In a battle of teams off to strong starts, the Tampa Bay Rays will carry a six-game winning streak into the opener of an interleague three-game set against the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.

Veteran right-hander Nick Martinez (0-0, 2.16 ERA) will try to extend the Rays’ winning surge to seven in a row when they face the improved Pirates and rookie right-hander Bubba Chandler (0-1, 3.86).

The Rays rallied with three runs in the ninth inning on Thursday to complete their first three-game road sweep of the Chicago White Sox since 2019. This feat came on the heels of Tampa Bay’s first home sweep of the New York Yankees since 2018.

The Rays have been finding different ways to produce runs in clutch situations. In Thursday’s win, Junior Caminero tied the game in the ninth with a home run before Tampa Bay loaded the bases on a single, walk and hit by pitch, then scored two runs on consecutive walks drawn by Hunter Feduccia and Taylor Walls.

“That’s baseball right there,” right fielder Ryan Vilade said Thursday morning. “Get ’em over, get ’em in. Jonny DeLuca with the big pump (Wednesday) night. But he can also drop one down. So, it’s like, ‘How do you defend it?’ It’s tough. It’s been fun.”

Martinez is 2-3 with a 3.16 ERA against the Pirates in nine appearances (four starts). His solid start to the season has also been a factor in keeping the Rays in position to win consistently.

Martinez threw 4 2/3 innings last Saturday against the Yankees, allowing one run on five hits and three walks while striking out four.

He’ll try to shut down a Pirates lineup performing much better than a year ago, when it finished at or near the bottom of the majors in most offensive categories.

However, some of Pittsburgh’s most promising talent is still experiencing growing pains as rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin has during his first taste of the majors. Griffin’s throwing error on what could have been a key inning-ending double play in Thursday’s 8-7 loss to the Washington Nationals led to three costly runs.

“I was just trying to make a play for Braxton,” Griffin said. “Fielded it, thought I had a chance to get second, turn and throw, my back leg got stuck under his. At that point, I just tried to hold onto it. It kinda slipped out of my hand and three runs scored. That’s on me. I’ll keep working on that.”

Yet Griffin showed signs of his high ceiling with a run-scoring triple two innings later and when he beat a throw to first in the ninth during the Pirates’ comeback to send the game to extra innings.

Chandler is another rookie experiencing ups and downs in his second season after pitching 31 1/3 innings last year. Chandler’s most recent start last Sunday against the Cubs at Wrigley Field was his longest this season.

He went 5 1/3 innings and struck out four, but ran into some trouble, allowing three runs on three hits, including a pair of home runs, and two walks in a game the Cubs won 7-6 in 11 innings after the Pirates let a 5-0 edge slip away.

Chandler will face the Rays for the first time.

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Guardians rookie Parker Messick carried a no-hit bid into the ninth inning before Leody Taveras led off with a single to begin a two-run rally, but Cleveland held on for a 4-2 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.

Messick (3-0), making his 11th major league appearance, only permitted two baserunners in the first eight frames on walks to Taylor Ward in the first and Taveras in the sixth. The left-hander tied his career high with nine strikeouts and walked two.

Taveras hit a grounder to the left of second baseman Juan Brito, who dove but couldn’t keep the ball in the infield. Blaze Alexander followed with a single, chasing Messick after eight-plus innings. Cade Smith gave up two hits and allowed two inherited runners to score, but was credited with his fourth save.

Jose Ramirez hit a two-run homer and George Valera and Steven Kwan had RBI hits for the Guardians, who snapped a two-game skid in the opener of the four-game series.

Tigers 10, Royals 9

Colt Keith’s single capped a three-run, ninth-inning rally, allowing Detroit to stretch their winning streak to six games with a wild victory over visiting Kansas City.

Riley Greene’s two-run, two-out double tied the contest for the Tigers. Greene then scored on Keith’s single to right off Lucas Erceg (0-1). Greene had three hits and scored two runs, and Dillon Dingler had a two-run homer.

The Royals erased a five-run deficit with a six-run seventh, and Vinnie Pasquantino’s solo homer made it 9-7 in the top of the ninth. Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer among four RBIs and Bobby Witt Jr. had three hits, scored three runs and drove in another.

