James Wood hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning that helped the Washington Nationals hold off Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Monday night for their third straight victory.

Ohtani homered, tripled, singled and walked, finishing 3 for 4 with two RBIs.

After starting 8-0, the Dodgers have lost three of four.

MacKenzie Gore (1-1) pitched six solid innings for the Nationals, and Wood’s drive off reliever Anthony Banda gave them a 5-2 lead. Keibert Ruiz followed with an RBI double off Matt Sauer.

Mookie Betts and Will Smith each had a run-scoring single for Los Angeles in the eighth to cut it to 6-4, but Kyle Finnegan got five outs for his fourth save.

tigers 6, yankees 2 >> Andy Ibañez homered, Casey Mize pitched six effective innings and Detroit beat New York for its fourth consecutive victory. Jake Rogers walked three times and scored two runs as the Tigers improved to 6-1 since they were swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in their season-opening series.

The game was moved up to an afternoon start time because of frigid temperatures in Detroit. It was 38 degrees at the first pitch with light snow.

pirates 8, cardinals 4 >> Joey Bart, Andrew McCutchen and Isiah Kiner-Falefa each drove in two runs, and Pittsburgh handed St. Louis its fourth consecutive loss. Bart connected in the first inning for his first homer of the season. He also hit an RBI triple during Pittsburgh’s four-run seventh.

Pirates right-hander Carmen Mlodzinski (1-1) pitched five innings of one-run ball in his first win as a starting pitcher. He was converted from a reliever to a starter during spring training.

blue jays 6, red sox 2 >> George Springer had three RBI singles, José Berríos pitched seven innings of one-run ball and Toronto beat Boston. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had two singles and scored a run for the Blue Jays, who were swept in a three-game series against the Mets over the weekend.

cubs 7, rangers 0 >> Justin Steele tossed three-hit ball over seven innings, and Chicago beat Texas 7-0 on a frigid night. Michael Busch doubled and scored in the second. He also chased Nathan Eovaldi with an RBI triple in the fifth that made it 3-0.

Ian Happ had three RBIs. His two-run single highlighted a four-run sixth, and the Cubs won for the sixth time in seven games on a 34-degree night.

mets 2, marlins 0 >> Juan Soto hit a go-ahead double in the third inning and Kodai Senga combined with a standout bullpen for New York’s second shutout in four days as the Mets extended their winning streak to five.

Soto drove a cutter to the opposite field in left-center off Valente Bellozo (0-1) to score Francisco Lindor, who singled to start the inning for the second of his three hits. Soto also singled for his first multihit game with the Mets. He has hits in nine of his first 10 games this season.

Tyrone Taylor added an RBI single in the eighth off George Soriano.

Danny Young (three outs), José Buttó (six outs) and Ryne Stanek (three straight outs for his first Mets save) combined for two-hit relief, a day after the bullpen pitched 4 1/3 shutout innings in a 2-1 win over Toronto. Mets relievers lead the major leagues with a 1.19 ERA.