Josh Naylor had three hits and drove in two runs, Austin Hedges had two RBIs and the Cleveland Guardians scored eight consecutive runs in beating the visiting Baltimore Orioles 8-4 for their fifth straight win on Friday night.

The Guardians own the best record in baseball at 67-42 and lead the American League Central by six games over the Kansas City Royals. They have won the first two games of the series by an 18-7 margin over the Orioles.

Cade Smith (6-1) retired all five batters he faced in relief for the win. The Guardians have the best home record in the majors at 35-15.

Colton Cowser and Jackson Holliday each had RBI singles in a three-run seventh for Baltimore.

ROYALS 9, TIGERS 2 >> Salvador Perez had three hits, including a home run, and visiting Kansas City won its fifth straight by routing Tarik Skubal and Detroit.

Cole Ragans (8-7) held the Tigers to two runs on two hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked four and struck out six.

Skubal (12-4) allowed a season-worst five runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. Skubal, who struck out eight, is 2-9 against the Royals with a 5.05 ERA in 14 games, 12 of them starts.

The Royals chased Skubal in a six-run seventh inning that included nine straight hits, two stolen bases and a wild pitch.

The Tigers have been outscored 34-7 during a five-game losing streak.

BRAVES 5, MARLINS 3 >> Marcell Ozuna hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and Atlanta rallied for a home win over Miami.

The Braves, who lead the NL wild card race, have won six of seven.

Orlando Arcia was 2 for 3 with two RBIs and a home run.

The Braves trailed 3-2 entering the eighth inning before scoring three runs off Miami’s Calvin Faucher (2-3). Newly acquired Jorge Soler had a game-tying RBI single. An Austin Riley double advanced Ramón Laureano to third, and Ozuna drove him home with a drive to the warning track. Arcia’s RBI single provided an insurance run.

BREWERS 8, NATIONALS 3 >> William Contreras hit a 439-foot homer, former Nationals prospect Blake Perkins delivered a go-ahead two-run single, and Milwaukee cruised to a win at Washington.

Rhys Hoskins and Garrett Mitchell combined for two doubles and three RBIs in support of veteran right-hander Frankie Montas (5-8), who won his debut with the Brewers.

The 31-year-old Montas, acquired a day before the trade deadline from the Cincinnati Reds, tossed five innings for the win, allowing three runs on nine hits with no walks and five strikeouts.

CUBS 6, CARDINALS 3 >> Christian Bethancourt and Michael Busch homered in a five-run second inning and Chicago spoiled the St. Louis debut of Erick Fedde as the host Cubs stretched their winning streak to three games.

Fedde (7-5), acquired earlier in the week from the White Sox, gave up the first five runs and six hits and finished with four strikeouts in five innings.