Padres 5, Mariners 2

Fernando Tatis Jr. knocked in two runs and Walker Buehler pitched into the sixth inning for his first win with San Diego as the Padres stretched their winning streak to eight games with a victory over visiting Seattle.

Buehler (1-1) limited the Mariners to two runs on five hits in five-plus innings. Mason Miller logging his sixth save by striking out the side in the ninth as the Padres finished a 7-0 homestand.

Seattle starter Luis Castillo (0-1) gave up seven hits and four runs (one earned) over 5 1/3 innings. Cal Raleigh had two hits and an RBI.

Giants 3, Reds 0

Landen Roupp carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, Jung Hoo Lee had three hits with an RBI and San Francisco snapped a four-game losing streak with a victory over host Cincinnati.

P.J. Higgins’ sixth inning single off Roupp (3-1) proved to be the only hit of the game for Cincinnati. Erik Miller struck out the side in the ninth to pick up his first career save. San Francisco scored all of its runs in the seventh off hits from Matt Chapman, Lee and Casey Schmitt.

Cincinnati starter Chase Burns held the Giants to two hits over six shutout innings. Brock Burke (1-1) took the loss after allowing three unearned runs. Reds reliever Connor Phillips was ejected in the eighth inning for hitting Willy Adames in the thigh with a pitch. Benches cleared after a strikeout of Sal Stewart which ended the game got heated.

Angels 11, Yankees 4

Mike Trout homered for the fourth straight game to cap a monster series at Yankee Stadium and help Los Angeles pull away from New York.

Trout hit five homers in the four-game series, becoming the fourth player to hit five homers in a series against the Yankees. The others were Jimmie Foxx (1933), Darrell Evans (1985) and George Bell (1990). Jo Adell added his fourth career grand slam in the eighth and former Yankee Oswald Peraza homered in the first, giving the Angels an American League-leading 32 home runs.

Aaron Judge homered in the first inning and Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run homer to center in the third to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead. Ben Rice also homered, but the Yankees lost for the seventh time in nine games.

Nationals 8, Pirates 7 (10 innings)

James Wood had two hits, including a two-out go-ahead RBI single in the 10th inning to lead Washington over host Pittsburgh.

Daylen Lile and Drew Millas also had two hits for the Nationals.

Jake Mangum led the Pirates with three of their 15 hits. Griffin, Oneil Cruz, Brandon Lowe and Nick Gonzales each had two hits and an RBI for the Pirates, who committed four errors.

Brewers 2, Blue Jays 1

A sacrifice bunt by Joey Ortiz scored Garrett Mitchell for the go-ahead run as host Milwaukee edged Toronto.

Milwaukee turned to small ball in the bottom of the seventh to claim the series win. Milwaukee used three straight bunts to take its first lead of the game. Mitchell led off the inning with a walk and a Greg Jones sacrifice bunt moved him to second base with one out.

David Hamilton laid down a bunt single and Milwaukee had runners on first and third. Ortiz’s bunt only dribbled a few feet in front of home plate, but it was enough to score Mitchell for a 2-1 lead.

Rays 5, White Sox 3

Hunter Feduccia and Taylor Walls drew bases-loaded walks in the ninth inning after Junior Caminero hit a game-tying solo home run, propelling streaking Tampa Bay past host Chicago.

The Rays stretched their winning streak to six games, regrouping after Chicago’s Everson Pereira smacked a solo shot in the eighth to give the White Sox the lead. Yandy Diaz, Richie Palacios, Nick Fortes and Caminero had two hits apiece for the Rays.

Chase Meidroth and Pereira both had two hits for the White Sox, who stranded seven runners compared to 14 for Tampa Bay.

Rangers 9, Athletics 6

Joc Pederson stroked the tiebreaking single in a four-run ninth inning as Texas notched a victory over the host Athletics in West Sacramento, Calif.

Josh Jung smacked a two-run homer among his three hits and Ezequiel Duran had two hits and two RBIs as the Rangers earned a split of the four-game series with their American League West rivals.

Nick Kurtz’s three-run double in the bottom of the eighth gave the Athletics the lead. Jacob Wilson had a two-run single for the Athletics while Shea Langeliers reached base five times on two hits and three walks. Lawrence Butler, Carlos Cortes, Kurtz and Wilson also had two hits for the A’s.

