MIAMI >> Jesús Sánchez hit a two-run homer and 2022 NL Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara pitched seven innings with four strikeouts as the Marlins beat the Padres 3-2 on Wednesday afternoon.

Padres’ pitcher Dylan Cease (3-10) struggled with control early, walking Miami’s first two batters before Augustín Ramírez got the Marlins on the board with a single to center field that drove in Xavier Edwards.

San Diego tied things up in the fourth inning after a throwing error from catcher Nick Fortes advanced Luis Arraez to second, and Manny Machado drove him in with a single to left field. The Padres’ run was swiftly put to an end, though, after a double play finished the inning with the score tied at 1-1.

The Marlins came back when Sánchez hit his ninth home run of the season on a fly ball to right field in the bottom of the fifth inning, putting Miami up 3-1. Cease retired the next two batters to escape the inning but was pulled heading into the sixth.

Josh Simpson stepped in as relief for Alcantara in the eighth and gave up a run after pinch-hitter Jose Iglesias hit a single to right field that scored Jackson Merrill. Simpson was quickly replaced by Calvin Faucher, who stranded two runners on base to maintain the one-run lead.

Faucher earned the save after throwing 1 2/3 innings to give the Marlins their second consecutive series win.

METS 6, ANGELS 3 >> Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer to power New York to a win and series sweep over Los Angeles.

Alonso, mired in a 2-for-34 slump dating back to July 10, homered two batters after Francisco Lindor broke a career-long 0-for-31 drought with an RBI single.

Brandon Nimmo hit his 14th career leadoff homer and Lindor added another RBI single` in the fourth for the Mets, who swept a series for the fifth time this season.

PIRATES 6, TIGERS 1 >> Spencer Horwitz hit his first career grand slam and Bailey Falter matched a career-high with eight strikeouts to lead Pittsburgh to a win and sweep of Detroit.

Horwitz drove a two-out cutter from Troy Melton (0-1) 416 feet to centerfield to make it 5-0.

Andrew McCutchen opened the scoring in the first with his ninth homer of the season.

REDS 5, NATIONALS 0 >> Nick Lodolo pitched his first complete game with eight strikeouts, Nick Fraley and Santiago Espinal each had two hits as Cincinnati beat Washington 5-0.

Lodolo (8-6) allowed four hits with no walks. The 27-year-old left-hander made his 21st start of the season and has 124 1/3 innings pitched, a single-season career best.

ROYALS 8, CUBS 4 >> Vinnie Pasquantino hit two of Kansas City’s four two-run homers and doubled on a 3-for-4 afternoon, leading Kansas City past Chicago.

ROCKIES 6, CARDINALS 0 >> Tanner Gordon pitched six scoreless innings and Ezequiel Tovar hit a home run to help Colorado beat St. Louis and win back-to-back series for the first time since Sept. 13-18, 2024.

BREWERS 10, MARINERS 2 >> Brice Turang drove in three runs with three hits and Milwaukee had 17 hits overall in a rout of Seattle, who sat home run leader Cal Raleigh.

ASTROS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 3 >> Christian Walker singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning and the Houston beat Arizona to complete a three-game sweep.

DODGERS 4, TWINS 3 >> Shohei Ohtani matched a franchise record with a homer in the fifth straight game and Freddie Freeman drove in two runs with a two-out single in the ninth inning as Los Angeles rallied to beat Minnesota.

Guardians 3, orioles 2 >> Steven Kwan singled home Bo Naylor with two outs in the eighth inning for the go-ahead run, lifting Cleveland to a victory over Baltimore.

Red Sox 9, phillies 8 >> Carlos Narváez hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning, Romy Gonzalez hit a grand slam in the fifth and Boston defeated Philadelphia.

Jesús Luzardo didn’t allow a hit until a leadoff double to Masataka Yoshida to start the fifth.

Blue Jays 8, yankees 4 >> Bo Bichette hit a two-run homer, Chris Bassitt struck out eight in a season-high 7 1/3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays took advantage of four New York errors to beat the sloppy Yankees 8-4 on Wednesday night.

White Sox 11, rays 9 >> Colson Montgomery hit a three-run homer in the second inning and a two-run double in the eighth, rallying the Chicago White Sox to a victory over Tampa Bay.

Rangers 2, athletics 1 >> Jonah Heim hit a looping fly ball that dropped between two fielders in shallow left field, scoring Wyatt Langford from first base, and Texas beat the Athletics for a sweep.