Kiner-Falefa hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly off reliever Drew Pomeranz (2-1) to bring in Adam Frazier, the automatic runner.

Reliever Dennis Santana (2-1) was perfect through 1 2/3 innings in the eighth and ninth innings for the Pirates, who have won six of their past eight games. David Bednar got Chicago out in order in the bottom of the 10th for the save.

The Cubs have lost four of their past six.

Pittsburgh broke a scoreless tie in the top of the eighth off reliever Brad Keller. Henry Davis knocked a lead-off double and advanced to third on Kiner-Falefa's sacrifice bunt. Davis then scored when Oneil Cruz reached on a fielder's choice to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.

Chicago tied it 1-1 in the bottom half after Kyle Tucker led off with a walk against reliever Caleb Ferguson. Dansby Swanson brought him home three batters later with a fielder's choice off Santana.

Pirates ace Paul Skenes allowed four hits and struck out five in five innings before Carmen Mlodzinski replaced him to start the sixth.

It then looked like the Cubs were going to take advantage. Seiya Suzuki led off with a single and Pete Crow-Armstrong followed with a base hit, giving the hosts two on with nobody out. But Swanson grounded into a double play and Michael Busch flied out to end the inning.

Chicago had one of its best chances against Skenes in the bottom of the fifth, only to be denied at the plate. Ian Happ drew a two-out walk and tried to come all the way around on Tucker's double but was tagged out at home on quick throws from Cruz to Kiner-Falefa to Davis.

The Pirates and Cubs each collected a hit in the first and had two baserunners in an inning just once through the first four frames.

Chicago starter Cade Horton gave up three hits and fanned four in 5 2/3 innings.

Outfielder Matthew Lugo already was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake, while right-hander Shaun Anderson was designated for assignment Friday to open a 40-man roster spot. Right-hander Sam Bachman replaced Anderson on the active roster.

Moore, 22, was the eighth overall selection in last year's draft out of Tennessee and was batting a combined .279 with five home runs and 32 RBIs in 54 games at Double- and Triple-A.

The Angels have been aggressive in calling up high college draft picks to the major leagues. Starting shortstop Zach Neto was drafted in the first round in 2022 and made his major league debut in April of 2023. Starting first baseman Nolan Schanuel was a first-round pick in 2023 and made his debut a month later.

Lugo, 24, made his debut May 9 and batted .238 with three home runs and six RBIs in 17 games.

Anderson, 30, had a 7.59 ERA in six relief appearances this season, while Bachman, 25, is up for the first time since 2023 when he went 1-2 with a 3.18 ERA in 11 relief appearances.

Whitley, once a top-10 prospect in baseball, was designated for assignment by the Astros on Sunday.

Houston selected him with the No. 17 pick of the 2016 MLB Draft out of high school in San Antonio and gave him a $3.148 million signing bonus, but he failed to reached expectations.

Now 27, he didn't debut in Houston until the 2024 season and made three relief appearances, giving up no earned runs in 3 1/3 innings.

This season, Whitley appeared in five games for Houston, with opponents scoring 10 earned runs on nine hits and six walks in 7 1/3 innings. He has no decisions with a 12.27 ERA.

In 117 minor league appearances (65 starts) he had a 17-20 record with a 4.75 ERA over 306 2/3 innings. He struck out 421 batters and walked 160.

Multiple outlets reported the deal, with first baseman Andrew Vaughn heading to the Brewers in exchange for the pitcher.

Civale lost his starting role to top prospect Jacob Misiorowski, who threw five no-hit innings in a dazzling debut Thursday to beat the St. Louis Cardinals.

After the team informed Civale that he was moving to the bullpen, his agent, Jack Toffey, made the trade request to Brewers general manager Matt Arnold.

"The conversation was very professional," Toffey said Thursday, per The Athletic. "I just very respectfully said that Aaron would really like an opportunity to continue his career as a starter. He's going to be a free agent at the end of the year."

Toffey added that Civale was not disgruntled but merely examining his options.

"Aaron is not angry or banging his fist on the table," Toffey said. "But it's a little confusing because he did not pitch his way out of the rotation whatsoever. It's more of a subjective choice the organization is making."