Rockies 3, Astros 2

Chase Dollander recorded a career-high nine strikeouts out of the bullpen while Hunter Goodman hit his third home run of the series as visiting Colorado salvaged the finale of a three-game interleague set against Houston.

Dollander (2-1) allowed one hit and walked two batters while working 5 1/3 scoreless innings. He averaged 99.4 mph on 29 four-seam fastballs and 98.8 mph on 19 sinkers. Victor Vodnik pitched a hitless ninth inning for his second save.

Yordan Alvarez and Loperfido spotted Houston a 2-0 lead with RBI singles in the first. The Rockies sliced that deficit in the third when they loaded the bases on three walks before Tyler Freeman grounded into a double play that scored Kyle Karros. Goodman led off the fourth with a game-tying shot to left-center. Freeman pushed the Rockies ahead to stay with his RBI single off Christian Roa (0-1) in the fifth.

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Fernando Tatis Jr. knocked in two runs Thursday and Walker Buehler pitched into the sixth inning for his first win with San Diego as the Padres stretched their winning streak to eight games with a 5-2 verdict over the visiting Seattle Mariners.

Buehler (1-1) took a 4-0 lead into the sixth before Seattle reached him for three consecutive hits, the last an RBI single by Cal Raleigh. The right-hander limited the Mariners to two runs on five hits with a walk and seven strikeouts in five-plus innings.

Four relievers took care of things from there with closer Mason Miller logging his sixth save by striking out the side in the ninth. That enabled San Diego to sweep the three-game series and finish a 7-0 homestand.

Seattle starter Luis Castillo (0-1) gave up seven hits and four runs (one earned) over 5 1/3 innings. He walked three and fanned three.

Castillo experienced all of his trouble in the second, when he allowed four hits and did some damage to himself. His low throw to first on Jake Cronenworth’s comebacker gave the Padres an unexpected baserunner, and as they’ve done during their winning streak, they capitalized.

Luis Campusano knocked in the first run with a single, and Ramon Laureano made it 2-0 with a groundout to first. Tatis followed by lacing a two-run single to left-center, giving San Diego all the offense it needed.

Seattle had its chance to change the game’s arc in the sixth. After chasing Buehler, the Mariners got within 4-2 when Julio Rodriguez greeted reliever Bradgley Rodriguez with an RBI single. However, Adrian Morejon rode in from the bullpen when the Mariners filled the bases with one out and quashed the threat with a strikeout of pinch hitter Connor Joe and a groundout.

The Padres tacked on an insurance run in the seventh when Manny Machado blooped a single over a drawn-in infield to score Tatis.

Machado and Miguel Andujar each collected two of San Diego’s 10 hits. Seattle got two hits apiece from Raleigh and Brendan Donovan.

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Chase Dollander recorded a career-high nine strikeouts out of the bullpen while Hunter Goodman hit his third home run of the series as the visiting Colorado Rockies salvaged the finale of a three-game interleague set against the Houston Astros with a 3-2 win on Thursday.

Dollander (2-1) allowed one hit and walked two batters while working 5 1/3 scoreless innings. He averaged 99.4 mph on 29 four-seam fastballs and 98.8 mph on 19 sinkers.

Victor Vodnik pitched a hitless ninth inning for his second save.

The right-hander logged at least four innings of relief for the fourth time this season, joining Bruce Ruffin in 1993 as the only pitchers in franchise history with that distinction. He entered with two outs in the bottom of the first inning after opener Juan Mejia surrendered two runs on three hits.

Dollander was exceptional from the onset. He induced Cam Smith to roll into an inning-ending groundout with runners on the corners in the first, and he recorded a called third strike on Jose Altuve to end the second after Yainer Diaz hit into a double play that erased Taylor Trammell.

The Altuve at-bat was the first of five consecutive strikeouts for Dollander, who surrendered a one-out single to Joey Loperfido in the fourth only to retire the subsequent five batters on order. He fanned Diaz and Altuve in succession in the fifth, and when he ran into a spot of trouble in the sixth, he responded with strikeouts of Smith and Loperfido to strand two runners in scoring position.

