Cal Raleigh hit his sixth homer for Seattle, which won for the sixth time in its past seven games to nudge a half-game ahead of the defending World Series champion Rangers. The Mariners also won at Globe Life Field for the first time since 2022 after going winless in six games there last season.

Gilbert (2-0) allowed just two hits, a two-out double to right field by Josh Smith in the fourth inning and a leadoff double by Nathaniel Lowe in the seventh. Gilbert, a right-hander, walked four and struck out six.

Rangers right-hander Dane Dunning (2-2) took the loss. He gave up four runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings, with three walks and seven strikeouts.

Angels 7, Orioles 4

Mike Trout hit a leadoff home run and Los Angeles ended a five-game losing streak by beating visiting Baltimore.

The bottom four hitters in the Los Angeles lineup -- Logan O'Hoppe, Jo Adell, Luis Rengifo and Zach Neto -- combined to go 8-for-14 with five runs and five RBIs. Starter Griffin Canning (1-3) allowed three runs and five hits in five innings; he struck out four and walked two.

Gunnar Henderson hit a solo homer and drove in two runs, and Adley Rutschman had three hits and a run scored for Baltimore, which had won three straight and seven of eight. Grayson Rodriguez (3-1) allowed seven runs and 11 hits in 4 1/3 innings; he struck out seven and walked one.

Twins 6, White Sox 5

Byron Buxton tied the game with a ninth-inning leadoff homer and Alex Kirilloff delivered a game-ending RBI single with two outs as host Minnesota handed Chicago a fifth straight loss.

Buxton, who had three hits, led off the ninth with a game-tying home run against Steven Wilson (1-2). Wilson recovered to get the next out before walking Carlos Santana and giving up a double to Ryan Jeffers to set the stage for Kirilloff.

Eloy Jimenez had two hits, including a three-run home run, for Chicago. Erick Fedde gave up one run on three hits in six innings, striking out a career-best 11 while issuing zero walks.

Braves 5, Marlins 0

Max Fried threw a shutout and earned his fifth straight win against Miami, as Atlanta rolled over the visiting Marlins for its eighth win in nine games.

Fried (2-0) needed only 92 pitches and allowed three hits and no walks and struck out six in beating Miami for the second time this season. Adam Duvall hit a two-run homer and Travis D'Arnaud finished 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.

Miami starter Trevor Rogers (0-3) continued to struggle against the Braves. He pitched 5 2/3 innings and allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits and one walk, striking out four. He dropped to 0-7 in his career against the Braves.

Dodgers 4, Nationals 1

Pinch hitter James Outman doubled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and Shohei Ohtani homered to lead off the ninth as Los Angeles used late offense to defeat host Washington.

Freddie Freeman and Miguel Rojas each had two hits as the Dodgers played their first game of a nine-game road trip. Ohtani has six home runs this season as he homered in back-to-back games for the second time this season.

CJ Abrams had three of the seven hits for the Nationals, who were trying to get back to .500.

Guardians 4, Red Sox 1

Ben Lively allowed one run over 6 1/3 strong innings and Will Brennan's double sparked a two-run rally in the seventh as Cleveland won its fifth straight game, beating visiting Boston.

Lively yielded Wilyer Abreu's homer in the seventh, four other hits and struck out seven without issuing a walk. In the seventh, Brennan led off with a double into the right-center-field gap for his second hit and scored on Tyler Freeman's single to tie things at 1-1.

Brayan Rocchio then drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly, and the Guardians tacked on two more runs in the eighth. Red Sox starter Tanner Houck (3-2) took the loss after allowing two runs on five hits in six-plus innings.

Pirates 2, Brewers 1

Andrew McCutchen hit a leadoff homer in the first inning, Bailey Falter threw seven-plus effective frames and host Pittsburgh edged Milwaukee.

Falter (2-1) was working on a shutout before Gary Sanchez homered to lead off the eighth inning. Falter allowed one run on three hits and two walks. He tied a career high with eight strikeouts for the Pirates, who have won consecutive games after a six-game losing streak.

The Brewers' Tobias Myers (0-1) gave up one run on four hits in five innings during his major league debut. He walked one and recorded four strikeouts. Milwaukee has lost two in a row to open the four-game series after winning four straight.

Reds 8, Phillies 1

Elly De La Cruz belted a two-run homer and Christian Encarnacion-Strand had three hits and drove in two runs to lead Cincinnati past visiting Philadelphia.

Reliever Fernando Cruz (1-1) earned his first win of the season by working his way out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the fifth, retiring the two batters he faced. Alec Bohm doubled twice and drove in a run for the Phillies.

