Right-hander Alex Cobb will hope for greater success against a pair of former American League rivals when he attempts to pitch the host San Francisco Giants to a three-game sweep over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday afternoon.

The Giants have dominated both on the mound and at the plate in the first two games of the matchup of National League West clubs, running up 8-5 and 9-2 victories.

San Francisco starters Carlos Rodon and Alex Wood allowed a combined three runs (two earned) in 11 1/3 innings, each emerging with a win.

The Giants’ bats did the rest, amassing 11 hits on Monday and then 12 hits on Tuesday.

For the first time this season Tuesday, San Francisco manager Gabe Kapler was able to pencil LaMonte Wade Jr. and Brandon Belt (just back from the COVID injured list) into the first two spots in his lineup. The duo combined for three RBIs.

The Giants are still awaiting the return of Wilmer Flores (back) and Evan Longoria (finger) from injuries.

“It makes a big difference,” Kapler said of having Wade and Belt hit first and second, respectively. “Obviously it pushes other really good bats down the lineup and creates some real length.

“Whenever Wade and Belt are in the lineup at the same time, they both see pitches. They’re both selectively aggressive, certainly willing to keep the line moving. When you add Flo to that mix, with that nice right-handed bat, it makes it even deeper. And with Longoria not that far away, you can start to see that this offense has a chance to start coming together.”

Cobb (1-1, 4.80 ERA) hasn’t won since the first of his four starts this season, but he does own a win in his only career head-to-head with the Rockies. That occurred more than nine years ago — on May 5, 2013 — when he pitched the Tampa Bay Rays to an 8-3 win, allowing three runs in 6 2/3 innings.

Having spent his entire career in the AL before this season, the 34-year-old is quite familiar with a couple of Rockies imports. Randal Grichuk has bombed him to the tune of 8-for-14 with three doubles, a home run and five RBIs, while C.J. Cron has gone 5-for-16 with a double, three homers and five RBIs.

Cron was one of four Rockies with multiple hits in the Tuesday loss. Colorado’s big hitter thus far in the series has been Yonathan Daza, who followed up a two-run single on Monday with a single, a double and a triple in the rematch.

In an effort to give Colorado’s offense a shot at salvaging one win in the series, the Rockies will turn to Chad Kuhl (3-0, 1.82 ERA) in the finale.

The 29-year-old right-hander has allowed more than one run just once in his five starts, the most recent of which was a six-inning, three-hit, one-run outing at Arizona on Friday. He did not get a decision in the Rockies’ 4-1 loss to the Diamondbacks.

Kuhl has neither a win nor a loss in three career starts against the Giants, pitching to a 3.63 ERA. He allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings in a 6-4 Pittsburgh Pirates win at San Francisco last July in his only previous visit to Oracle Park.

Rockies manager Bud Black’s advice to Kuhl: Keep the walks (the Giants drew five in each of the first two games) to a minimum.

“We didn’t pitch great,” Black said after the Tuesday defeat. “You can’t give this team free passes. They’re tough. You can’t do that.”

–Field Level Media

In acquiring Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos to play left and right field, respectively, during the offseason, the Philadelphia Phillies would likely to be capable of slugging the ball while potentially sacrificing some defense.

That’s exactly what happened in a 5-4 interleague loss to the host Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.

The teams will play the deciding game of a three-game series on Wednesday afternoon in Seattle.

Schwarber couldn’t get to a popup off the bat of Seattle leadoff hitter Adam Frazier in the first inning, and the Mariners scored twice. Every ball hit to Castellanos turned into an adventure.

However, it was the Phillies’ infield and pitchers that combined to commit four errors, helping Seattle win despite managing just one extra-base hit.

The Phillies launched three solo homers — by Castellanos, Rhys Hoskins and Jean Segura — and Bryce Harper added two doubles, but that accounted for all five of their hits as they lost for the sixth time in eight games.

Philadelphia manager Joe Girardi was spared having to watch most of it from the dugout after being ejected by third base umpire Bill Miller in the second inning after a controversial play at first base.

With Seattle’s Luis Torrens on second, Frazier hit a ball to second baseman Segura, who made a diving stop.

