Two pitchers who have dominated Sunday’s opponent, but with vastly different results, will go head-to-head when Patrick Sandoval and the Los Angeles Angels complete a four-game road series against Frankie Montas and the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.

The Angels ran their recent hot streak to eight wins in their past 11 games by taking two of the first three in the series against the A’s. That includes a 9-1 victory in the nightcap of a doubleheader Saturday after letting the opener slip away on a three-run, walk-off home run by Oakland’s Luis Barrera.

It was Barrera’s first home run in the major leagues.

Sandoval (1-1, 2.03 ERA) has pitched brilliantly in four career starts against the A’s, but has only a 0-3 record to show for it despite a 1.89 ERA. The left-hander, in three starts last season vs. Oakland, was 0-2 despite allowing just three runs in 15 2/3 innings with 13 strikeouts.

The 25-year-old demonstrated that kind of form to all three April opponents this season, going 15 innings in three starts without allowing an earned run. He went 1-0 in those games.

But he hasn’t been nearly as sharp in May, roughed up for six runs and 13 hits in 11 2/3 innings in his two starts.

Chances are Sandoval won’t have to deal with Oakland’s Game 1 hero, Barrera. He has been sent to the plate just one time this season to face a lefty pitcher.

A’s manager Mark Kotsay was excited for Barrera, but not thrilled with the prospects of having to return to the ballpark on Sunday for a third game in 24 hours.

“I got here at 8 this morning and I will be leaving here about 10:30 tonight,” he lamented between games. “But it’s baseball, right? It’s part of our game.”

While the A’s went all-out for a sweep, Angels manager Joe Maddon had a bigger picture in mind when he gave Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon most of Saturday’s first game off.

“It’s just a cumulative kind of thing for me,” he said. “Everything’s interconnected. So just try to stay with the plan, give the appropriate rest. It’s still May. I do believe that you reap the benefits in August and September if you take care of people right now.”

Sandoval can only hope for the type of support starter Michael Lorenzen got in Saturday’s nightcap. Taylor Ward smacked a grand slam and Shohei Ohtani hit a two-run homer to lead the nine-run assault on Oakland pitching.

For Ohtani, it was his 100th career home run.

The Angels haven’t had much success against Oakland right-hander Frankie Montas (2-3, 3.77), who has a career 4-1 record and 2.30 ERA against Los Angeles in 13 games, including 10 starts.

The A’s ace faced the Angels four times last season. After taking a 4-0 loss in May in which all four runs were unearned, Montas limited the Southern California rival to two runs on five hits over seven innings in June, no runs on three hits in seven innings in July, and no runs on one hit in seven innings in September.

Montas’ duels with Ohtani often have been memorable, however. The slugger has two home runs and seven RBIs among six hits in 18 at-bats.

–Field Level Media

The suddenly offensive-minded Boston Red Sox will go for a sweep against the Texas Rangers when the teams square off on Sunday in the finale of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas.

Austin Davis (0-1, 2.70 ERA) will take the mound for the Red Sox — the first start of his career after 98 relief appearances — in what’s expected to be a bullpen game for the Boston staff. Texas will counter with fellow left-hander Martin Perez (1-2, 2.10).

The Red Sox beat Texas 11-3 on Saturday after winning 7-1 in the series opener. It’s the first series win for Boston since April 11-13 at Detroit and also marks the first time the Red Sox have won two straight games since April 16-17 at home against the Minnesota Twins.

Boston has 18 runs in its past two contests after averaging 3.5 runs per game in the 31 games previous to this series. Saturday’s game marked the first time the Red Sox had at least two home runs in the same game since May 3, and Boston’s 11 runs are the most it has scored in a game this season.

“Overall, it was another good offensive night,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “We did a lot of good things.”

J.D. Martinez homered and extended his hitting streak to 15 games as the Red Sox won for the third time in their past four contests. Martinez has reached base in all of his 26 games this season. Rafael Devers also had a home run — a two-run shot — and Enrique Hernandez drove in three runs.

Boston did all that damage without outfielder Alex Verdugo in the lineup. He is day-to-day with a right-foot contusion he sustained in Friday’s win and still had soreness with it on Saturday.

“(Verdugo) was trying to move around, but obviously he doesn’t feel great, so we have to be smart about it,” Cora said.

The Rangers managed seven hits from seven different players on Saturday. But overall, they are in the midst of a season-long hitting slump to go with their pitching struggles.

They have a team batting average of .216 — only the Oakland Athletics (.201) are worse in the American League — and a staff ERA of 4.13.