It was a rare off night for Philadelphia starting pitching, as lefty Cristopher Sanchez (1-3) was victimized by poor fielding. The Phillies committed three errors behind Sanchez, who was charged with five runs (one earned) and four hits over a season-low three innings.

Cubs 7, Astros 2

Mike Tauchman hit two home runs and drove in four runs, Cody Bellinger added a two-run homer and Chicago opened a three-game series against visiting Houston with a win.

Bellinger and Tauchman each homered against Astros starter J.P. France (0-3) during a five-run first inning for Chicago, which has won seven of its past 10 games.

Jordan Wicks (1-2) allowed two runs on five hits in a season-high six innings for the Cubs. France pitched five innings, allowing five runs on five hits.

Yankees 4, A's 3

Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run, first-inning double and Anthony Rizzo added a two-run homer in the frame as host New York edged Oakland.

Marcus Stroman (2-1) gave up three runs while striking out a season-high nine over 5 1/3 innings for the Yankees, who have won four of six. Clay Holmes earned his ninth save with a 1-2-3 ninth.

Shea Langeliers and Lawrence Butler homered for the Athletics, who have lost six of eight. Paul Blackburn (2-1) yielded four runs in the first but no more in his six-inning outing.

Tigers 4, Rays 2

Riley Greene and Mark Canha homered in a three-run eighth inning to help Detroit rally past Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Greene also hit a solo shot for his first career multi-homer game and Canha added a double for the Tigers, who are 4-1 in their past five games.

The Rays' Isaac Paredes homered and had two hits, while Harold Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a stolen base. Starter Ryan Pepiot yielded just one run on three hits over six innings, striking out four and walking two.

Royals 3, Blue Jays 2

Bobby Witt Jr. doubled in two runs as host Kansas City rallied past Toronto.

Witt finished with three hits and Garcia had two for the Royals, who snapped a franchise-record seven-game losing streak against Toronto. Kansas City had last downed the Blue Jays on April 3, 2023.

George Springer had three singles and Turner had two of Toronto's nine hits. The Blue Jays stranded 10 runners.

Diamondbacks 14, Cardinals 1

Pavin Smith drove in a career-high six runs with a grand slam and a two-run double as visiting Arizona rolled over St. Louis.

Christian Walker added a three-run homer, Kevin Newman hit a two-run shot and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 3-for-5 with an RBI and three runs for the Diamondbacks, who scored 12 or more runs for the fourth time this season.

Cardinals starting pitcher Steven Matz (1-2) allowed seven runs on six hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings. He issued three walks and fanned four. Zack Thompson gave up seven runs on seven hits in 2 2/3 innings as St. Louis lost for the fifth time in six games.

Rockies 7, Padres 4

Brendan Rodgers hit the first grand slam of his career in a five-run fourth inning and struggling Colorado beat San Diego in Denver.

Elehuris Montero had three hits and Ezequiel Tovar and Brenton Doyle had two hits each for the Rockies, who snapped a six-game losing streak to San Diego dating back to last August. The Rockies won for just the second time in the past 10 games and improved to 4-7 at home.

Jake Cronenworth had three hits while Ha-Seong Kim, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jackson Merrill had two hits apiece for the Padres, who didn't score after the third inning.

Giants 5, Mets 1

Logan Webb outdueled Luis Severino with eight shutout innings, Mike Yastrzemski capped a three-run fifth with a two-run single and San Francisco made it two in a row over visiting New York.

Michael Conforto had two hits against his former team for the Giants, including a single leading off the fifth that ended Severino's perfect-game bid after he had retired the first 12 batters.

Starling Marte (double and two singles), Pete Alonso (double and a single) and Jeff McNeil (two singles) accounted for seven of the nine New York hits as the Mets, after taking two of three from the Los Angeles Dodgers, fell to 2-3 on their California swing.

The bottom four hitters in the Los Angeles lineup -- Logan O'Hoppe, Jo Adell, Luis Rengifo and Zach Neto -- combined to go 8-for-14 with five runs and five RBIs.

Angels starter Griffin Canning (1-3) allowed three runs and five hits in five innings. He struck out four and walked two.

Adam Cimber pitched a scoreless sixth. Luis Garcia threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings and Carlos Estevez pitched the ninth for his fourth save of the season.

Gunnar Henderson hit a solo homer and drove in two runs, and Adley Rutschman had three hits and a run scored for Baltimore, which had won three straight and seven of eight.

Orioles starter Grayson Rodriguez (3-1) allowed seven runs and 11 hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked one.

Trout hit a 1-2 pitch to right-center field for his first leadoff home run since 2012, giving the Angels a 1-0 lead.

Adell and Rengifo had back-to-back one-out doubles in the second to make it 2-0. Neto followed with a single to right to drive in Rengifo for a 3-0 lead.