Civale, who turned 30 on Thursday, has recorded all 122 of his regular-season appearances as a starter. He did come out of the bullpen in a Game 1 loss of the 2024 National League wild-card series against the New York Mets, throwing three scoreless innings.

Civale is 1-2 with a 4.91 ERA in five starts this season with Milwaukee. He is 40-37 with a 4.06 ERA in his career with Cleveland (2019-23), the Tampa Bay Rays (2023-24) and Brewers, who traded for him last July.

Vaughn, 27, was demoted to Triple-A Charlotte last month after hitting .189 with five home runs and 19 RBIs in 48 games this season.

Vaughn has batted .248 with 77 homers and 293 RBIs in 610 games since the White Sox drafted him third overall in the 2019 MLB Draft.

The hard-throwing 23-year-old right-hander struck out five before appearing to stumble on his third pitch of the sixth inning to Victor Scott II. Nick Mears relieved and finished the walk to Scott, the fourth charged to Misiorowski in an 81-pitch outing. The Brewers announced later that Misiorowski left with right calf and quad cramping.

Misiorowski (1-0) topped 100 mph on four of his six pitches to Lars Nootbaar to open the game, hitting 102.2 mph on his fifth pitch, and fanned Pedro Pages on a 101.1 mph four-seam fastball to end the fifth. Jackson Chourio hit a two-run homer to cap a five-run fifth against Sonny Gray (7-2) that put the Brewers up 6-0. Sal Frelick, who went 3-for-4 and scored twice, hit a two-run single before Chourio's homer.

Gray, who was 4-0 in his previous six starts, allowed six runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked one. The Cardinals did not get a hit until Willson Contreras' leadoff single off Aaron Ashby in the seventh. Ashby covered the final three innings for his first save.

Mets 4, Nationals 3

Starting pitcher Kodai Senga sustained a hamstring strain in a victory over Washington to complete a three-game series sweep. Senga will spend time on the injured list and undergo an MRI on Friday.

The starter allowed only two baserunners and zero runs in 5-2/3 innings before exiting, lowering his ERA to an MLB-best 1.47. Jeff McNeil's three-run home run in the first and Brandon Nimmo's solo shot in the fifth gave the Mets a 4-0 advantage.

Washington's bats were silent until the ninth inning. Mets reliever Ryne Stanek gave up three consecutive singles and a run before Edwin Diaz replaced him. Diaz surrendered a walk and a single, and threw a wild pitch to allow two more runs before coaxing a pair of groundouts to pick up his 15th save of the season.

Yankees 1, Royals 0

Pablo Reyes scored an unearned run from second base on a wild play in the eighth inning following a pitching duel in New York's victory over the host Royals.

The Yankees' Will Warren and Royals' Seth Lugo each pitched 5 2/3 innings and the game was still scoreless in the eighth, when Paul Goldschmidt sent a liner off the glove of Vinnie Pasquantino, who tried to get the out at first but was late. Reyes, meanwhile, stopped between third and home, then again broke for the plate, where Freddy Fermin was unable to grab the low throw from Lucas Erceg, who was covering first. Erceg was charged with an error.

New York managed just five hits against four Royals pitchers, yet it was enough for the victory to claim all six games this season versus Kansas City. The Royals sit in a 10-19 rut that has dropped them below .500 for the first time since April 27.

Rangers 16, Twins 3

Texas hit six home runs, including a trio of three-run home runs, in a trouncing of Minnesota. The Rangers matched the season-high run total they set on Tuesday in the first game of their series against the Twins.

Wyatt Langford, Adolis Garcia and Sam Haggerty hit the three-run shots, while Jake Burger, Josh Smith and Evan Carter added solo homers. Texas had 16 hits, including six hits and four home runs off Minnesota starter Bailey Ober.

A five-run second inning allowed Texas to quickly pull away, and a six-run sixth inning to grow the Rangers' lead to 13-1 was further assurance. Minnesota had a solid eight hits, but went 3-13 with runners in scoring position and failed to dig themselves out of an early five-run hole.