Segura’s throw nearly forced first baseman Hoskins off the bag, then the ball was knocked out of his glove as Frazier ran past. The ball wound up several feet down the right field line, permitting Torrens to score.

Hoskins was charged with an error and Girardi was sent to the showers after being told too much time had elapsed for a video review.

“When I walked out of the dugout, he said, ‘No chance. Time’s up,'” Girardi said. “I said, ‘Bill, use some common sense. There’s no way. I came right out of the dugout.’ And he said, ‘No, I saw the clock was up.’

“That ends up being a big play. At the time, maybe it doesn’t seem like it. But it’s really disappointing to me that someone doesn’t recognize that that’s not 20 seconds.”

Of Seattle’s 11 hits, six didn’t leave the infield and two more were broken-bat flares to the outfield. The Mariners scored twice in the sixth to take a 5-2 lead as Ty France was hit by pitch with the bases loaded and J.P. Crawford followed with a sacrifice fly.

“We had one of those games where the ball did bounce our way,” said Mariners manager Scott Servais, whose team won for just the third time in its past 14 games. “We didn’t hit a ton of balls hard, but we were fortunate we hit them in the right spots. We haven’t had that game in quite some time. You always say, ‘Oh, it’s going to even out.’ I don’t know if it ever evens out, but we’ll take it.”

Frazier, who went 3-for-4, agreed.

“I felt like we were due for some of those after the past few weeks,” Frazier said. “It’s been tough. We’ve had some guys hitting the ball hard at guys and nothing to show for it.”

For the series finale, the Phillies are expected to call up left-hander Bailey Falter (0-1, 4.91 ERA) from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to make the second start of his career. All four of his previous major league outings this year came in relief.

Right-hander Logan Gilbert (4-0, 1.36 ERA), the American League’s Pitcher of the Month for April, is set to start for Seattle. Gilbert had won four consecutive starts before getting a no-decision against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday, when he yielded four runs (three earned) in five innings.

Neither Falter nor Gilbert has faced the opposition before.

–Field Level Media

Veteran pitching coach Brent Strom might be the secret weapon for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who will look for a sweep of their three-game series against the Miami Marlins on Wednesday in Phoenix.

Strom, 73, announced his retirement last season after 52 years in the game, including the last eight seasons with the Houston Astros. After being coaxed out of his brief retirement, Strom is a major reason for the Diamondbacks’ surprising start this year.

Arizona has won 11 of its past 14 games to move three games over .500 at 17-14, and the team’s starting pitchers are 7-0 with a 1.41 ERA over the past 11 games.

Merrill Kelly, Zac Gallen and Madison Bumgarner each have sub-2.00 ERAs for the Diamondbacks, who had the worst record in the National League last season.

Strom downplays his impact, but there’s no denying his role in the team’s recent surge.

“I made it very clear to anyone who would listen: I’m not a savior by any means on this thing,” Strom said. “I’m just coming in with some ideas. But it’s a two-way street. They have to talk to me. We get to learn each other. We’re still doing that today. It’s a constant tweaking of little things.”

Arizona, which has won its first five meetings against Miami this season, will turn to Kelly (3-1, 1.22 ERA) for the series finale.

The right-hander continued his impressive beginning with another strong outing on Friday. He allowed one run on seven hits over 8 2/3 innings in a 4-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies.

Kelly, 33, has emerged as Arizona’s ace after yielding a total of five runs in his first six starts covering 37 innings. He is in his fourth season with the Diamondbacks following four seasons in South Korea.

“I just think it’s a mentality,” Kelly said. “I’m more comfortable in this locker room, I’m more comfortable on that mound, I know I can compete with anybody and everybody. There’s no getting my feet wet anymore.”

Avisail Garcia has three hits in five at-bats against Kelly, who is 0-2 with a 7.30 ERA in two career starts vs. Miami.

The Marlins have dropped three straight games and nine of their past 10. They could use a strong outing from Sandy Alcantara (2-2, 3.03 ERA) after Jesus Luzardo lasted just 2 2/3 innings on Tuesday in a 9-3 loss.

Alcantara is looking to return to the win column after dropping his past two outings, including a matchup against the Padres on Friday. The right-hander allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits over 4 2/3 innings in the 3-2 loss at San Diego.

