Dodgers 6, reds 0

Clayton Kershaw pitched seven scoreless innings, Chris Taylor hit his 10th home run of the season and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Cincinnati on Thursday. Kershaw (8-4, 2.95 ERA) scattered five hits, struck out nine and walked two to help Los Angeles snap its four-game losing streak and avoid a three-game series sweep against the Reds, who won the previous two games in walk-off fashion.

orioles 6, brewers 3

Gunnar Henderson hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning to put Baltimore ahead for good and the Orioles rallied from a three-run deficit to beat Milwaukee. The Brewers took a 3-0 lead in the first inning and were in control for much of the game until the Orioles attacked Milwaukee’s bullpen by scoring six runs over the final three innings. The comeback enabled the Orioles to avoid a three-game sweep.

Blue jays 3, astros 2

Brandon Belt had a tiebreaking RBI single, José Berríos pitched six innings to win his third straight decision and Toronto beat Houston. Alejandro Kirk added an RBI double and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached base twice as the Blue Jays took three of four from the Astros and won the season series 4-3.

Game 1: White sox 6, yankees 5

Eloy Jiménez hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees in the opener of a doubleheader to extend their winning streak to a season-high five games. Jake Burger hit a two-run homer off Yankees starter Luis Severino before Luis Robert Jr. and Yoán Moncada also went deep against the right-hander.

Game 2: yankees 3, white sox 0

Randy Vásquez pitched two-hit ball into the sixth inning for his first major league win, Billy McKinney hit his first home run with the Yankees and New York beat the Chicago White Sox for a doubleheader split.

braves 13, mets 10 (10 innings)

Ozzie Albies lined a three-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning, and Atlanta rallied to beat the reeling New York Mets for a three-game sweep. Orlando Arcia hit a tying solo homer off Mets closer David Robertson in the ninth to help the NL East leaders win their fifth straight.

guardians 10, red sox 3

José Ramírez homered in his first three at-bats — and from both sides of the plate — to power Cleveland to a victory over Boston. Ramírez connected for a solo shot in the first inning off Matt Dermody, belted a two-run shot — his 200th career homer — in the third and added another solo blast in the sixth when the Guardians hit for the cycle.

phillies 3, tigers 2

Zack Wheeler took a no-hitter into the eighth inning, Kody Clemens came through with a game-ending single and Philadelphia rallied past Detroit for its fifth victory in a row. Brandon Marsh tied it in the ninth with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly for the defending NL champion Phillies.

rays 4, twins 2

Minnesota’s Bailey Ober retired all nine batters through three innings against MLB-best Tampa Bay. Then the umpires had him wash his hands after a foreign substance inspection before taking the mound in the fourth. Before the inning was done, the 6-foot-9 right-hander had lost his perfect game and lead as the Rays went on beat the slumping AL Central-leading Twins.