Rockies 8, Giants 7

Orlando Arcia hit a two-run, walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to lift Colorado over San Francisco and snap a five-game Rockies skid. The loss snapped the Giants' six-game winning streak in one-run games.

San Francisco has had a penchant for tight games this year, with a major-league-leading 30 one-run games, including today's contest. The Giants quickly built a four-run lead in the second inning on the back of a sacrifice fly and a pair of RBI singles.

Colorado notched two runs in the fourth to narrow the lead, but San Francisco swiftly responded with a three-run Dominic Smith homer in the fifth. After falling down 7-2, the Rockies scored six unanswered runs, highlighted by a three-run ninth inning and capped by Arcia's decisive base hit.

Tigers 4, Orioles 1

Tarik Skubal pitched seven scoreless innings as Detroit won at Baltimore in the decisive game of a three-game set.

Dillon Dingler and Parker Meadows drilled fourth-inning home runs, with Meadows' three-run shot the big blow. Skubal (7-2) struck out six and allowed three singles and two walks. Will Vest handled the ninth for his 12th save.

Baltimore's Dylan Carlson (three hits) led off the eighth with a home run. Dean Kremer (5-7) permitted four runs on five hits in seven innings.

Cubs 3, Pirates 2

Pete Crow-Armstrong belted a two-run homer and Jameson Taillon recorded his fifth win in as many starts as host Chicago earned a victory over Pittsburgh.

Taillon (7-3), who began his career with Pittsburgh, allowed two runs on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. Seiya Suzuki added a solo shot for the Cubs, who won the opener of their 10-game homestand despite mustering just four hits.

Adam Frazier sliced an RBI double in the seventh among the four hits for the Pirates, who lost for just the second time in seven games. Pittsburgh starter Andrew Heaney (3-5) yielded three runs on four hits with seven strikeouts and no walks in six innings.

Astros 4, White Sox 3

Framber Valdez recorded a season-high 12 strikeouts while leading Houston to a victory over visiting Chicago.

Isaac Paredes slugged his club-leading 15th homer and Jose Altuve added a two-run double as the Astros claimed the decisive game of the three-game series. Valdez (7-4) won his fifth consecutive start, firing five innings of two-run ball while permitting seven hits and a walk.

Chicago's Miguel Vargas finished 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple, a walk and two runs. Edgar Quero had three hits, including a pair of RBI singles. Davis Martin (2-7) Martin allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts over six innings.

Isaac Paredes slugged his club-leading 15th home run and Jose Altuve added a two-run double as the Astros claimed the decisive game of the three-game series. Houston earned a split of the six-game season series with the White Sox.

While his streak of consecutive quality starts was snapped at six, Valdez (7-4) nevertheless won his fifth consecutive start. He fired five innings of two-run ball, permitting seven hits and a walk.

Chicago's Miguel Vargas finished 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple, a walk and two runs. Edgar Quero had three hits, including RBI singles in the third and fifth innings.

The Astros erased a 1-0 deficit in the bottom of the third when four consecutive batters reached with one out. Paredes followed a Jeremy Pena single with a walk, and both of them scored when Altuve roped a double into the left field corner. Yainer Diaz added a double that plated Altuve for a 3-1 lead.

Quero's second RBI hit pulled the White Sox within 3-2 in the top of the fifth. In the bottom of the frame, Paredes socked a 1-1 fastball from White Sox starter Davis Martin (2-7) for 400-foot solo homer to left-center field.

Paredes finished 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs. He departed in the seventh inning after limping through the first base bag while rolling into a double play.

Martin allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts over six innings.

Valdez stranded the bases loaded in the first by recording a called third strike against Tim Elko, his third strikeout of that frame.

He fanned the first two batters of the second inning, the final two batters of the third, and struck out a pair of batters in both the fourth and fifth.

Mike Tauchman smacked a leadoff homer off Astros closer Josh Hader in the ninth, but Hader recovered to record his 18th save despite allowing a two-out double to Vargas.

Taillon (7-3), who began his major league career with Pittsburgh, allowed two runs on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. He has yielded just seven runs on 19 hits in 33 innings during his winning streak.

Seiya Suzuki added a solo shot for the Cubs, who won the opener of their 10-game homestand despite mustering just four hits.