Alcantara began the season with four impressive outings, posting a 1.78 ERA over 25 1/3 innings. The 26-year-old is 0-1 with a 3.57 ERA in three career starts against Arizona.

One encouraging note for Miami on Tuesday was Jorge Soler’s two-run homer in the top of the first inning.

Soler is batting .177 in his first season with the Marlins, but he has four homers and 10 RBIs in his past 12 games.

“It’s a battle with desperation,” Soler said of escaping the slump, per the Miami Herald. “You see some pitches that you know you can hit and have hit before. It’s something about trying to control that and then just continue with your routine.”

Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte had his nine-game hitting streak come to an end on Tuesday, but the 28-year-old is clearly heating up after a slow start.

Marte is 13-for-35 (.371) with five doubles, a triple and two home runs over his past 10 games.

“He’s the best of the best,” Arizona left fielder David Peralta said. “It was just a matter of time for him to lock in and do his stuff.”

–Field Level Media

Chicago White Sox right-hander Vince Velasquez credits a stronger mental approach for a recent run of success that includes wins in two straight starts.

Velasquez finds he’s better able to remain in the present, a trait he’ll aim to channel Wednesday afternoon as the White Sox try for a series victory against the visiting Cleveland Indians.

“I’ve always been one of those guys that would kind of let things kind of spiral and I just think, ‘I still have another out to get, there’s another batter to face.’ And staying on task,” Velasquez said.

“Things will obviously kind of get out of hand here or there, but that’s when you have to have that mental control of what you’re good at and what’s working and kind of go based off of that. It’s just a sense of awareness, knowing what’s working and staying on task.”

Chicago defeated Cleveland 4-1 on Tuesday to even the three-game series at a game apiece while earning its first victory against the Guardians in five tries this season.

White Sox leadoff man Tim Anderson collected three hits and two RBIs, Luis Robert had two hits to extend his hitting streak to nine games and Gavin Sheets homered for the second straight game. The White Sox have won seven of eight.

After committing four errors Monday in a 12-9 loss in 11 innings, the White Sox had zero errors Tuesday and turned a double play.

“We’ve had some breakdowns, for whatever the reasons,” White Sox manager Tony La Russa said. “I’m confident we’re a good enough defensive club and we’ll get better.”

Josh Naylor is 5-for-9 with three home runs and nine RBIs in the series for Cleveland, which is 8-3 in its past 11 games. Amed Rosario is 6-for-9 in the series, but still is seeking his first extra-base hit since April 25.

Naylor connected for a solo home run for the Guardians’ lone run of the game Tuesday. One night earlier, he steered a 12-9, 11-inning comeback win by becoming the first player in major-league history to hit two home runs of at least three runs in the ninth inning or later of the same game.

“I’m ready for every challenge,” Naylor said. “We’re all ready for every challenge on this team. It doesn’t matter who’s on the mound. It doesn’t matter if it’s Nolan Ryan. We’re ready for it.”

Velasquez (2-2, 3.97 ERA) won his second straight start Friday with five innings of one-run, three-hit ball at Boston. He walked two and struck out two.

In three career starts against Cleveland, Velasquez is 1-2 with a 1.59 ERA. He has 17 strikeouts in 17 innings.

Aaron Civale (1-2, 9.45) is set to get the call for the Guardians. Civale earned his first win of the season on Thursday with 5 2/3 innings of four-run, six-hit ball.

He is 4-3 with a 5.14 ERA in seven career starts against the White Sox, with 35 strikeouts and eight home runs allowed over 35 innings.

–Field Level Media

When the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates take the field Wednesday to decide their three-game series, it’s easy to envision anything happening.

After all, the first two games of the set were about as divergent as possible.

On Monday, the Pirates, sitting near the bottom of the National League, pounded out 15 hits and stymied the first-place Dodgers, who were held to four hits and barely squeaked out a run in the ninth inning in a 5-1 game.

If that was a role reversal, then Tuesday could be called true to form.

Los Angeles had a season-high 10 extra-base hits, including eight doubles, and held Pittsburgh to four hits in an 11-1 romp.