Taylor Ward doubled off the wall on the first pitch of the third before O'Hoppe delivered a two-out RBI double down the left-field line to make it 4-0. Adell followed with an RBI single to center for a 5-0 lead.

Rengifo led off the fourth with an infield single and scored from first on a double into the left-field corner by Neto to make it 6-0.

Neto moved to third on a fly out and scored on a line-drive single to right by Nolan Schanuel for a 7-0 lead.

Canning retired seven straight hitters before the first two batters reached in the fourth on a single and a walk. After a mound visit, Canning retired the next three in a row.

A single by Orioles rookie Jackson Holliday put runners on the corners with one out in the fifth. After a sacrifice fly cut it to 7-1, the Orioles put runners back on the corners and Ryan O'Hearn delivered a two-strike, two-run double to left field to make it 7-3.

Henderson hit a solo shot off Matt Moore in the seventh to trim the deficit to 7-4.

Michael Conforto had two hits against his former team for the Giants, including a single leading off the fifth that ended Severino's perfect-game bid after he had retired the first 12 batters he faced.

Matt Chapman followed Conforto's single with one of his own, setting up an RBI single by Thairo Estrada that ended the scoreless deadlock and Yastrzemski's single to center field that gave the Giants a 3-0 lead.

That was plenty of support for Webb (3-1), who allowed a two-out double to Omar Narvaez in the third, a leadoff single to Starling Marte in the fourth, a two-out infield hit by Jeff McNeil in the fifth, a two-out double by Marte in the sixth, a leadoff single by Pete Alonso in the seventh and a two-out single by Marte in the eighth.

The Mets never advanced a baserunner past second as Webb issued just one walk and the Giants played error-free defense behind him.

Webb finished with four strikeouts in his eight innings as he won his third straight decision.

Severino (2-2) was pulled after six innings, having allowed just the three fifth-inning runs and a total of five hits. He struck out five and didn't walk anyone.

The Giants tacked on against Drew Smith in the seventh when Estrada tripled, Yastrzemski completed a three-RBI night with another run-scoring single, and LaMonte Wade doubled to make it 5-0.

For the second night in a row, the Mets saved their best offense for the ninth inning, scoring on DJ Stewart's infield out after Alonso had doubled and Brett Baty had singled off reliever Tyler Rogers.

McNeil's single prompted Camilo Doval to be summoned from the bullpen, and the San Francisco closer needed just five pitches to record the final two outs for his fourth save.

Estrada collected a triple, a single and two runs, while Yastrzemski joined Conforto with two hits for the Giants, who were out-hit 9-8.

Marte (double and two singles), Alonso (double and a single) and McNeil (two singles) accounted for seven of the nine New York hits as the Mets, after taking two of three from the Los Angeles Dodgers, fell to 2-3 on their California swing.

Elehuris Montero had three hits and Ezequiel Tovar and Brenton Doyle had two hits each for Colorado, which snapped a six-game losing streak to San Diego dating back to last August. The Rockies won for just the second time in the past 10 games and improved to 4-7 at home.

Jalen Beeks (2-1) tossed three scoreless, hitless innings for the win. Justin Lawrence got the final three outs for his first save of the season.

Jake Cronenworth had three hits while Ha-Seong Kim, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jackson Merrill had two hits apiece for the Padres, who didn't score after the third inning.

The Padres scored twice in the first on Cronenworth's RBI single and Jurickson Profar's sacrifice fly, and Colorado got a run in the second on an RBI hit by Nolan Jones to make it 2-1.

San Diego answered in the third inning. Luis Campusano drove in a run with a double and scored on Merrill's single off Rockies starter Ryan Feltner to give the Padres a 4-1 lead.

Feltner went four innings, giving up four runs on 10 hits and two walks with four strikeouts. He left trailing, but the Rockies erupted for five runs in the fourth against Michael King (2-2).

Two singles and an error loaded the bases with no outs, and Rodgers hit an 0-2 fastball 421 feet into the seats in left to give Colorado a 5-4 lead.

It was the Rockies' first home run in seven games and Rodgers' first of the season.

Colorado again loaded the bases in the inning and Montero drew a two-out walk to bring in another run. That was all for King, who allowed six runs (four earned) on eight hits in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked three.

Tovar extended the lead to three runs with an RBI single off reliever Stephen Kolek in the fifth inning.

Cal Raleigh also went deep for Seattle, which won for the sixth time in its past seven games to nudge a half-game ahead of the defending World Series champion Rangers. The Mariners also won at Globe Life Field for the first time since 2022 after going winless in six games there last season.