Kole Calhoun had two RBIs on Saturday with a double and has four hits in the series. Corey Seager had Texas’ other run batted in on Saturday.

“Not a great day for us,” Texas manager Chris Woodward said after the game. “We know those guys had been struggling coming in as far as the win/loss column, but they are a team that’s been together for a while, and they have some really good hitters.

“Bottom line is they just kicked our butts today. We really didn’t do much of anything. We made some mistakes, and they made us pay for them. We didn’t do enough to compete today.”

Perez, who pitched for Boston the past two seasons before returning to the Rangers as a free agent in the offseason, has surrendered just two earned runs over 26 1/3 innings (0.68 ERA) in his past four starts after dropping his first two outings. He will be expected to eat up some innings for a Texas pitching staff that’s had to use its bullpen plenty in the past two games.

In his career, Perez is 3-2 with a 5.11 ERA, 19 strikeouts and 21 walks in 44 innings over eight career starts against the Red Sox.

Davis has thrown two innings of scoreless relief against the Rangers in his career.

–Field Level Media

The Colorado Rockies couldn’t hit a home run on their recent six-game trip but more than made up for it Saturday night.

Colorado hit three homers in a 10-4 win over the Kansas City Royals to end a five-game losing streak. The Rockies will look to win the series against Kansas City when the teams play a matinee game Sunday in Denver.

The Royals will send Daniel Lynch (2-2, 4.01 ERA) against Colorado’s Austin Gomber (2-3, 4.36) in a matchup of left-handers.

Kansas City won the first game of the weekend series on Friday night thanks to a season-high 18 hits. But the Royals’ pitching has been less than stellar against the Rockies.

Kansas City has allowed 10 runs in each of the first two games of the series but hopes Lynch can stop that trend Sunday.

Lynch, who has never faced Colorado, will try to erase his most recent start against Baltimore last week. He allowed two runs in the first inning and left with two outs in the fourth inning during a 4-2 loss.

It was his shortest outing of the season, but it wasn’t indicative of how he has pitched this season.

In his last two April starts, Lynch didn’t allow a run over 11 innings, and his ERA is nearly two runs below what he finished last season (5.69).

“It’s amazing from a year ago, where he is right now,” Royals manager Mike Matheny said. “His demeanor, his rhythm, his repeatability — and that’s really the thing that you see the most, he’s repeating mechanics that are letting him repeat inside of the zone and outside.”

Gomber has faced Kansas City three times in his career — twice as a starter — and his 2-0. He has not allowed a run in 12 2/3 innings against the Royals.

If that trend continues, he won’t need much run support Sunday, but if Yonathan Daza is in the lineup, there’s a good chance the Rockies will put up some runs. Daza is hitting .382 in just 55 at-bats and is making most of his extended opportunities with Kris Bryant sidelined.

Bryant is getting closer to returning from his back injury, but Daza is making a case to stay in the starting lineup. He had two hits in Saturday night’s win and has shown he has some life in his bat while also providing strong defense.

Daza entered the season with a .264 career average and with more muscle on his frame. He credited a workout program that included swimming that helped add weight and muscle.

“I felt if I got stronger, the balls I hit were going to get through to the outfield,” Daza told MLB.com. “I need to get better every year at that.”

Daza has yet to hit his first home run this season and has only two in his career. But with his added strength, it is just a matter of time, manager Bud Black said.

“The physical part has helped him a lot,” Black said.

–Field Level Media

The Chicago White Sox blew a save on Saturday, but that didn’t trickle down to surrendering their composure.

After earning a 3-2, walk-off win against the New York Yankees, the White Sox are in position to salvage a split of the four-game series on Sunday in Chicago.

“We competed all the way to the end,” White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson said. “It’s always great to get a win.”

Anderson notched his sixth three-hit game of the season to fuel Chicago, which was outscored 25-11 in losing the first two games of the series. Anderson is batting .339 for the season.

Yoan Moncada and Luis Robert had two hits apiece, with Robert hitting a game-ending single against Aroldis Chapman in the ninth inning.

Robert extended his hitting streak to 12 with an RBI single in the first inning.

The Yankees tied the game at 2 with solo runs in the eighth and ninth innings. Giancarlo Stanton paced the attack, going 3 for 4, and has 10 hits in his past four games.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone expressed little concern over the team producing just two runs Saturday.

“We’ll score,” Boone said.

Chicago will look to right-hander Michael Kopech (0-0, 0.93 ERA) to help secure both a split of the series and a six-game homestand.

