Guardians: Josh Naylor delivered a clutch, three-run double in the seventh inning as the Guardians continued their best start in 25 years with a 6-2 win over the Athletics on Sunday in Cleveland to complete a three-game sweep. With the Guardians up 3-2, Naylor, who celebrated a two-run homer on Saturday by bashing the top of his helmet with his bat before rounding the bases, fell behind 0-2 in the count before doubling with the bases loaded off left-hander T.J. McFarland. Naylor is batting .406 (13 of 32) with 14 RBIs in nine home games. The surprising Guardians have won four straight, seven of eight and improved the AL’s best record to 16-6. This is the club’s best start since the team had the same mark through 22 games in 1999. Guardians starter Tanner Bibee (2-0) allowed two runs and five hits in 5 2/3 innings. The right-hander gave up a two-out RBI single in the sixth before first-year manager Stephen Vogt dipped into his bullpen, which came in with a 2.19 ERA. Tim Herrin, Nick Sandlin, Cade Smith and closer Emmanuel Clase held the A’s scoreless over the final 3 1/3 innings. Will Brennan homered for the Guardians, who finished off the A’s while All-Star 3B Jose Ramirez got a day off.

Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani broke Hideki Matsui’s major league record for homers by a Japanese-born player with a huge two-run shot in the third inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers snapped their three-game skid with a 10-0 victory over the New York Mets. Ohtani crushed a 423-foot line drive off Adrian Houser (0-2) deep into the right-field bleachers for the two-time AL MVP’s fifth homer of the year and the 176th of his six-plus seasons in the majors with the Angels and Dodgers.Tyler Glasnow (4-1) struck out 10 and held New York to seven singles over eight strong innings .

Red Sox: Wilyer Abreu had three hits and drove in two runs and the Red Sox beat the Pirates 6-1 to complete a three-game sweep. Abreu’s RBI single off Martín Pérez (1-1) in the third gave the Red Sox the lead for good. ... Dave McCarty, a member of the Red Sox championship team in 2004 who played with seven MLB teams in an 11-year career, died Friday after suffering a cardiac event . He was 54.

Extra innings: Casey Mize pitched six scoreless innings for his first major league win since 2021 and Buddy Kennedy homered as the Tigers beat the host Twins 6-1. Mize (1-0), the top pick in the 2018 amateur draft who missed nearly off of the last two seasons because of Tommy John surgery and a back operation, gave up five hits, walked three and struck out four in his first victory since Aug. 24, 2021, against the Cardinals. ... Luis Gil struck out a career-high nine over 5 2/3 innings for his first major league win in three years, and the Yankees beat the visiting Rays 5-4. Gil (1-1), who was making his 11th big league start, recorded his only previous win in his debut against the Orioles on Aug. 3, 2021. He tore his ulnar collateral ligament while pitching for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on May 18, 2022, and had Tommy John surgery six days later. ... The Angels placed 3B Anthony Rendon on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring. The 33-year-old Rendon injured the hamstring running out an infield hit, leading off the game against the Reds on Saturday.