Gilbert (2-0) allowed just two hits, a two-out double to left field by Josh Smith in the fourth inning and a leadoff double by Nathaniel Lowe in the seventh. Gilbert, a right-hander, walked four and struck out six.

Mariners reliever Ryne Stanek got Leody Taveras to ground out with two runners on for the final out in the seventh, Gabe Speier fanned two in a 1-2-3 eighth and Andres Munoz got a game-ending double play in the ninth after Lowe had singled with one out.

Rangers right-hander Dane Dunning (2-2) took the loss. He gave up four runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings, with three walks and seven strikeouts.

Raleigh hit his team-leading sixth homer of the season in the first inning, a two-run shot to right field on an 0-2 fastball. Raleigh's fourth homer in the past five games also scored J.P. Crawford, who had led off with a double.

Rodriguez hit a 435-foot blast into the second deck in left-center field with one out in third on a 1-0 sinker to double Seattle's lead to 4-0. Josh Rojas, who had led off the inning with a double, also scored.

It was the opener of a nine-game homestand for the Rangers, who went 5-5 on their just-completed 10-game trip to Houston, Detroit and Atlanta.

Christian Walker added a three-run homer, Kevin Newman hit a two-run shot and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 3-for-5 with an RBI and three runs for the Diamondbacks, who scored 12 or more runs for the fourth time this season.

Tommy Henry (1-1) held the Cardinals to one run on five hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked one.

Logan Allen blanked the Cardinals for the last three innings to earn the first save of his career.

Cardinals starting pitcher Steven Matz (1-2) allowed seven runs on six hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings. He issued three walks and fanned four. Zack Thompson gave up seven runs on seven hits in 2 2/3 innings as St. Louis lost for the fifth time in six games.

Willson Contreras put St. Louis up 1-0 with a 439-foot homer in the first inning.

Arizona surged ahead 4-1 in the third inning after Matz lost his command. Jake McCarthy and Ketel Marte drew walks to set up the rally. Gurriel hit an RBI single with two outs, and Walker followed with his three-run blast.

The Diamondbacks extended their lead to 10-1 in the fifth inning. Marte hit a leadoff double and scored on Gabriel Moreno's single to start the outburst.

Gurriel singled and Walker popped out before Thompson replaced Matz on the mound. After Eugenio Suarez struck out, Randal Grichuk delivered an RBI single for his 1,000th career hit, Smith hit a two-run double off the top of the left field wall, and Newman launched a two-run homer.

Arizona made it 14-1 in the sixth inning. Gurriel hit a one-out double and Walker walked. Grichuk was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Smith, who smacked his 406-foot grand slam to right-center.

Minnesota scored two runs each in the eighth and ninth innings as the White Sox lost for the fifth straight game.

Buxton led off the ninth with a game-tying home run against Steven Wilson (1-2). Wilson recovered to get the next out before walking Carlos Santana. Ryan Jeffers followed with a bloop double, benefiting from a misread by Chicago left fielder Andrew Benintendi.

That set the stage for Kirilloff two batters later.

Eloy Jimenez had two hits, including a three-run home run, and Erick Fedde gave up one run on three hits in six innings for the White Sox.

The right-hander struck out a career-best 11 while issuing zero walks and retired the final 16 batters he faced.

A sour outing by the Chicago relief corps wiped away Fedde's opportunity for a victory.

Minnesota used a two-out rally to score the game's first run. After Fedde struck out the first two batters he faced, Trevor Larnach lined a double to right field and scored one batter later when Max Kepler drove him in with a single.

Jimenez connected for his second home run of the season in the fourth to give the White Sox a 3-1 lead. Danny Mendick led off the inning with the first of his two hits and Gavin Sheets walked ahead of Jimenez's blast against Twins starter Pablo Lopez.

Minnesota trimmed the advantage to 3-2 when Santana hit a two-out RBI double off Jordan Leasure in the seventh.

Benintendi answered with a two-out, two-run single in the eighth to extend the lead to 5-2.

The Twins drew closer on Larnach's two-run home run against Michael Kopech in the eighth.

Jay Jackson (1-1) was the winner, pitching two innings of one-run relief with four strikeouts.

Lopez allowed three runs and four hits in four innings with two walks and six strikeouts.

Trailing 2-0 with two outs in the fifth, the Royals took advantage of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s error. On a potential inning-ended grounder, Guerrero failed to catch third baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa's throw, allowing Michael Massey to score Kansas City's first run.

After Maikel Garcia's single, Witt followed with a two-run double to give Kansas City a 3-2 lead. The RBIs were Witt's first since April 11, and it marked the Royals' first lead in 32 innings.

The Blue Jays flooded the basepaths early against Royals starter Michael Wacha, putting eight runners on over the first three innings via five singles and three walks. However, Toronto stranded six while managing only one run on Justin Turner's run-scoring infield single in the third.