Yordan Alvarez and Loperfido spotted Houston a 2-0 lead with RBI singles in the first. The Rockies sliced that deficit in half in the third when Astros starter Ryan Weiss walked the bases loaded to open the frame before Tyler Freeman grounded into a double play that scored Kyle Karros.

Goodman led off the fourth with his fourth homer of the season, a game-tying shot to left-center.

Freeman pushed the Rockies ahead to stay with his RBI single off Christian Roa (0-1) in the fifth, plating Brenton Doyle.

The Astros stranded runners in scoring position in the first, fourth and sixth innings before Carlos Correa lined out to first with the bases loaded to end the seventh.

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Guardians rookie Parker Messick carried a no-hit bid into the ninth inning before Leody Taveras led off with a single to begin a two-run rally, but Cleveland held on for a 4-2 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.

Messick (3-0), making his 11th major league appearance, only permitted two baserunners in the first eight frames on walks to Taylor Ward in the first and Taveras in the sixth. The left-hander tied his career high with nine strikeouts and walked two.

Taveras hit a grounder to the left of second baseman Juan Brito, who dove but couldn’t keep the ball in the infield. Blaze Alexander followed with a single, chasing Messick after eight-plus innings.

Cade Smith gave up two hits and allowed two inherited runners to score, but was credited with his fourth save. Baltimore got on the board on Gunnar Henderson’s sacrifice fly, then added another run on Pete Alonzo’s double.

Cleveland owns the longest no-hitter drought in baseball, dating to May 15, 1981 when Len Barker of the then-Indians threw a perfect game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Stadium.

Jose Ramirez hit a two-run homer and George Valera and Steven Kwan had RBI hits for the Guardians, who snapped a two-game skid in the opener of the four-game series.

Ramirez cleared the fence on the first pitch he saw from Shane Baz (0-2), scoring Chase DeLauter to put Cleveland up 2-0 in the first. The 388-foot shot to right field was his third home run in a seven-game span.

The Guardians made it 3-0 in the fifth when Brayan Rocchio doubled off the glove of second baseman Jeremiah Jackson, then came home on Kwan’s single. Rookie Valera plated Ramirez with an RBI single in the sixth.

Baz allowed four runs on six hits over a season-high six innings. The right-hander struck out six and walked three, remaining winless against Cleveland in three career starts. Cameron Foster followed with 1 2/3 scoreless innings for Baltimore in his big league debut.

Messick had not pitched more than seven innings in a game in his four-year pro career. He was a second-round pick by the Guardians in 2022 and made his big league debut on Aug. 20, 2025.

The Guardians made two nice defensive plays behind Messick. Kwan jumped to grab Ward’s drive to the wall in center field in the third, while third baseman Ramirez stopped a sharp bouncer by Coby Mayo and threw him out in the fifth.

Ramirez also went into the netting to catch Samuel Basallo’s foul out in the eighth.

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Joc Pederson stroked the tiebreaking single in a four-run ninth inning as the Texas Rangers notched a 9-6 victory over the Athletics on Thursday afternoon in West Sacramento, Calif.

Josh Jung smacked a two-run homer among his three hits and Ezequiel Duran had two hits and two RBIs as the Rangers earned a split of the four-game series with their American League West rivals.

Nick Kurtz’s three-run double in the bottom of the eighth gave the Athletics the lead before Texas sent nine batters to plate in the ninth. Duran added a two-run single in the inning.

Jacob Wilson had a two-run single for the Athletics while Shea Langeliers reached base five times on two hits and three walks. Lawrence Butler, Carlos Cortes, Kurtz and Wilson also had two hits for the A’s.

Cal Quantrill (1-0) pitched the bottom of the ninth and was credited with the victory for Texas.

The Rangers took a 5-3 lead in the seventh when Jung hit a seemingly harmless fly to the opposite field in right, but on a day with fierce winds blowing, the ball carried just over the short wall.

The A’s got two breaks while scoring three times in the bottom of eighth. Duran lost Butler’s pop-up in the sun for an infield single, and the bases were later loaded with two outs when Jacob Latz entered to face Kurtz.

Kurtz hit a shallow pop fly to left that blew toward the line and fell in front of Wyatt Langford. The double cleared the bases to give the A’s a 6-5 edge.