Kopech appeared in line for his first victory of the season on Monday after spacing an unearned run and two hits in six innings against the Cleveland Guardians. Chicago imploded in the ninth inning, however, squandering an 8-2 lead en route to a 12-9 loss in 11 innings.

“Kopech looked phenomenal out there,” said White Sox closer Liam Hendriks, who allowed a game-tying grand slam to Josh Naylor. “But yeah, I mean, he’s still decision-less this year, and that’s another thing that comes into it. We had an opportunity to give him his first win of the year because I didn’t do my job.”

Kopech settled into a groove after throwing a combined 39 pitches in the first and second innings.

“First two (innings), I kind of felt like I was all over the place,” Kopech said. “But after I made an adjustment, I felt like I was able to give the team a chance.”

Sunday will mark Kopech’s first career start against the Yankees. He has pitched to a 3.86 ERA in two previous relief appearances vs. New York, covering 2 1/3 innings.

Left-hander Nestor Cortes (1-1, 1.41 ERA) will get the call for the Yankees. Cortes is 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA in two career appearances against the White Sox, including one start, with 14 strikeouts in 11 innings. He took a no-decision Monday in a home start against the Texas Rangers, pitching 7 1/3 innings of one-hit ball with four walks and 11 strikeouts.

New York won the game 1-0 as Cortes, who said after the game that he felt “like I got hit by a truck,” took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning.

“He worked the bottom of the zone really well,” Texas leadoff hitter Marcus Semien said. “You have to honor that fastball at the bottom, and then he throws a cutter right under it. It’s a recipe for success.”

–Field Level Media

When the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays square off for the final game of a three-game series Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla., it won’t be the last time these two teams see each other this season.

Far from it. Counting this series, the Blue Jays and Rays will play 19 games against each other this year. That includes a September stretch that could play a prominent role in the American League East standings.

From Sept. 12-25, the Blue Jays and Rays will play each other nine times. Although the New York Yankees currently lead the division, there is plenty of time for Toronto and Tampa Bay to get back into the race, and both teams have reasons to be optimistic.

Toronto was a popular pick to win the division before the season began, but offensive struggles have landed the team at two games over .500. But the Jays ended a five-game losing streak with Saturday’s 5-1 win over Tampa Bay.

“That’s just part of the American League East,” Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo said. “Like I always say, to be good enough is not enough when you dream of being great. You’ve got to play the good teams and battle to win.”

The Blue Jays know they can count on superstar Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who ran his hitting streak to 11 games in the first inning. But they got some help from unexpected places Saturday. That’s because the Blue Jays are getting healthy.

Teoscar Hernandez and Danny Jansen each homered in a four-run eighth inning. Both had missed significant amounts of time due to injuries.

“These guys are getting hot right now,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said of the Blue Jays.

And there’s even more good news for Toronto. Center fielder George Springer injured his ankle in Friday night’s game and sat out Saturday, but the injury isn’t expected to keep him out for long.

The Blue Jays were 18 games over .500 when Springer was in the lineup last year and just two games over .500 when he wasn’t.

Plus, the pitching matchup in Sunday’s game favors the Blue Jays.

Toronto will start right-hander Alek Manoah (4-0, 1.75 ERA), who was 3-1 in four games against the Rays last season.

Cash will hand the ball to left-hander Jeffrey Springs as the Rays again will turn to the opener concept to help compensate for injuries to their pitching staff.

“We’ve got to find a way to help ourselves pitching-wise,” Cash said. “We’ve taxed our bullpen way too much.”

Springs (1-1, 2.12) has appeared in 10 games this season, but he has made only two starts. In his career, Springs has pitched in 112 games with only four starts. He has never started against Toronto.

That means Tampa Bay will have to find its offense. Manuel Margot extended his hitting streak to 11 games Saturday and improved his batting average to .348.

But shortstop Wander Franco, who got off to a fast start, has slowed. Franco hasn’t had a hit in his last 16 at-bats. That has led to questions about if he is healthy.

“He’s totally fine,” Cash said. “He’ll get going.”

–Field Level Media

Patrick Mazeika’s first two game-winning RBIs traveled about 120 feet. His third one Saturday went a lot farther — and gave the New York Mets a chance to win yet another series.

The Mets, who haven’t lost a series this season, will look to win another one Sunday when they are scheduled to host the Seattle Mariners in the rubber match of a three-game interleague set.

