rays 6, blue jays 3

Zach Eflin became major leagues’ third seven-game winner, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat struggling Alek Manoah and Toronto on Thursday to take three of four from the Blue Jays.

Manoah, a 16-game winner last year, extended his winless streak to nine starts after giving up five runs, three hits and five walks over three innings with six strikeouts. He threw just 44 of 87 pitches for strikes and his ERA climbed from 5.15 to 5.53.

Cardinals 2, reds 1

Nolan Gorman hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and scored on a wild pitch, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds for their 13th win in 18 games.

Miles Mikolas won his third straight decision, allowing five hits over seven scoreless innings, which matched his season high. He struck out five and walked none.

Padres 8, Nationals 6

Rougned Odor hit a three-run homer off Hunter Harvey with two outs in the ninth inning, giving the San Diego Padres a win over the Washington Nationals that stopped a streak of five straight series losses. San Diego had been 0-22 this year when trailing after eight innings.

Tigers 7, White sox 2

Alex Faedo struck out a career-high 10 batters in six innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox.

Faedo has 22 strikeouts and one walk in four starts this season. The 27-year-old right-hander allowed two runs on three hits against the White Sox.

Orioles 3, Yankees 1

Kyle Gibson allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Yankees to take two of three games from New York.

Braves 8, phillies 5

Austin Riley hit a pair of monstrous homers and pinch-hitter Travis d’Arnaud came through with a tiebreaking, two-run single in the eighth inning that carried the Atlanta Braves to a victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Giants 5, Brewers 0

Michael Conforto went 4 for 4 with a homer, and six San Francisco pitchers combined on a four-hitter against Milwaukee.

In a designed bullpen game, Scott Alexander, Taylor Rogers, Jakob Junis, Sean Manaea, Tyler Rogers and John Brebbia teamed up to strike out 13 and walk two.

Mets 10, Cubs 1

Pete Alonso launched his major league-leading 19th home run and Carlos Carrasco earned his first win this season as the New York Mets routed the Chicago Cubs to avoid a three-game sweep.