REDS 1, BRAVES 0

Nick Martinez pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, Ty France had an RBI double and Cincinnati defeated Atlanta on Monday night in the makeup of a July rainout.

Atlanta began the night tied with the New York Mets for the last National League wild card. New York was playing at Toronto.

Martinez (8-6) struck out five and held the Braves hitless from the second through the seventh, retiring 17 straight batters in the process. It was the fourth time this season he allowed just two hits in an outing.

YANKEES 10, ROYALS 4

Austin Wells hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning and added an RBI double in the eighth as New York pulled away for a victory over Kansas City and widened their lead in the AL East.

The Yankees (83-61) surpassed last season’s win total and moved 1 1/2 games ahead of the Orioles, who were handed a 12-3 loss in Boston. Aaron Judge hit a tying single off James McArthur and four pitches later, Wells lifted a 2-1 fastball into the lower rows of the right field bleachers to push New York’s lead to 7-4.

PIRATES 3, MARLINS 2

Paul Skenes struck out nine over six solid innings and Pittsburgh edged Miami.

The 22-year-old Skenes (10-2) allowed one run on six hits, lowering his ERA to 2.10. Skenes also boosted his season strikeout total to 151, a Pirates rookie record, while winning his fourth straight decision.

The 6-foot-6 right-hander’s fastball hit 100 mph six times while becoming just the fourth rookie ever to reach 150 strikeouts in 20 starts or less, joining Kerry Wood, Dwight Gooden and Mark Prior.

PHILLIES 2, RAYS 1

Kody Clemens singled with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth after Tampa Bay had tied the score in the top of the inning, and Philadelphia beat the Rays.

Kyle Schwarber homered and Cristopher Sánchez pitched six shutout innings to help NL East-leading Philadelphia begin a six-game homestand with its 48th home victory of the season. The Phillies entered tied with the Dodgers for the most home wins in baseball.

METS 3, BLUE JAYS 2

Tyrone Taylor scored the tying run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning before fellow pinch-runner Eddy Alvarez dashed home on a passed ball as New York rallied past Toronto for their 10th victory in 11 games.

The surging Mets got six shutout innings of one-hit ball from fill-in starter Tylor Megill, who retired his last 16 batters and matched a season high with nine strikeouts.

GUARDIANS 5, WHITE SOX 3

Joey Cantillo pitched seven sparkling innings for his first major league win, and Cleveland beat Chicago.

Cantillo was working on a perfect game before Andrew Benintendi grounded a single into right field with two outs in the seventh. Benintendi advanced on a wild pitch and scored on Andrew Vaughn’s single, but Korey Lee bounced to third for the final out of the inning.

RED SOX 12, ORIOLES 3

Rob Refsnyder homered twice among his four hits and had a career-high five RBIs, Tyler O’Neill also had two homers and Boston beat Baltimore.

Ceddanne Rafaela had two hits and four RBIs as the Red Sox finished with 15 hits.

ANGELS 6, TWINS 2

Reid Detmers worked six solid innings and Brandon Drury and Niko Kavadas homered to lead Los Angeles to a victory over struggling Minnesota.