Adam Frazier sliced an RBI double in the seventh inning among the four hits for the Pirates, who lost for just the second time in seven games.

Pittsburgh starter Andrew Heaney (3-5) retired the first 10 batters he faced before Kyle Tucker ripped a one-out single in the fourth inning. Crow-Armstrong came up two batters later and deposited a 2-2 fastball over the right-center-field wall to open the scoring.

The homer was Crow-Armstrong's team-leading 18th of the season and third in his past seven games.

Suzuki sent a 2-1 changeup from Heaney over the wall in left field to stake Chicago to a 3-0 lead in the sixth inning. The homer was Suzuki's 17th of the season and third in his past six games.

Taillon allowed just a one-out single to Andrew McCutchen in the first inning before breezing into the seventh.

Spencer Horwitz, however, ripped a one-out double before scoring Pittsburgh's first run on Frazier's single to left field. Taillon allowed another single before being replaced by Brad Keller, who hit a batter with a pitch and issued a bases-loaded walk to Jared Triolo before striking out Oneil Cruz to end the inning.

Chicago reliever Daniel Palencia retired the side in order in the eighth inning and Ryan Pressly did the same in the ninth to secure his fifth save of the season.

Heaney yielded three runs on four hits with seven strikeouts and no walks in six innings.

The hard-throwing 23-year-old right-hander struck out five before appearing to stumble on his third pitch of the sixth inning to Victor Scott II. Nick Mears relieved and finished the walk to Scott, the fourth charged to Misiorowski in an 81-pitch outing.

The Brewers announced later that Misiorowski left with right calf and quad cramping.

Misiorowski (1-0) topped 100 mph on four of his six pitches to Lars Nootbaar to open the game and fanned Pedro Pages on a 101.1 mph four-seam fastball to end the fifth.

Jackson Chourio hit a two-run homer to cap a five-run fifth against Sonny Gray (7-2) that put the Brewers up 6-0.

Gray, who was 4-0 in his previous six starts, allowed six runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked one.

Isaac Collins walked to open the fifth but Gray picked him off first. Brice Turang and Caleb Durbin followed with consecutive singles and Joey Ortiz doubled in a run to make it 2-0.

Sal Frelick, who went 3-for-4 and scored twice, followed with a two-run single to left. Chourio then sent the first pitch from Gray 410 feet to center for his 12th homer.

The Cardinals did not get a hit until Willson Contreras' leadoff single off Aaron Ashby in the seventh. Ashby covered the final three innings for his first save, allowing three hits with one strikeout.

The Brewers took a 1-0 lead in the second when Collins lined a two-out triple into the right field corner and Turang beat out an RBI infield single.

Misiorowski retired the first six hitters before walking Nolan Gorman to open the third. Gorman was then erased on a double play.

Misiorowski walked Nootbar to open the fourth and issued a two-out walk to Contreras, but got Alec Burleson on a popup to second.

The American League East-leading Yankees totaled 16 runs and 24 hits in the first two games of the three-game set, but managed five hits against four Royals pitchers in the finale. Yet that was enough for the victory to claim all six games this season versus Kansas City.

The Royals, amid a 10-19 rut that dropped them below .500 for the first time since April 27, were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position. Kansas City's Vinnie Pasquantino did extend his hitting streak to a career-high 12 games and on-base streak to 27 with a single leading off the second.

Reyes opened the eighth with a single against Kansas City's Lucas Erceg (1-2), who then struck out Aaron Judge looking after he came off the bench on his first day out of the starting lineup this season. Reyes advanced to second on a Trent Grisham groundout.

Ater Ben Rice walked, Paul Goldschmidt sent a liner off the glove of first baseman Pasquantino, who tried to get the out at first but was late. A streaking Reyes, meanwhile, stopped between third and home, then again broke for the plate, where catcher Freddy Fermin was unable to grab the low throw from Erceg, who was covering first. Erceg was charged with an error.

Lugo allowed three walks but only singles to J.C. Escarra and Grisham before leaving with two outs in the sixth and two on. A 28-minute rain delay followed, then Angel Zerpa retired Cody Bellinger via a diving catch from center fielder Kyle Isbel.