Turner scored on Alejandro Kirk's fifth-inning sacrifice fly for a 2-0 Blue Jays lead.

In 4 1/3 innings, Wacha allowed two runs on eight hits and three walks. He struck out four.

Toronto starter Kevin Gausman (0-3) -- the reigning American League strikeout leader -- didn't fan a batter until the final out of the fourth. He pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing three unearned runs on seven hits and a walk, with two strikeouts.

Chris Stratton (2-1) recorded five outs on 13 pitches for the victory as three Royals relievers combined for 4 2/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen. James McArthur logged two of those innings to notch his fifth save of the season.

Kansas City went 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position and left six on base.

Witt finished with three hits and Garcia had two for the Royals, who snapped a franchise-record seven-game losing streak against Toronto. Kansas City had last downed the Blue Jays on April 3, 2023.

George Springer had three singles and Turner had two of Toronto's nine hits. The Blue Jays stranded 10 runners.

Bellinger and Tauchman each homered against Astros starter J.P. France (0-3) during a five-run first inning for Chicago, which has won seven of its past 10 games.

Jordan Wicks (1-2) allowed two runs on five hits with zero walks and four strikeouts over a season-high six innings. Ben Brown, Mark Leiter, Jr., and Yency Almonte combined for three scoreless innings in relief.

Jake Meyers hit a solo homer, and Jose Altuve and Kyle Tucker had two hits apiece for Houston, which has lost 10 of its past 13 games. The Astros have scored a total of six runs during their current three-game skid.

Ian Happ, who returned after missing two games due to left hamstring tightness, began the Cubs' first-inning outburst with a one-out double. Bellinger followed with his fifth homer of the season, a two-run blast to right field.

After Michael Busch struck out, France walked Christopher Morel and gave up a single to Dansby Swanson before Tauchman homered to left field.

Houston pushed across a run in the fourth inning when Yainer Diaz's two-out double scored Tucker from second base. The Astros pulled closer on Meyers' two-out solo homer to left field in the fifth inning.

France pitched five innings, allowing five runs on five hits with four walks and six strikeouts.

The Cubs loaded the bases with one out in the sixth inning against Tayler Scott and moved ahead 6-2 when Swanson scored on Nico Hoerner's fielder's choice.

Tauchman hit a leadoff homer in the eighth inning against Seth Martinez. Tauchman is 9-for-20 (.450) with two homers and six RBIs in his past six games.

Bellinger exited the game in the seventh inning with a right rib contusion. Bellinger was unable to make a catch after hitting the center-field wall on a ball hit by Diaz in the fourth inning.

Atlanta has won the first two games of the series and the Braves have won eight of their past nine games. The Braves are 4-1 against Miami this season.

Fried (2-0) needed only 92 pitches and allowed three hits, no walks and struck out six in beating Miami for the second time this season. It was the fifth career complete game and fourth shutout for the left-hander. This season, Fried has pitched 15 1/3 innings and allowed only one run against the Marlins.

Fried ran into trouble once. In the seventh inning, the Marlins had runners at first and second base with no outs. But Fried got Josh Bell to ground into a double play and induced Avisail Garcia to ground out, ending the inning.

Miami starter Trevor Rogers (0-3) continued to struggle against the Braves. He pitched 5 2/3 innings and allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits and one walk, striking out four. He dropped to 0-7 in his career against the Braves.

Atlanta scored two unearned runs to take a 2-0 lead in the second inning. After Miami third baseman Otto Lopez made a fielding error on a possible double-play ball, the Braves got an RBI double from Michael Harris II and a sacrifice fly from David Fletcher.

Atlanta added three more runs in the fifth inning and took a 5-0 lead. Travis d'Arnaud had a sacrifice fly and Adam Duvall followed with a two-run homer, his second of the season.

D'Arnaud, who had hit five homers over the past four games, did not go deep but finished 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.

The Marlins were shut out for the second straight game and for the third time this season. Miami has not scored a run over the past 20 innings.

The Yankees have won four of six.

Marcus Stroman (2-1) earned the win for the Yankees after giving up three runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out a season-high nine over 5 1/3 innings. He had just one 1-2-3 inning but wriggled out of jams in the first, when he struck out Tyler Nevin to strand Seth Brown, and the second, when he induced Ryan Noda to ground out with two on.

Ron Marinaccio and Caleb Ferguson got three outs apiece before Dennis Santana retired both batters he faced in the eighth. Clay Holmes earned his ninth save with a 1-2-3 ninth.

Oakland starter Paul Blackburn (2-1) surrendered all four Yankees runs on five hits and no walks while striking out five over six innings.

