Sonny Gray struck out 10 batters in seven scoreless innings, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 2-0 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.

Gio Urshela and Carlos Correa notched one RBI apiece for the Twins, who won their sixth game in a row. Minnesota is a season-best 11 games over .500.

Gray (2-1) was masterful in recording his second victory in a row. He limited the Tigers to four hits and issued one walk while notching double-digit strikeouts for the first time this season.

Tigers rookie right-hander Beau Brieske (0-4) remained winless to start his big-league career. He allowed two runs on six hits in four innings. He walked one and struck out three.

Minnesota right-hander Tyler Duffey replaced Gray in the eighth. He struck out two while pitching a scoreless inning and throwing seven of 12 pitches for strikes.

Twins rookie right-hander Jhoan Duran entered the game in the ninth and pitched a scoreless inning for his fourth save.

Duran put runners on first and second base with one out after Miguel Cabrera singled and Jeimer Candelario was hit by a pitch. But he escaped trouble by getting Willi Castro to ground into a game-ending double play.

The Twins got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second. Urshela singled to left field to drive in Max Kepler, who had reached base on a one-out walk.

Minnesota made it 2-0 in the bottom of the third. Luis Arraez ripped a one-out single to center field and came around to score on a double by Correa in the next at-bat.

The Tigers had a chance to score in the sixth, when Jonathan Schoop hit a leadoff single to center and advanced to second on a passed ball by Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers. But Schoop was stranded at second after Cabrera struck out, Javier Baez flied out to second and Candelario struck out.

The Twins and Tigers will meet again Wednesday afternoon for the third and final game of the series.

–Field Level Media

The Seattle Mariners officially activated outfielder Kyle Lewis Tuesday for the first time this season after he had not played in the majors since suffering a severe knee injury nearly one year ago.

In related moves, the Mariners released outfielder Steven Souza Jr. and shipped right-hander Adrian Sampson to Triple-A Tacoma.

Lewis was scheduled to start Tuesday as the designated hitter, batting seventh, for Seattle in the team’s home game against the Oakland Athletics.

The 2020 American League Rookie of the Year last played on May 31, 2021, when he tore his meniscus in his right knee trying to make a catch in center field. Lewis also tore his ACL in the same knee as a minor leaguer in 2016.

Lewis played in 10 games for Triple-A Tacoma, going 11-for-35 with three homers and 12 RBIs. He played in the outfield once but was used strictly as a designated hitter after that.

The 26-year-old is a former Golden Spikes Award winner as the best player in college baseball before being a first-round pick (No. 11 overall) in 2016. He has produced a batting line of .258/.343/.450 in three prior seasons with 22 home runs and 52 RBIs in 112 games.

Souza, 33, was 3-for-19 with an RBI and eight strikeouts in six games with the Mariners this season. He hit a career-high 30 homers in 2017 with the Tampa Bay Rays, but has only seven in 106 games since while playing for four different teams — the Arizona Diamondbacks (2018), Chicago Cubs (2020), Los Angeles Dodgers (2021) and Mariners.

Souza broke into the majors with the Washington Nationals in 2014 and played three seasons with the Rays.

Sampson, 30, had not yet appeared in a game for Seattle this season after being claimed off waivers from the Cubs earlier this month. He appeared in just one game with Chicago in 2022, allowing two unearned runs in one inning. He is 7-14 with a 5.13 ERA in parts of five big league seasons with the Mariners (2016, 2022), Texas Rangers (2018-19) and Cubs (2021-22).

–Field Level Media

William Contreras singled home the winning run as the Atlanta Braves scored twice in the ninth inning for a frenetic 6-5 walk-off victory against the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday.

The Braves had watched a one-run lead vanish in the top of the ninth, falling behind 6-5, but they answered quickly against reliever Nick Nelson (1-1).

Atlanta’s Dansby Swanson led off with a double and went to third on a wild pitch. Swanson scored when Ronald Acuna’s sacrifice fly was misplayed into a two-base error by center fielder Roman Quinn. Acuna scored on Contreras’ liner to center.

The Braves earned their second walk-off win of the season and evened the four-game series at a game apiece.

The Phillies had taken the lead in the top of the ninth on Bryce Harper’s 438-foot, two-run homer off Atlanta closer Kenley Jansen. It was Harper’s 10th homer of the season and 38th of his career against the Braves — his highest total against any opponent.

Harper finished 3-for-5 with four RBIs.

Jansen (3-0) blew the save but got the win. Ozzie Albies went 3-for-3 with two runs for the Braves.

Neither starter received a decision. Atlanta’s Max Fried worked six innings and allowed two runs on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts. Philadelphia’s Kyle Gibson pitched five innings and gave up two runs on seven hits and a walk with eight strikeouts.

The Phillies scored a run in the second. Jean Segura, who has hit safely in 18 of 19 starts this month, singled, went to third on Kyle Schwarber’s base hit and scored on J.T. Realmuto’s sacrifice fly.

The Braves answered with two runs in the bottom of the second. Dansby Swanson and Acuna capped Atlanta’s four-hit frame with RBI singles.