Warren came back out after the delay but was replaced with two outs and a runner on first in the bottom of the sixth. The right-hander gave up four hits and a walk and struck out four.

Kansas City failed to score after opening the second with back-to-back singles. It squandered Nick Loftin's one-triple in the fifth and left runners on the corners in the seventh.

New York's Mark Leiter Jr. (4-3) pitched one-third of an inning for the win.

Dillon Dingler and Parker Meadows drilled fourth-inning home runs, with Meadows' three-run shot the big blow.

Skubal (7-2), who struck out six, limited the Orioles to three singles and two walks. He entered the game without issuing a walk in his previous 23 2/3 innings.

Tommy Kahnle and Will Vest each worked an inning of relief to complete the combined four-hitter.

Javier Baez and Zach McKinstry had two hits apiece for the Tigers, who have won four of their last six.

Baltimore's Dylan Carlson led off the eighth with a home run off Kahnle, his fourth homer of the year. Carlson finished with three hits.

Keegan Akin worked one scoreless inning, despite Jahmai Jones' double on the game's second pitch, in an opener role for Baltimore before Dean Kremer worked the next seven innings. Kremer (5-7) allowed four runs on five hits and two walks with eight strikeouts.

The first run came on Dingler's home run with one out in the fourth, his seventh long ball this year. Three batters later, Meadows went deep on a Kremer delivery to expand the margin to 4-0.

It was the first home run of the season for Meadows in his 10th game of the season.

Baltimore was coming off a 10-run outburst in Wednesday night's victory, but the bats were mostly quiet.

There weren't an abundance of scoring opportunities with each team stranding five runners. The Orioles threatened against Skubal in the second with a two-out walk and an infield single putting runners at the corners before Colton Cowser struck out.

Colorado scored three times in the ninth for its first walk-off victory of the season and ended San Francisco's streak of one-run wins at six. The Rockies (13-55) snapped a five-game slide.

The Rockies trailed 7-5 entering the ninth but loaded the bases with one out against Randy Rodriguez (3-1). Brenton Doyle's sharp grounder to third base was bobbled by Casey Schmitt for an error, and Sam Hilliard scored.

Rodriguez fanned pinch hitter Hunter Goodman but Arcia singled to left on a full count to drive in the tying and winning runs.

Mickey Moniak homered among his two hits, Thairo Estrada had three hits and Jordan Beck contributed a pair for Colorado. Seth Halvorsen (1-1) got the win with an inning of relief.

Dominic Smith homered and singled twice and Wilmer Flores had two hits for the Giants, who had won seven in a row entering Thursday. They have played 30 one-run games, tops in the majors.

San Francisco (40-29) took a 4-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI single, a sacrifice fly and Heliot Ramos's two-run base hit.

The Rockies cut the deficit in half in the fourth on rookie Ryan Ritter's two-run single but Smith's three-run home in the fifth, his first of the season, made it 7-2 and chased starter Antonio Senzatela.

Senzatela allowed seven runs on nine hits in four-plus innings.

Moniak's seventh homer of the season made it 7-3 in the sixth but San Francisco starter Hayden Birdsong retired the next two batters to end his day.

Birdsong gave up three runs on six hits in six innings, his longest outing of the season. He walked a pair and fanned six.

Colorado closed the gap against the Giants' bullpen in the seventh. With one out, Beck singled, Sam walked and Estrada doubled to bring home both runners. Erik Miller relieved Sean Hjelle and walked Ryan McMahon to put the tying run on base but got the final two outs to keep it a two-run game.

San Francisco fell one game behind the idle Dodgers in the National League West. The two squads face off at Dodger Stadium in a three-game series beginning on Friday.

Gomber, 31, is on the 60-day injured list after making just one appearance in spring training on Feb. 25.

The Rockies on Thursday optioned rookie left-hander Carson Palmquist, who was scheduled to start against the Braves, to Triple-A Albuquerque and recalled right-hander Anthony Molina from the affiliate.

Gomber threw 69 pitches and struck out five while allowing one hit, three walks and one unearned run in four innings of a rehabilitation start on Tuesday for Albuquerque.