Brown laced a run-scoring double before Shea Langeliers and Lawrence Butler homered for the Athletics, who have lost six of eight. Nevin had a pair of singles.

The Athletics took a brief lead in the top of the first, when Stroman retired the first two batters he faced before Brent Rooker worked a two-out walk and scored on Brown's sinking double to right.

The Yankees responded immediately in the bottom half. Juan Soto singled with one out and went to third on Aaron Judge's double. Both runners scored on Stanton's double and Rizzo followed with his second home run of the season.

Langeliers homered with two outs in the second and Butler led off the fourth by going deep for the Athletics.

Marinaccio retired Butler and Langeliers to strand Nevin at second in the sixth, and Ferguson got Rooker to fly out to leave Abraham Toro at first in the seventh. Ferguson, Santana and Holmes combined to set Oakland down in order in the final two innings.

With reliever Colin Poche (0-1) on the mound and the Rays ahead 2-1, Greene launched a two-run shot to right-center for his fifth homer of the season. After a flyout, Canha drilled his second homer in as many games and his fifth overall for a 4-2 lead.

Greene also hit a solo shot for his first career multi-homer game and Canha added a double for the Tigers, who are 4-1 in their past five games.

Alex Faedo (1-1) allowed two runs on three hits in two innings of relief but still came away with the win.

Detroit starter Kenta Maeda held the Rays scoreless over five innings. He allowed three singles, did not issue a walk and fanned five.

Tampa Bay's Isaac Paredes homered and had two hits, while Harold Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a stolen base. Rays starter Ryan Pepiot yielded just one run on three hits over six innings, striking out four and walking two.

In a bizarre start to the game, Maeda's defense failed him on the first two plays of the bottom of the first.

Shortstop Javier Baez booted a routine grounder for an error. Then with Richie Palacios batting, Carson Kelly committed catcher's interference as the Rays looked to go up early. However, Amed Rosario fouled out and Randy Arozarena grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Greene made it 1-0 in the third by squaring up Pepiot's 91-mph slider and lofting it an estimated 426 feet to straightaway center.

Faedo allowed a one-out single by Arozarena in the sixth, then Paredes followed with his sixth homer of the year to put Tampa Bay up 2-1.

Following the explosive eighth, Tigers closer Jason Foley pitched a perfect ninth with one strikeout for his seventh save in seven chances.

Freddie Freeman and Miguel Rojas each had two hits as the Dodgers played their first game of a nine-game road trip. Ohtani has six home runs this season, with his blast going an estimated 450 feet into the upper deck beyond right field. He has homered in back-to-back games for the second time this season.

Evan Phillips issued consecutive walks to put two Washington two runners on in the ninth, but Luis Garcia Jr. was caught in a rundown between third base and the plate after CJ Abrams' single. But Eddie Rosario walked to load the bases before Jesse Winker struck out.

Phillips notched his sixth save. Washington left 11 runners on base.

Alex Vesia (1-2) was the winning pitcher, throwing 1 1/3 innings of relief. Dodgers starter James Paxton went 4 2/3 innings, giving up one run on five hits and three walks with one strikeout.

Nationals starter Patrick Corbin pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings with three hits, three walks and three strikeouts. The bullpen failed to protect the lead. Hunter Harvey (1-1) took the loss after he was charged with both eighth-inning runs. Matt Barnes surrendered Ohtani's homer.

Abrams had three of the seven hits for the Nationals, who were trying to get back to .500.

Washington's run came in the second on Jacob Young's one-out bunt single. Luis Vargas, who led off with a double, scored the run.

The Dodgers pulled even in the sixth on Enrique Hernandez's run-scoring single.

In the eighth, Teoscar Hernandez reached on a walk and scored on Outman's double. Then, Rojas knocked in Outman with a two-out single to give Los Angeles a 3-1 lead.

Falter (2-1) was working on a shutout before Gary Sanchez homered to lead off the eighth inning, cutting the Brewers' deficit to 2-1.

The was final pitch for Falter, who allowed one run on three hits and two walks. He tied a career high with eight strikeouts for the Pirates, who have won consecutive games after a six-game losing streak.

Pirates reliever Colin Holderman threw the eighth inning, and David Bednar tossed a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

Milwaukee's Tobias Myers (0-1) gave up one run on four hits in five innings during his major league debut. He walked one and recorded four strikeouts. The Brewers have lost two in a row to open the four-game series after winning four straight.

For the second straight game, McCutchen led off the bottom of the first with a home run to give Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead.

The Pirates had a chance to add to it in the second. With two outs, Oneil Cruz reached on a single to center and Joey Bart followed up with a ground ball single to right field. Cruz advanced to third on a wild pitch, but he and Bart were left stranded when Michael A. Taylor popped out to end the inning.

