RAYS 5, TWINS 0
Brandon Lowe and Junior Caminero hit fourth-inning home runs, and Drew Rasmussen allowed one hit in six innings to lead Tampa Bay over Minnesota. Lowe led off the fourth with his 11th home run.
Caminero hit his 10th with Jonathan Aranda aboard. Rasmussen (4-4) struck out five. He also had a walk and a hit-bypitch. Rasmussen won his third straight six-inning scoreless start. Edwin Uceta, Mason Montgomery and Connor Seabold completed the Rays’ fifth shutout this season to finish their homestand 7-2.
WHITE SOX 9, METS 4
Andrew Benintendi had a season-high four RBIs and finished a double shy of the cycle, powering Chicago to a win over New York that prevented a three-game sweep. Benintendi laced a two-run single in the first inning and an RBI triple in the sixth before hitting his sixth homer in the eighth. Lenyn Sosa also had three hits and Mike Tauchman provided a two-run double for the White Sox, who avoided being swept for the seventh time this season.
BREWERS 6, RED SOX 5 (10)
Caleb Durbin’s sacrifice fly drove in the winning run for Milwaukee, who earned its first sweep of the season with a victory over Boston in 10 innings. For the second consecutive day, the Brewers won in walk-off fashion in extra innings, a day after Christian Yelich’s grand slam in the 10th gave them a 5-1 victory.
GUARDIANS 7, DODGERS 4
Angel Martínez hit a three-run, go-ahead homer and Cleveland scored five times in the eighth inning to rally for a victory over Los Angeles. Matt Festa (1-0) pitched the eighth and Emmanuel Clase worked a perfect ninth for his 11th save. The Guardians salvaged the third and final game of the interleague series.
TIGERS 4, GIANTS 3
Justyn-Henry Malloy hit a go-ahead single in a four-run fifth inning to help Detroit rally to beat San Francisco. The American League-leading Tigers swept the three-game series and closed their homestand with a four-game winning streak. Detroit generated all of its offense in the fifth with Colt Keith’s tworun double and Malloy’s two-out, two-run single.
ASTROS 5, ATHLETICS 3
Zach Dezenzo homered and Victor Caratini drove in two runs in the seventh inning to help Houston rally for a victory over the Athletics. The Athletics led by 1 when rookie Justin Sterner (1-1) took over for Luis Severino to start the seventh. Dezenzo sent his fourth pitch 416 feet to center field for his second homer this season to tie it at 3-all. There were runners on second and third with two outs in the inning when Caratini lined a single to center field to score both.Jacob Wilson homered with two RBIs for the Athletics, who fell to 3-17 in their last 20 games
PIRATES 10, DIAMONDBACKS 1
Paul Skenes dominated in six-plus scoreless innings, O’Neil Cruz hit a two-run homer and Pittsburgh rolled over Arizona. Skenes (4-5), last year’s NL rookie of the year, allowed four hits, struck out seven and walked none in 6 2/3 innings. Skenes has not allowed more than six hits in an MLB-record 35 starts to open his career.
MARLINS 10, PADRES 8
Agustín Ramírez had the first four-hit game of his career including a home run and a go-ahead two-run single as Miami beat San Diego. Ramírez went 4 for 5 with four RBIs and two runs scored. Eric Wagaman and Otto Lopez added three hits each with Lopez hitting a three-run homer. Javier Sanoja hit two doubles.
CARDINALS 6, ORIOLES 4
Brendan Donovan hit a two-run homer, Masyn Winn had four hits and St. Louis beat Baltimore at soggy Camden Yards. St. Louis trailed 3-0 in the second inning and 4-2 in the fourth before coming back to win the deciding matchup of the three-game series.
ROYALS 3, REDS 2
Noah Cameron pitched into the seventh, scattering six singles as Kansas City beat Cincinnati to salvage the final game of the series. Cameron (2-1) allowed a run on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. Maikel Garcia singled with one out in the fourth, extending his hitting streak to 13 games, then scored from first on Drew Waters’ deflected single.
BLUE JAYS 2, RANGERS 0
Bo Bichette hit a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the ninth inning, five pitchers combined on a one-hitter and Toronto beat Texas. Bichette, who was out of the starting lineup because of lower back soreness, hit an 0-1 fastball from Jacob Webb (2-3) just over the left field wall with two outs. Brendon Little (3-0), the fourth Blue Jays pitcher, struck out the only two batters he faced. Jeff Hoffman then had a strikeout in a perfect ninth for his 12th save in 15 chances to close out Toronto’s third shutout this season.