He went 5-12 last season for Colorado with a 4.75 ERA, 38 walks and 116 strikeouts in a career-high 165 innings over 30 starts.

Gomber is a career 35-40 with a 4.86 ERA, 203 walks and 505 strikeouts in 648 innings over 156 games (112 starts) for the St. Louis Cardinals (2018, 2020) and Rockies (2021-present).

The 24-year-old Palmquist, the No. 5 starter in the Rockies' rotation, is 0-4 with a 7.77 ERA, 13 walks and 16 strikeouts in 22 innings over five starts. Colorado selected him in the third round of the 2022 MLB Draft out of the University of Miami.

Molina, 23, has pitched one inning for Colorado this season and struck out one of three batters faced.

In corresponding moves, right-hander Chris Roycroft was optioned and outfielder Ryan Vilade was designated for assignment.

Granillo, 25, is set to make his major league debut after he went 4-0 with a 1.82 ERA in 18 relief appearances at Memphis, holding opponents to a .159 batting average.

Siani, 25, was 4-for-16 (.250) in 18 games for the Cardinals earlier this season and is a career .222 hitter with two home runs and 20 RBIs in parts of four seasons with the Cincinnati Reds (2022-23) and Cardinals.

Roycroft, 27, was 1-3 with a 6.92 ERA in 14 relief appearances for the Cardinals this season, while Vilade, 26, was 1-for-13 (.077) in seven games.

To make room on the 40-man roster, right-hander Jackson Jobe (elbow) was moved to the 60-day injured list. The rookie reportedly is headed for Tommy John surgery.

Gage, 32, last pitched in the major leagues in 2023 with the Houston Astros. He is 0-1 with a 1.83 ERA in 16 relief appearances for the Astros and Toronto Blue Jays (2022).

Brieske, 27, is 1-3 with a 6.55 ERA and one save in 22 appearances (one start) this season. In parts of four seasons with the Tigers, he is 10-17 with a 4.14 ERA and four saves in 108 games (29 starts).

Jobe, 22, was 4-1 with a 4.22 ERA in 10 starts this season. He last pitched May 28 against the San Francisco Giants when he gave up three runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings in a no-decision.

With one out in the sixth, Senga raced over to cover first base on a grounder by CJ Abrams. First baseman Pete Alonso fielded the ball but made a high throw as Senga covered the bag.

Senga leaped to corral the ball and landed awkwardly on the bag for the out but immediately went down in foul territory. He was holding his right hamstring and exited the game after a brief consultation with manager Carlos Mendoza and a trainer.

Senga allowed just one hit and the Mets held a 4-0 lead when he exited the contest.

Senga, 32, entered Thursday with a 6-3 record and his 5 2/3 innings lowered his ERA to an MLB-best 1.47.

Senga (7-3) allowed a clean single to James Wood two batters into the contest and one other baserunner. He was injured covering first base on a grounder by CJ Abrams hit to first baseman Pete Alonso.

With one out in the sixth, Senga raced over to cover first. Alonso fielded the ball but made a high throw as Senga covered the bag.

Senga jumped to catch Alonso's throw and immediately fell down. He was holding the back of his right leg and, after a brief consultation with manager Carlos Mendoza and a trainer, Senga exited the game.

Senga retired 13 straight before issuing his only walk of the contest to Jose Tena in the fifth. Senga struck out five and lowered his ERA to an MLB-best 1.47.

Before Senga's injury marred New York's sixth straight win and 13th in the past 14 home encounters with the Nationals, Jeff McNeil and Brandon Nimmo homered.

McNeil hit a three-run homer into the right row of the lower right field seats in the first inning off Washington's Michael Soroka (3-4) after walks to Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto.

It was McNeil's fifth homer in his past 11 games.

Nimmo homered for the third time in the three-game series when his drive hit the right field foul pole with one out in the fifth.

The Mets were not threatened until the ninth when Washington hit three straight singles off Ryne Stanek and cut the lead to 4-1 on a single by Luis Garcia Jr.