“There’s no free outs in their lineup,” said Pirates pitcher Bryse Wilson, who took the loss on Tuesday. “That’s what makes them so good.”

The Dodgers had won six straight before the Monday loss, and they were determined to bounce back.

“Different from (Monday), and just good to see guys break out,” Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts said, adding that overall his team has been stellar on offense even if sometimes the results haven’t followed.

“I really feel that we’re controlling the zone as well as anyone. We’re taking walks. We’re having hard contact. And a lot of times we’re just not getting rewarded. But I think that our ability to create traffic and get on base allows for us to score runs every night.”

Before Monday, the Dodgers had beaten the Pirates 16 straight times. In those 16 games, they amassed 111 runs while holding Pittsburgh to 46 runs. Los Angeles is 24-3 against the Pirates since 2017.

Thus Monday’s game seems like the outlier, pending Wednesday’s outcome.

In the series finale, Los Angeles right-hander Ryan Pepiot will make his major league debut, facing Pittsburgh left-hander Dillon Peters (3-1, 2.16 ERA).

Pepiot, 24, will be called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City for the start, Roberts confirmed before the Tuesday game after widespread speculation.

“I know he’s got some family in town,” Roberts said. “He’s earned it. It’s an exciting time for his family, for himself, the Dodgers. We look forward to it.”

Selected by the Dodgers in the third round of the 2019 draft, Pepiot made it to Triple-A last year.

This season for Oklahoma City, Pepiot has a 2.05 ERA in six starts, with 36 strikeouts and 12 walks in 26 1/3 innings. Pepiot, the Pacific Coast League pitcher of the month for April, gave up two runs and struck out seven in 4 2/3 innings against Albuquerque on Friday.

Los Angeles left-hander Robbie Erlin also had been a possibility for the start Wednesday, but he ended up pitching on Monday.

As for Pepiot’s leash, Roberts said, “That’s contingent on performance.”

Peters, meanwhile, almost assuredly will be used as an opener, especially since he just pitched Sunday — when he did not record an out in a relief appearance and gave up four runs and one hit and three walks in Pittsburgh’s 7-3 loss at Cincinnati.

It was not only his first loss this season but also the first runs Peters has allowed. Among the problems was a bases-loaded walk.

“I didn’t throw strikes, didn’t get ahead, and I walked three guys in a row and walked a run in,” a frustrated Peters said. “Simple as that.”

Of Peters’ nine appearances this year, two have been starts.

Peters has faced the Dodgers once in his career, a 2018 no-decision when he gave up one run in 5 1/3 innings.

–Field Level Media

The visiting Milwaukee Brewers, fresh from snapping a season-high three-game losing skid, battle the Cincinnati Reds in the rubber game of the three-game series in a Wednesday matinee.

Milwaukee has captured four of the first five meetings this season. Cincinnati, which went 0-7-1 in its first eight series of the season, is looking for its second straight series victory.

The Brewers send right-hander Adrian Houser (3-2, 3.42 ERA) to the mound; he is looking to build on a personal three-game winning streak. Houser, who will make his sixth start of the season and second straight against the Reds, earned the win last Thursday in a 10-5 decision in Milwaukee.

Houser was charged with five runs — four earned — and seven hits over five innings and 92 pitches. After losing his first two starts despite a 2.89 ERA, the 29-year-old has won his last three, posting a 3.71 ERA.

In 12 career appearances (nine starts) against Cincinnati, Houser is 2-3 with a 5.80 ERA, including 1-1 with a 5.60 ERA in four starts last season. In Cincinnati, Houser is 1-2 with a 6.41 ERA in six career starts.

The Reds will counter with a pitcher trying to avoid making some dubious franchise history. Right-hander Vladimir Gutierrez (0-5, 8.86) has lost all five starts to open 2022, matching Joey Jay (1963) and Frank Dwyer (1899) as the only Cincinnati pitchers to lose five starts to open a season.

While Gutierrez has thrown at least four innings in all five starts, his results have been progressively worse. Since allowing two runs in his first start, on April 9 in Atlanta, Gutierrez has allowed three, three, six and seven.

The Brewers tagged Gutierrez for seven earned runs on eight hits, including two home runs, in 4 1/3 innings. Gutierrez is 2-1 with a 4.63 ERA in four starts against Milwaukee, striking out 15 but walking nine in 23 1/3 innings.