Right-hander Carlos Carrasco (3-1, 3.19 ERA) is slated to take the mound for the Mets against the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, left-hander Robbie Ray (3-3, 4.22 ERA).

The Mets squandered a four-run lead Saturday by allowing a single run in the sixth and three more in the seventh, before Mazeika led off the bottom of the inning by hitting Andres Munoz’s first pitch well into the right field seats for the tie-breaking run in a 5-4 victory.

“That was a great moment for him, let alone the team,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said. “He ambushed a guy throwing 100 mph. We needed it. It was one of those games that you knew they were going to make a run at you, and they did.”

Mazeika’s hit came in his first big league appearance of the season.

He batted just .190 last year with six RBIs — two of which were walk-off fielder’s choice RBIs collected during the same homestand. His dribbler between the pitcher’s mound and first base scored Pete Alonso against the Arizona Diamondback on May 7, 2021, before Jonathan Villar raced home on a grounder to first against the Baltimore Orioles three days later.

“I’m sure a few guys remember that,” Mazeika said with a grin. “This one’s pretty special right now.”

Mazeika’s homer allowed the Mets — who are 9-0-1 in series play this year — to get the final word on the Mariners and Jesse Winker, who continued his tongue-in-cheek sparring with New York fans by hitting the game-tying three-run homer in the seventh.

Winker, who waved goodbye to Mets fans after catching the final out in a game for the Cincinnati Reds in 2019 and tossed an autographed ball to a fan displaying a sign making fun of him last year, flipped the bat upon hitting the homer and raised a fist in a waving motion as he crossed home plate.

Winker had a chance to tie the game in the ninth, but he made the final out by striking out on a 100 mph fastball from Edwin Diaz.

“I’m going to be honest with you, I love them — they are an amazing group of people,” Winker said of Mets fans. “I can understand the passion, and I respect it. This thing we’ve got going on is special.”

Carrasco won his second straight start Tuesday, when he allowed two runs over 6 2/3 innings as the Mets beat the Washington Nationals 4-2. Ray also won Tuesday after surrendering two runs over 5 2/3 innings in the Mariners’ 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Carrasco is 5-3 with a 3.67 ERA in 10 career appearances (nine starts) against the Mariners. Ray is 3-1 with a 2.60 ERA in six starts against the Mets.

–Field Level Media

Regardless of records, the Pittsburgh Pirates have showed they can beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds, and now they have a chance to earn a split in their four-game weekend series with a win Sunday.

After dropping the first two games 4-0 and 8-2, and after dropping two of three last weekend in Cincinnati, the Pirates downed the Reds 3-1 Saturday.

“It’s awesome,” Pittsburgh’s Daniel Vogelbach, who hit a solo homer Saturday, told AT&T Sportsnet of bouncing back after two fairly lopsided games.

“Wins are fun. I feel like we’ve been playing good baseball. We could have a lot more wins than we do.”

The Reds had won a season-high three straight, five of six and six of eight before Saturday. That’s quite a contrast to their 3-22 start.

A win Sunday could further boost the Reds’ confidence with a third straight series win — one against Milwaukee since the first set with the Pirates. That was after Cincinnati went 0-7-1 in its first eight series.

Cincinnati got a scare Saturday when catcher Tyler Stephenson, who is batting .324, left in the third inning after taking a hard foul tip to the chin area of his mask.

Stephenson has a history of concussion, but manager David Bell said the team is relieved that initial reports are encouraging.

In the series finale, Cincinnati right-hander Hunter Greene (1-5, 7.62 ERA) is scheduled to oppose Pittsburgh left-hander Jose Quintana (1-1, 2.70 ERA).

Quintana, set for his seventh start, is coming off one of the more impressive starts by a Pirates pitcher this season. He picked up his first win on Monday when he shut out the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers for six innings, allowing two hits, five strikeouts and four walks, in Pittsburgh’s 5-1 win.

That might be considered a reward since Quintana had received poor run support in three of his first five starts, masking the fact that he has allowed two runs or fewer in five of his first six starts.

It was not only Quintana’s first win this season, but also his first since Sept. 5, 2019. Injuries and ineffectiveness plagued him in the interim.

His win on Monday also marked the Pirates’ first win by a starter in their 28th game, a dubious major league record at a season’s start.

“Huge,” Quintana said. “It’s tough to get hurt. I kept working hard. I knew (it) would come one day. I’m really happy to get a win against a team like that. It’s good. Just keep rolling.”

Against Cincinnati, Quintana is 4-4 with a 3.88 ERA in 10 career games, nine of them starts.