Edwin Diaz replaced Stanek and loaded the bases by walking Nathaniel Lowe, gave up an RBI single by Josh Bell and threw a wild pitch that allowed the Nationals to make it a one-run game before Diaz secured his 15th save.

Soroka allowed four runs on three hits in five innings. He struck out five, walked three and was unable to win a third straight start.

Wood had three singles for the Nationals, who lost their fifth straight and fell to 2-8 in their past 10 games.

Texas, which has been struggling to produce runs this season, broke out in a huge way in winning twice in the three-game set. The Rangers racked up a season-high 16 runs on Tuesday in the series opener and matched that number on Thursday, thanks mostly to six home runs -- four of them off Minnesota starter Bailey Ober.

Rangers starter Patrick Corbin (4-5) surrendered three runs in six hits and three walks over five-plus innings while striking out six. He was credited with a win for the first time since May 14 against the Colorado Rockies, snapping a streak of four starts without a victory.

Texas ended its season-high nine-game road trip 4-5 after dropping the first three contests in Tampa against the Rays. The Rangers won their second straight series and their fourth game in their past five outings with an offensive barrage that began with Josh Smith's home run to open the game.

After Minnesota answered in the bottom of the first inning on Carlos Correa's RBI single to tie the game, Texas responded with a five-run second highlighted by a solo home run by Jake Burger, a run-scoring single by Kyle Higashioka and a three-run round-tripper by Langford made it 6-1.

Evan Carter added the Rangers' fourth homer with a solo shot with one out in the fifth. Carter's single in the sixth drove home Smith and, after a stolen base, Burger followed with a single that plated Marcus Semien and Carter and expanded the margin to 10-1.

Ober (4-3) went 4 2/3 innings, allowing seven runs in six hits and six walks while striking out three. He is now 0-2 over his past seven starts and has not won since beating the host Boston Red Sox on May 3.

Garcia ripped three-run homer off reliever Joey Wentz to push the lead to 13-1 and cap the Rangers' six-run sixth inning.

Will Castro's run-scoring double in the bottom of the sixth chased Corbin before Brooks Lee's groundout off Hoby Milner scored Royce Lewis and cut the Twins' deficit to 13-3.

Castro's two hits paced Minnesota's eight-hit attack.

Haggerty added his three-run homer off Jonah Bride in the ninth as the Rangers finished with 16 hits in the win.

Civale's spot in the rotation was taken by top prospect Jacob Misiorowski, who was summoned from Triple-A Nashville to make his MLB debut against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday. Milwaukee also features Freddy Peralta, rookie Chad Patrick, Quinn Priester and Jose Quintana in its starting rotation.

Shortly after the team informed Civale that he was moving to the bullpen, his agent, Jack Toffey, made the request to Brewers general manager Matt Arnold.

"The conversation was very professional," Toffey said Thursday, per The Athletic. "I just very respectfully said that Aaron would really like an opportunity to continue his career as a starter. He's going to be a free agent at the end of the year."

Toffey said Civale is merely examining his options.

"Aaron is not angry or banging his fist on the table," Toffey said. "But it's a little confusing because he did not pitch his way out of the rotation whatsoever. It's more of a subjective choice the organization is making."

Brewers manager Pat Murphy had a different take about Civale's move to the bullpen.

"He's not happy," Murphy said, per the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

"Throughout his career, he's been a successful starter in the major leagues, he helped us last year. He's been fine. ... Even though he's never done it, we think he can handle that. You look at Civale's third-time-around numbers, he might be better suited on this year's team right now, to disrupt everything else less, if he can be in that long relief role."

Civale, who turned 30 on Thursday, has recorded all 122 of his regular-season appearances as a starter. He did come out of the bullpen in a Game 1 loss of the 2024 National League wild-card series against the New York Mets, throwing three scoreless innings.

Civale is 1-2 with a 4.91 ERA in five starts this season with Milwaukee.

He is 40-37 with a 4.06 ERA in his career with Cleveland (2019-23), the Tampa Bay Rays (2023-24) and Brewers, who traded for him last July.

"He's a guy that was a very helpful part to our team last year," Arnold said of Civale. "We traded for him, he's done a nice job here coming back off of injury. He's done nothing wrong here, certainly, and I think that he'll continue to get chances.