Milwaukee had an opportunity in the top of the third. Joey Wiemer picked up the Brewers' first hit of the night with a leadoff single to left-center and then Brice Turang's ground-ball single allowed Wiemer to move to third. After Jackson Chourio struck out, Turang stole second during William Contreras' at-bat.

Contreras reached on a fielder's choice, but Wiemer was caught and tagged out between third and home on the play, and then Willy Adames grounded out, leaving the Brewers empty-handed.

Jared Koening came in for Myers in the bottom of the sixth, and the Pirates took advantage.

After Bryan Reynolds reached on a ground-ball single, Ke'Bryan Hayes connected on a base hit to give Pittsburgh two on with no outs. Pinch hitter Connor Joe singled on a sinker, driving in Reynolds to make it 2-0.

De La Cruz started an inning-ending double play in the sixth and made an over-the-shoulder grab in left field in the seventh to add to his highlight-filled night.

Reliever Fernando Cruz (1-1) earned his first win by working his way out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the fifth, retiring the two batters he faced.

It was a rare off night for Philadelphia starting pitching, as lefty Cristopher Sanchez (1-3) was victimized by poor fielding behind him.

Coming into Tuesday, Philadelphia starters had allowed just four earned runs over 51 2/3 innings amid a seven-game winning streak. The Phillies committed three errors behind Sanchez, who was charged with five runs -- one earned -- and four hits over a season-low three innings.

Alec Bohm doubled twice and drove in a run for the Phillies.

The Phillies grabbed a 1-0 lead off Cincinnati starter Andrew Abbott in the first when J.T. Realmuto and Alec Bohm doubled to left with two outs.

The Reds tied the game in the bottom of the inning after Stuart Fairchild reached on a mishandled grounder by third baseman Edmundo Sosa. Spencer Steer replaced Fairchild on a fielder's choice, and Encarnacion-Strand doubled down the right field line to score Steer with the unearned run.

The Phillies committed two more errors in the third, leading to three unearned runs, as the Reds scored four times off Sanchez with two outs.

Tyler Stephenson scored on Cristian Pache's throwing error from left field, and Nick Martini reached on an error by Bohm at first base that allowed two runs to score. Santiago Espinal closed out the inning with an RBI single to put Cincinnati up 5-1.

Abbott was cruising until he walked the bases loaded with none out in the fifth. After striking out Kyle Schwarber, Cruz came on to strike out Trea Turner and retire Realmuto on a liner to center.

Abbott fell two outs shy of qualifying for the win, allowing just one run and two hits over 4 1/3 innings. Abbott struck out three but walked four while throwing 79 pitches on the night.

In the bottom of the fifth, De La Cruz crushed a 95 mph fastball from reliever Yunior Marte to the seats in left for a two-run homer, his seventh of the season.

Espinal capped his three-hit night with a solo homer in the eighth, his first of the season.

After being outpitched by Boston's Tanner Houck during Cleveland's 2-0 loss at Fenway Park on April 17 in his 2024 debut, Lively yielded just Wilyer Abreu's homer in the seventh, four other hits and struck out seven without a walk while again opposing the Red Sox right-hander. Lively had missed the opening weeks of his Cleveland tenure due to a viral illness.

Houck (3-2), who tossed a three-hit complete game against the Guardians last week, was nearly as dominant Tuesday. But in the seventh, Brennan led off with a double into the right-center-field gap for his second hit and scored on Tyler Freeman's tying single.

Houck's night ended when he walked Estevan Florial without recording an out in the seventh. Brennan Bernardino entered and walked David Fry to load the bases. Brayan Rocchio followed with a sacrifice fly, charged to Houck, that put Cleveland ahead 2-1.

Jose Ramirez's opposite-field homer to right and Florial's RBI double in the eighth provided insurance for the Guardians, who have won eight of nine and are an MLB-best 17-6.

Meanwhile, Rob Refsnyder had three hits for the Red Sox, who despite being plagued by injuries, are two-games above .500 and just came off a three-game series sweep of Pittsburgh. However, they managed just six hits in the opener of this three-game set.

Boston broke Tuesday's stalemate with one out in the seventh. Abreu, who had just three career homers in 46 big-league games entering this contest, sent a 2-2 pitch from Lively into the right-field seats.

However, the Guardians were finally able to get to Houck -- who gave up five hits and walked three with four strikeouts -- in the bottom of that frame.

Cleveland's Scott Barlow (1-2) earned the win and Emmanuel Clase struck out the side in the ninth for his seventh save.