Greene’s rookie season, which includes six starts, has had its bumps, but there also have been positives.

On Tuesday against Milwaukee, the 22-year-old did not allow hit through three innings, then gave up a homer to Luis Urias in the fourth and left with the game tied 1-1 but was charged with another run after he left with a runner on.

In 5 1/3 innings, he gave up four hits and four walks, with six strikeouts.

“Big step forward,” Bell said of Greene. “He can take that into next time and even go deeper into the game. Really a lot of good things.”

Greene will be facing Pittsburgh for the first time.

–Field Level Media

Yadiel Hernandez drove in four runs and drilled one of two Washington home runs as the Nationals ended the visiting Houston Astros’ 11-game winning streak by winning 13-6 on Saturday night.

Maikel Franco homered and knocked in three runs and Nelson Cruz provided three RBIs and three hits as the Nationals won for just the second time in their last six games.

Josh Rogers (2-2), with one shutout inning of relief, was the winning pitcher after starter Erick Fedde worked four innings and gave up three runs on five hits.

The Nationals scored in five of the first six innings, building a 13-4 lead by reaching a double-figure run total for the fifth time this season. They had four consecutive frames of multiple runs. That was more runs allowed by Houston than the total (12 runs) given up during its 11-game winning streak.

Phillies 8, Dodgers 3

Bryce Harper hit his third home run in three games and had three hits as Philadelphia continued to pour on the offense in beating host Los Angeles.

Jean Segura, Kyle Schwarber and Rhys Hoskins also hit home runs for the Phillies, who have scored 29 runs in the first three games of the four-game series, all victories.

Phillies starter Ranger Suarez (4-1) gave up three runs on five hits over seven innings. Mookie Betts hit a home run for the Dodgers, who are on a season-worst four-game losing streak. Dodgers starter Julio Urias (2-3) gave up a career-high four home runs over six innings.

White Sox 3, Yankees 2

Luis Robert had two hits and two RBIs, including the walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth, to lift host Chicago to a victory over New York.

Yoan Moncada homered for the second time in three games for the White Sox.

Outscored 25-11 in the first two games of the series, the White Sox prevailed in a nail-biter as Dallas Keuchel outdueled Yankees counterpart Jordan Montgomery before the game came down to the bullpens.

Cardinals 4, Giants 0

Dakota Hudson tossed five strong innings to fuel host St. Louis to a win over San Francisco.

Hudson (3-2) allowed five hits and two walks as the Cardinals won for just the second time in seven games. Four relievers combined to surrender just three hits the rest of the way.

Giants starting pitcher Jakob Junis (1-1) permitted two runs on six hits and a walk in 5 2/3 innings.

Cubs 4, Diamondbacks 2

Yan Gomes drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth and also homered as Chicago rallied to beat Arizona in Phoenix.

It was just the third win in the last 10 games for Chicago, which had managed just three base runners before scoring three times in the ninth against Diamondbacks closer Mark Melancon (0-5).

Melancon, who saved Arizona’s 4-3 series opening win on Friday, faced four batters to start the ninth and didn’t record an out.

Braves 6, Padres 5

Slumping Marcell Ozuna belted a two-run homer and Austin Riley added a go-ahead RBI double in the eighth inning to lift host Atlanta to a win over San Diego.

The Padres stunned the Braves by scoring four runs to take a 5-2 lead in the top of the eighth. Atlanta, however, responded with its own four-run rally to regain the lead.

The Braves tied it against Steven Wilson (3-1) on an RBI single by Ozzie Albies and a two-run shot by Ozuna, who was in a 3-for-45 slump. It was Ozuna’s fifth homer and first since April 17 against the Padres. Atlanta took the lead when Travis d’Arnaud scored on Riley’s double.

Athletics 4, Angels 3 (Game 1)

Luis Barrera’s two-out, three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted Oakland to a victory over visiting Los Angeles in the first game of a doubleheader.

The Athletics trailed 3-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth and the Angels had closer Raisel Iglesias on the mound. Iglesias, who entered the game a perfect 8 for 8 in save opportunities, retired the first two batters and got ahead 0-2 to Ramon Laureano. Laureano worked the count to 2-2 before doubling to right-center.

Iglesias (1-1) then walked Christian Bethancourt, bringing to the plate Barrera, who had one hit all season. But Barrera hit a slider over the fence in right field for his first career major league homer.