"And things can change. We used how many, 17, different starters last year? There's always something that can happen where he can slide back into that role and he's proven he can do that at a high level in the major leagues and especially here.

"Right now, we think it's the right move for him and the team."

In a lengthy article about a wrongful death civil lawsuit filed against the Angels by the Skaggs family, The Athletic reported that Skaggs' former agent said in a deposition that the pitcher received some drugs from Wade Miley, a teammate with the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2013 season.

Miley, 38, recently was signed by the Cincinnati Reds.

Ryan Hamill, who was Skaggs' agent, testified he discussed Skaggs' drug use with both the pitcher and his family.

"He came clean," Hamill testified. "He said he had been using -- I believe it was Percocets -- and he said he got them through Wade Miley."

The Hamill deposition was included in "hundreds of pages of testimony" that The Athletic said were posted, apparently erroneously, on the California court's online portal last week.

Skaggs, 27, died of a drug overdose while the Angels were on a road trip to play the Texas Rangers in 2019. Eric Kay, the team's former communications director, was sentenced to 22 years in prison in 2022 after being found guilty of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.

The Skaggs family is suing the Angels, contending high-level team officials, as well as other employees, knew Kay was a drug user and should have known he was Skaggs' source.

The family is seeking $210 million in damages. The Angels have filed a motion seeking a summary judgment and to have the claim dismissed.

Miley also was mentioned in Kay's criminal case, but he was never charged with a crime.

Both Hamill and Miley, through his agent, declined to comment to The Athletic.

The Reds signed left-hander Miley on June 4 after starting pitcher Hunter Greene landed on the injured list.

Miley had not pitched in the majors since April 16, 2024, because of ulnar collateral ligament surgery.

With the Reds, he has appeared in two games. He got the win in Cincinnati's 7-4 game against the Cleveland Guardians on Monday. He started and threw five innings, giving up three runs on five hits and four walks.

Miley began his career with the Diamondbacks in 2011, then later played with the Boston Red Sox (2015). Seattle Mariners (2016), Baltimore Orioles (2016-17), Milwaukee Brewers (2018), Houston Astros (2019), Reds (2020-21), Chicago Cubs (2022) and Brewers (2023-24).

San Francisco came close to its seventh consecutive one-run victory, which would have tied the major league record set by the 1927 Chicago Cubs.

Willy Adames homered among his three hits, Mike Yastrzemski, Heliot Ramos and Schmitt had two hits each and Jung Hoo Lee and Adames scored three runs apiece for San Francisco. Yastrzemski knocked in three runs.

Giants reliever Tristan Beck (1-0) pitched three innings of two-run ball.

San Francisco trailed 6-3 after seven innings but hit three singles to load the bases with one out in the eighth against Tyler Kinley (0-3). Schmitt walked to bring home one run, and Yastrzemski hit a two-run double to tie it.

Schmitt's slide on Fitzgerald's sacrifice bunt made it 7-6, and San Francisco tacked on three more runs in the ninth for its first multirun win since June 1.

Goodman homered and doubled twice and Jordan Beck and Brenton Doyle had two hits each for Colorado, which has lost five in a row. Rockies starter Kyle Freeland allowed three runs on six hits in six innings but got a no-decision. He struck out five and walked two.

The Giants went ahead 3-0 on Adames' two-run homer in the first, his seventh, and his sacrifice fly in the third.

The Rockies rallied in the bottom of the third off San Francisco starter Robbie Ray.

Tyler Freeman and Beck singled, and one out later, Goodman doubled to bring home Freeman. Thairo Estrada hit a grounder to second, and first baseman Jerar Encarnacion missed the throw, allowing both runners to score to tie it.

Keston Hiura hit a two-out RBI single to put Colorado in front 4-3.

Ray lasted four innings, allowing four runs -- two earned -- on six hits and two walks. He struck out five in his shortest outing since April 16 at Philadelphia.

The Rockies tacked on a run in the fifth on Orlando Arcia's RBI single and another when Ryan Ritter led off the sixth with a triple and scored on Freeman's sacrifice fly.

The Giants will aim to sweep the three-game series on Thursday.