The Phillies tied the game 2-2 on back-to-back doubles by Alec Bohm and Harper. Philadelphia loaded the bases, prompting Atlanta manager Brian Snitker to make a mound visit. However, rather than going to the bullpen, Snitker left Fried in to face Realmuto, who struck out swinging to end the inning.

The Braves took a 4-2 lead by scoring twice in the bottom of the sixth. Matt Olson hit his fifth home run, and first since May 14, off the right field foul pole. Acuna added a sacrifice fly.

Philadelphia answered with a run in the seventh on Harper’s line-drive single.

–Field Level Media

Mookie Betts hit two home runs and Walker Buehler tossed six strong innings to power the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-4 victory over the host Washington Nationals on Tuesday.

Trailing 3-2 entering the second inning, the Dodgers took the lead for good when Betts belted a three-run home run to left after Chris Taylor led off with a single and advanced to second on a walk to Gavin Lux.

The Dodgers pushed their lead to 7-3 in the third inning when Taylor blasted a two-run homer to right-center field after Justin Turner was hit by a pitch.

Nationals right-hander Josiah Gray (4-4) allowed seven runs on five hits, including three homers, with five strikeouts and three walks in three innings.

Betts, who finished 3-for-4 with four RBIs, two runs and a walk, smacked his second homer of the game — a 360-foot solo shot to left off reliever Victor Arano — in the fourth inning to make it 8-3.

Buehler (6-1) allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits to go along with three strikeouts and two walks in six innings.

Max Muncy drew a bases-loaded walk off Josh Rogers to push the lead to 9-3 in the sixth before Nelson Cruz’s run-scoring single in the seventh cut it to 9-4.

After the Dodgers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in their first at-bat on Trea Turner’s two-run home run to center, the Nationals took the lead in the bottom of the frame.

Cesar Hernandez led off with a single, advanced to third on Keibert Ruiz’s double and scored on Juan Soto’s groundout. The Nationals tied the game when Ruiz scored on Cruz’s infield single.

Cruz, who finished 3-for-5, gave Washington a 3-2 lead shortly thereafter when he scored on Taylor’s throwing error following Josh Bell’s single.

–Field Level Media

Jose Trevino drove in the winning run with an 11th-inning single, lifting the New York Yankees to a 7-6 win against the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.

Trevino went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs, Gleyber Torres homered twice and Anthony Rizzo also went deep for the Yankees, who ended a season-high three-game losing streak.

New York left-hander Jordan Montgomery threw six-plus innings, allowing two runs and four hits. He struck out five and didn’t walk a batter but is still looking for his first win this season after nine starts.

Yankees reliever Clarke Schmidt (3-2) pitched a scoreless 10th before giving up a run in the 11th on back-to-back groundouts.

Baltimore’s Rougned Odor drove in four runs, including three on a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning. Austin Hays also homered, and starter Bruce Zimmermann allowed four runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings, striking out five without issuing a walk.

New York’s Isiah Kiner-Falefa tied the score 6-6 with a one-out RBI single off Bryan Baker (1-2) in the 11th. Marwin Gonzalez followed with another single before Trevino hit a ball sharply down the left-field line to score the winning run.

Rizzo hit a two-strike fastball into the second deck for a 1-0 lead in the first inning.

Trevino went deep with one out in the third to make it 2-0.

Torres hit the third two-strike solo homer of the game off Zimmermann with two outs in the fourth to make it 3-0.

Odor drove in a run with a fifth-inning groundout to cut the deficit to 3-1.

Montgomery started the seventh inning and surrendered a leadoff homer to Hays to cut the deficit to 3-2, ending the lefty’s night.

Michael King entered and gave up a one-out single to Adley Rutschman and a walk to Ramon Urias before Odor hit a line-drive three-run homer to right for a 5-3 lead.

Torres went deep for the second time in the game with one out in the bottom of the seventh to cut the gap to 5-4 and end Zimmermann’s night.

Logan Gillaspie entered and got the second out of the inning, but then he allowed a single, a hit batter and an RBI single by Trevino to tie the score 5-5.

–Field Level Media

Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg pitched in a professional baseball game on Tuesday, taking the mound in a rehab assignment for low-Class A Fredericksburg.

Strasburg lasted 2 2/3 innings in his first competitive game this season, allowing three hits, four walks and three earned runs while striking out three. He threw a total of 61 pitches, 31 of which were strikes, against the Salem Red Sox.

A three-time All-Star and three-time top 10 finisher in Cy Young voting, Strasburg has pitched in a total of seven major league games since the Nationals won the World Series in 2019. Strasburg was the MVP of that series, winning two games and allowing just four runs while striking out 14. He then signed a seven-year, $245 million deal, but has pitched 26 2/3 major league innings since.

The former No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 MLB Draft is working his way back from surgery last summer for thoracic outlet syndrome. In August 2020, he also underwent surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome.

Nationals manager Dave Martinez said Sunday that the plan for Strasburg and fellow starting pitcher Joe Ross is to log four innings of work and at least 60 pitches each. Ross — who is on the 60-day injured list after having a bone spur removed from his throwing elbow — took the mound Tuesday in Double-A ball for the Harrisburg Senators.

Strasburg, 33, is 113-61 in his major league career with a 3.21 ERA and 1,718 strikeouts in nearly 1,500 innings.

–Field Level Media