Angels 9, Athletics 1 (Game 2)

Taylor Ward belted a grand slam as Los Angeles bounced back from a walk-off defeat earlier in the day to thump host Oakland in the nightcap of a doubleheader.

Shohei Ohtani added a two-run home run for the Angels.

Angels starter Michael Lorenzen (4-2) went seven innings, charged with one run on five hits. He walked one and struck out three.

Rockies 10, Royals 4

Ryan McMahon homered and finished with two hits, Charlie Blackmon and Sam Hilliard also went deep, and Colorado pounded Kansas City in Denver.

Brendan Rodgers and Yonathan Daza also had two hits each and German Marquez picked up his first win for Colorado, which ended a five-game losing streak.

Marquez (1-3) allowed three runs on three hits and struck out six in six innings. He walked one. Salvador Perez and Bobby Witt Jr. homered for the Royals.

Mets 5, Mariners 4

Patrick Mazeika, making his season debut, hit the tie-breaking homer in the seventh inning as New York edged visiting Seattle.

Adam Ottavino (1-1) was credited with the win after he allowed a single to Luis Torrens but stranded him at third in the eighth. Edwin Diaz, who collected 109 saves for the Mariners from 2016-18, dispatched his former team by striking out the side to earn his eighth save.

Starling Marte finished a homer shy of the cycle and scored three runs for the Mets.

Tigers 3, Orioles 0

Willi Castro had a home run and two RBIs to lead host Detroit to a win over Baltimore.

The Tigers have won consecutive games for the first time since April 21-23. Detroit also clinched only its second series win of the season. Detroit’s bullpen tossed 7 2/3 innings of scoreless relief after starter Michael Pineda had to leave the game with a right hand contusion. Pineda was hit by a line drive off the bat of Baltimore’s Ramon Urias.

Bruce Zimmerman (2-2) took the loss for the Orioles. He allowed three runs (two earned) and seven hits, walking one and striking out two in six-plus innings of work. Baltimore only collected four hits in the game.

Pirates 3, Reds 1

Daniel Vogelbach homered and Zach Thompson pitched six shutout innings in Pittsburgh’s win over visiting Cincinnati.

Diego Castillo added an RBI single for the Pirates, who had dropped the first two games of the four-game series.

Thompson (2-3), who pitched five shutout innings against the Reds in his previous start, carried a no-hitter into the sixth, when Brandon Drury lined a single to right with two outs for the only hit he allowed. Thompson struck out three and walked three. David Bednar picked up a four-out save, his sixth in six opportunities.

Marlins 9, Brewers 3

Miami slugged three homers in the fourth inning and went on to rout visiting Milwaukee.

Jesus Aguilar started off the power show, homering for the second straight day. Jorge Soler and Brian Anderson also homered.

Aguilar, Anderson and Miguel Rojas led Miami with two RBIs each as the Marlins won for just the third time in 13 games. Eight of those 10 losses were by one run. Left-hander Trevor Rogers (2-4) earned the win, allowing five hits, no walks and one run in 5 1/3 innings.

Red Sox 11, Rangers 3

Rafael Devers and J.D. Martinez homered, and Enrique Hernandez drove in three runs as Boston rolled past struggling Texas in Arlington, Texas.

Martinez extended his hitting streak to 15 games as the Red Sox won for the third time in their past four contests.

Boston starter Rich Hill (1-1), who was activated from the COVID injury list earlier in the day, allowed three runs, two earned, in six-plus innings.

Blue Jays 5, Rays 1

Teoscar Hernandez and Danny Jansen each hit home runs in a four-run eighth inning as Toronto defeated Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.

The victory stopped Toronto’s losing streak at five games. Prior to the solo shot by Hernandez, the game had been tied 1-1 since the first inning. Jansen added a two-run home run after the blast by Hernandez, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had an RBI single in the uprising.

Tampa Bay’s Manuel Margot extended his hitting streak to a career-high 11 games with a single in the fourth inning. Margot also singled in the sixth inning.

Guardians 3, Twins 2 (10)

Andres Gimenez and Myles Straw each drove in runs in the top of the 10th inning as Cleveland beat host Minnesota.

Cleveland broke a 1-1 tie when Gimenez’s leadoff double off the right-field wall scored Ernie Clement, who was pinch-running for automatic runner Franmil Reyes, from second base. The Guardians added an insurance run on Straw’s two-out, RBI single off Jharel Cotton (0-1).

Guardians reliever Nick Sandlin (3-1) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. Emmanuel Clase allowed a run in the bottom of the 10th before securing his seventh save.

–Field Level Media