In the ninth, Burger and Jung singled off Justin Sterner (0-2) to start the inning. Kyle Higashioka bunted, Sterner fielded it and threw high to third and Burger scored to tie the game.

Pederson followed with a single to center to give Texas a 7-6 lead before Duran made it a three-run margin.

Jacob Lopez allowed two runs and three hits over five innings for the Athletics. He struck out five and walked four.

Jack Leiter gave up three runs and seven hits over 5 2/3 innings for the Rangers. He struck out three and walked three.

The A’s scored three runs in the fifth to take a 3-2 lead. Wilson dropped a two-run single to right to tie the score. He then stole second and scored on Cortes’ run-scoring single to right.

Texas tied the score at 3 in the sixth when Pederson drew a one-out, pinch-hit walk and scored on a two-out double by Josh Smith.

Texas struck in the third when Duran hit a one-out double to left and scored on Brandon Nimmo’s single.

The Rangers made it 2-0 in the fifth when Lopez walked the bases full with one out before Burger’s sacrifice fly scored Duran.

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Hunter Feduccia and Taylor Walls drew bases-loaded walks in the ninth inning after Junior Caminero hit a game-tying solo home run, propelling the streaking Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-3 win against the host Chicago White Sox on Thursday.

Tampa Bay stretched its winning streak to six games, regrouping after Chicago’s Everson Pereira smacked a solo shot in the eighth to give the White Sox the lead.

Chicago closer Seranthony Dominguez (1-2) allowed a leadoff blast to Caminero and struggled with his command after that. A single, walk and hit-by-pitch loaded the bases for the Rays with one out. Reliever Lucas Sims followed, issuing two walks between a strikeout and a groundout.

Bryan Baker worked around a leadoff walk in the bottom half to pick up his fourth save.

Yandy Diaz, Richie Palacios, Nick Fortes and Caminero had two hits apiece for the Rays.

Chase Meidroth and Pereira both had two hits for the White Sox, who stranded seven runners compared to 14 for Tampa Bay.

Kevin Kelly (2-1) allowed one run and one hit in two innings of relief with a walk and two strikeouts.

Miguel Vargas put the White Sox ahead 1-0 with a solo home run in the third. Vargas snapped a 1-for-30 skid with his first homer since March 30, connecting against Rays starter Steven Matz one pitch after a successful challenge on a called third strike.

Tampa Bay responded with a run in the fourth, as Walls delivered an RBI single.

White Sox left-hander Anthony Kay retired the next batter to escape further trouble after taking over for opener Jordan Leasure. Kay took a no-decision, scattering one run and four hits in 2 2/3 innings with one walk and one strikeout.

Matz spaced two runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out four.

Chicago reliever Jordan Hicks got out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth, striking out Jake Fraley after Palacios’ infield single put Rays at every base.

The White Sox left the bases loaded in the sixth, but not before Edgar Quero hit a go-ahead ground-rule double. The Rays got the run back in the seventh on a Palacios RBI single.

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The New York Mets are mired in their worst offensive slump in almost a decade — just in time to meet the Chicago Cubs, who are in the midst of a much-needed lineup revival.

The Mets will look to snap a lengthy skid Friday afternoon when they visit the Cubs in the opener of a three-game series between the longtime National League rivals.

Kodai Senga (0-2, 7.07 ERA) is slated to start for the Mets against Edward Cabrera (1-0, 1.62 ERA) in a battle of right-handers.

Both teams were off Thursday after completing road series Wednesday. The Mets continued sinking with an 8-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers while the Cubs remained hot with an 11-2 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies.

The loss was the eighth straight for the Mets, who have been blanked three times while being outscored 44-12 during a tailspin that began April 8, five days after Juan Soto sustained a strained right calf against the San Francisco Giants. Soto has begun his running progression at Citi Field and could return during a nine-game homestand for New York slated to begin next Tuesday.

Twelve runs are the fewest for the Mets in an eight-game span since they also had 12 runs while going 1-7 from June 5-14, 2018. New York, which is batting .175 during the losing streak, has scored in just 10 of the last 72 innings and has ended a frame with a lead just seven times since its most recent win, a 10-inning 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 7.