Cueto, 38, will be trying to pitch in the major leagues for his fourth organization in four seasons, and sixth overall, after he made 13 appearances (10 starts) for the Miami Marlins last season and 25 appearances (24 starts) for the Chicago White Sox in 2022. He finished the last of his six seasons with the San Francisco Giants in 2021.

In 368 career appearances (363 starts), Cueto is 144-111 with a 3.50 ERA for the Cincinnati Reds (2008-15), Kansas City Royals (2015), Giants, White Sox and Marlins. He was 1-4 with a 6.02 ERA for Miami in 2023, missing time with a biceps injury and a viral infection.

Cueto finished in the top six of National League Cy Young Award voting three times, including a runner-up finish in 2014 as a member of the Reds, when he earned one of his two All-Star Game nods.

With the Royals, Cueto made just 13 starts but helped the club to the 2015 World Series title.

Hendricks has a lower back strain, while Smyly has a right hip impingement, with his roster move retroactive to Monday.

The Cubs also recalled right-hander Hayden Wesneski and left-hander Luke Little from Triple-A Iowa to restock the pitching staff, while infielder Garrett Cooper was designated for assignment and first baseman Matt Mervis was recalled.

Hendricks, 34, was off to a rough start, going 0-3 with a 12.00 ERA, seven walks and 16 strikeouts in 21 innings over five starts. He allowed major league-highs of 37 hits, 28 earned runs and eight home runs.

Hendricks has spent his entire 11-year MLB career with the Cubs and is 93-72 with a 3.60 ERA and 1,188 strikeouts in 1,470 2/3 innings over 252 appearances (251 starts).

Smyly, 34, made nine relief appearances, going 2-2 with a 4.97 ERA, five walks and 11 strikeouts in 12 2/3 innings.

The former starting pitcher has 11 years in the major leagues for the Detroit Tigers (2012-14), Tampa Bay Rays (2014-16), Texas Rangers (2019), Philadelphia Phillies (2019), San Francisco Giants (2020), Atlanta Braves (2021) and Cubs since 2022.

Smyly is 66-60 with a 4.23 ERA in 289 appearances (179 starts), including three saves and 1,074 strikeouts in 1,098 2/3 innings.

Cooper, 33, signed with the Cubs as a minor league free agent on April 2, made the Opening Day roster and batted .270 with one homer and six RBIs in 12 games. He has played for the New York Yankees (2017), Miami Marlins (2018-23) and San Diego Padres (2023).

Mervis, who turned 26 on April 16, broke into the majors with the Cubs in 2023, when he batted .167 in 27 games. He entered this season as the club's No. 15 prospect according to MLB Pipeline.

Little, 23, is 0-0 with a 2.35 ERA in 7 2/3 innings over eight games (one start) this season. Wesneski, 26, earned the win and did not allow a run in a four-inning relief appearance April 17 against Arizona.

Alcantara, 27, was acquired for cash considerations as he joined the Diamondbacks for the fifth time. He was traded to the Diamondbacks by the Chicago Cubs for cash before the 2022 season then lost on a waiver claim to the San Diego Padres later in the season. But he returned in the same season on another waiver claim.

In three major league seasons with four clubs, Alcantara is a .209 hitter with 12 home runs and 47 RBIs. He spent last season at Triple-A in the Cubs' organization and opened this season at Triple-A with the Pirates.

Jacques, 29, gave up a run in 1 2/3 innings of his lone outing with the Red Sox this season. In 24 appearances (one start) over two seasons for Boston, he was 2-1 with a 5.08 ERA. He was designated for assignment Friday.

Both Alcantara and Jacques were placed on the 40-man roster and assigned to Triple-A Reno.

To take Garcia's spot on the roster, in advance of the opener of a home series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Nationals purchased the contract of right-hander Jacob Barnes. Garcia's move is retroactive to Sunday.

Last Monday, the Nationals placed catcher Keibert Ruiz on the IL with the flu -- retroactive to April 12 -- in advance of a road series against the Dodgers, which prevented him from playing against his former team. The Washington Post reported Ruiz lost between 18 and 20 pounds during his illness.

Garcia, 27, is 0-1 with a 6.48 ERA in 11 relief appearances this season. He is 2-3 with a 4.24 ERA over 36 relief appearances in two seasons with the Miami Marlins and Nationals.

Barnes, 34, is in the major leagues for the first time this season, his first in Washington. In eight major league seasons for eight different clubs, he is 8-17 with a 4.76 ERA in 265 appearances (one start). He had a 5.93 ERA and an 0-1 record in 13 appearances with the St. Louis Cardinals last season.

With Triple-A Rochester this season, he has appeared in seven games, striking out 10 in eight innings of scoreless relief. He has recorded two saves.

To open a spot on the 40-man roster for Barnes, utility man Jake Alu was designated for assignment.