamondbacks have won eight of 10, lead the National League with 37 victories and hold a two-game advantage over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the division.

braves 7, mets 5

Michael Harris II hit a two-run, tiebreaking homer off Adam Ottavino in the eighth inning and Atlanta rallied to beat New York for its fourth straight victory. The third-place Mets wasted a three-run lead for the second straight night.

Cardinals 1, rangers 0

Alec Burleson pulled a first-pitch homer to right field in the eighth inning, and St. Louis beat Texas, ending Rangers infielder Marcus Semien’s hitting streak at 25 games. Semien was 0 for 4 to stop the longest streak in the major leagues this season and the longest of his career. The streak tied for the second longest in club history, behind Gabe Kapler’s 28-gamer in 2000.

blue jays 3, astros 2

Pinch-hitter Alejandro Kirk singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Bo Bichette and Brandon Belt hit solo home runs and Toronto beat Houston. Chris Bassitt gave up two runs and four hits with five strikeouts and no walks over eight innings in winning consecutive starts. Jordan Romano closed for his 16th save in 19 chances for the Blue Jays.

Athletics 9, pirates 5

Oakland won back-to-back games for just the third time this season as Ryan Noda homered and reached base four times. Oakland’s first seven batters reached against Roansy Contreras. All seven scored to give Oakland its second road victory in less than 24 hours following a 15-game slide away from home.

brewers 10, orioles 2

Joey Wiemer homered twice, Willy Adames also went deep in his return from the concussion list and Corbin Burnes pitched eight shutout innings in Milwaukee’s blowout of Baltimore. Wiemer went 4 for 4 with a pair of two-run shots, a double and a career-high five RBIs.

marlins 6, royals 1

Luis Arraez singled twice and raised his major league-leading average to .403 as Miami beat Kansas City. Jesús Sánchez homered, singled twice and had four RBI for the Marlins, who won their sixth straight.

guardians 5, red sox 2

Amed Rosario and Josh Naylor each had three hits and an RBI, Josh Bell drove in a run for the sixth consecutive game and Cleveland beat Boston. Rosario singled twice against Kutter Crawford, then had an RBI double off Justin Garza as the Guardians scored two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to erase a 2-1 deficit.

rays 2, twins 1

Randy Arozarena homered leading off ninth inning to lift major league-best Tampa Bay past AL Central-leading Minnesota. After Minnesota tied it in the top of the inning, Arozarena sent an 0-1 pitch from Jhoan Duran to the opposite field into the stands in right-center.