Offseason acquisitions Bo Bichette, Marcus Semien, Luis Robert Jr. and Jorge Polanco are batting a combined .212. Two of the Mets’ five hits Wednesday were recorded by MJ Melendez, who was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse earlier in the day.

“It’s tough right now … everybody’s upset,” Bichette said. “I don’t really have much to say, other than I can’t explain it and we’ll keep on working and figure it out.”

The Cubs appeared to finish figuring out their offensive issues against the Phillies, whom they outscored 28-19 over the three-game series, including 21-6 over the final two games they won.

Chicago has scored 35 runs in its last four games dating to a 7-6 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. The Cubs opened the season with 59 runs in their first 14 games, including 35 runs in the nine games prior to Sunday’s outburst.

The Cubs also have at least 10 hits in each of the last four games after reaching double figures just three times in the first 14 games. Three players — Nico Hoerner, Dansby Swanson and Matt Shaw — had three hits apiece Wednesday.

Shaw recorded three doubles and is just the fifth player in team history to collect three extra-base hits while batting ninth.

“When your nine hitter hits three doubles, that’s a good sign,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. “We just did a nice job on offense again (Wednesday).”

Senga took the loss in his most recent start last Saturday, giving up a career-high seven runs over 2 1/3 innings as the Mets fell to the Athletics, 11-6. Cabrera didn’t factor into the decision last Saturday after allowing three runs on eight hits over five innings in the Cubs’ extra-innings loss to the Pirates.

Senga is 1-1 with a 4.09 ERA in two career starts against the Cubs. Cabrera is 2-2 with a 5.09 ERA in 10 starts against the Mets.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired right-hander Chayce McDermott from the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday in exchange for right-hander Axel Perez.

A well-regarded prospect in the Orioles’ system as recently as the start of last year, McDermott, 27, was converted into a reliever in 2025. He is 0-1 with a 12.79 ERA in five appearances (two starts) with Baltimore over the previous two seasons.

McDermott did not make the Orioles’ Opening Day roster and was 1-0 with a 6.75 ERA in five relief appearances at Triple-A Norfolk this season before he was designated for assignment on Saturday. The Dodgers assigned him to Triple-A Oklahoma City.

Perez, 20, was 1-1 with a 5.48 ERA in 10 appearances (nine starts) last season with the Dodgers’ Dominican Summer League club.

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A sacrifice bunt by Joey Ortiz scored Garrett Mitchell for the go-ahead run as the Milwaukee Brewers edged the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Thursday afternoon.

Milwaukee turned to small ball in the bottom of the seventh to claim the series win. Milwaukee used three straight bunts to take its first lead of the game. Mitchell led off the inning with a walk and a Greg Jones sacrifice bunt moved him to second base with one out.

David Hamilton laid down a bunt single and Milwaukee had runners on first and third. Ortiz’s bunt only dribbled a few feet in front of home plate, but it was enough to score Mitchell for a 2-1 lead.

Angel Zerpa pitched around a leadoff single in the ninth inning to notch his second save.

While neither starting pitcher factored into the decision, they both turned in strong outings. Patrick Corbin struck out six and gave up four hits, one run and a walk in 5 2/3 innings. Brewers starter Brandon Sproat also posted six strikeouts with four hits, one run and one walk as he covered 6 2/3 innings.

Toronto struck first as it opened the top of the third with an Andres Gimenez double that bounced fair over first base. Ernie Clement followed up with a single lined sharply to center field and the Blue Jays had runners on the corners.

Tyler Heineman’s safety-squeeze bunt was tucked inside the first base line and plated Gimenez for a 1-0 Toronto lead.

With a leadoff double in the bottom of the fourth, Brice Turang extended his on-base streak to all 16 games he has played this season. William Contreras lined a cutter into left field and Milwaukee had two men on with no outs.

Luis Rengifo’s sacrifice fly to shallow left field scored Turang, whose headfirst slide to the inside of home plate avoided Heineman’s tag and tied the game at 1-1.

Davis Schneider’s walk and Daulton Varsho’s single opened up the top of the sixth. But Sproat wriggled out of the jam as he induced Vladimir Guerrero Jr. into a double-play groundout, and Jesus Sanchez flew out to left field.

–Field Level Media