The Reds’ pitching staff has been reinforced with the return of ace Luis Castillo and the effective outing of Hunter Greene on Tuesday against the Brewers. More help could be on the way by the end of the month.

Veteran lefty Mike Minor was sent on a rehab assignment on Tuesday — the first of two scheduled starts at Triple-A Louisville. There is no target date yet for his Reds debut, but that could change if things go well in his second scheduled rehab start Sunday.

“We could definitely add to that, but those two are scheduled,” Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell said.

Minor threw live batting practice to hitters last week at Single-A Dayton. On April 13, Minor had to abandon a rehab start with Double-A Chattanooga when his shoulder soreness returned.

The Brewers also added pitching reinforcements, recalling right-hander J.C. Mejia from Triple-A Nashville on Tuesday to bolster their bullpen. To make room, the club optioned right-hander Jandel Gustave to Nashville.

Mejia, acquired for a minor-leaguer in a trade with Cleveland last November, has 17 major-league appearances and 11 starts on his resume. He couldn’t make the big-league roster out of spring training in Arizona.

“I think with how spring training worked, it hurt a guy like him,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “Just had to prioritize certain things in spring training, and I think some of the things he wanted to accomplish got pushed to the back burner as far as how much we could get him out there and things like that.”

–Field Level Media

Through the first month of the season, the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees have become well acquainted with each other and quite familiar with playing close games against each other.

After the most eventful meeting of the season series featured three Toronto ejections on Tuesday, the American League East foes face a quick turnaround Wednesday afternoon in the finale of a two-game series at Yankee Stadium.

The Yankees lead the season series 5-3, with six of the games being decided by three runs or fewer. On Tuesday, New York pulled out a 6-5 win on Aaron Judge’s three-run, walk-off homer in the ninth inning against AL saves leader Jordan Romano.

“I think both teams have aspirations,” Toronto shortstop Bo Bichette said. “There’s a lot of really good players on each side and obviously there are going to be competitive games.”

Judge’s homer gave the Yankees their 14th win in 16 games and put them in position to win their seventh straight series.

The long ball capped a night that saw the Yankees overcome getting no-hit into the sixth before three Toronto ejections. Reliever Yimi Garcia and pitching coach Pete Walker were tossed when Josh Donaldson was hit in the back following Giancarlo Stanton’s tying three-run homer.

In the seventh, Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo was booted after New York reliever Jonathan Loaisiga threw up and in against Bichette in a 3-3 game.

“That was the thing that kind of got me going a little bit,” Judge said of the sixth. “This is a team we’re fighting for each other, it doesn’t matter what the situation is. We’re always going to pick each other up.”

Toronto lost for the eighth time in 13 games since getting off to a 12-6 start. The Blue Jays took a 5-3 lead into the ninth after Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit an RBI double and scored on Alejandro Kirk’s sacrifice fly in the eighth.

“I’m proud of my team for coming back after all that (expletive),” Montoyo said. “Believe me, we could have said, ‘Oh man, the umpires are against us,’ and all that stuff. We battled back and we have the best closer in baseball there in the ninth inning, so actually the other way around, I’m proud of my team for coming back in a game like this.”

On Wednesday, New York’s Jameson Taillon (2-1, 2.84 ERA) will face the Blue Jays for the third time this season and the second straight outing. The right-hander held them to two runs and five hits on April 11 in a 3-0 loss in New York and then allowed one run on five hits in a season-high six innings of a 9-1 win at Toronto on May 3.

Taillon is 2-3 with a 4.20 ERA in six career starts against Toronto.

Jose Berrios (2-1, 5.34 ERA), who is coming off his worst outing of the season, will start for the Blue Jays. Berrios took his first loss of the season when he allowed season highs of six runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings of a 6-5 defeat against the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday.

Before the rough outing in Cleveland, Berrios had a 1.93 ERA in his previous three starts, two against the Boston Red Sox and one vs. the Houston Astros.

Berrios is 2-2 with a 4.83 ERA in six career starts against the Yankees. He last faced them on April 13 in New York, when he allowed three runs (including solo homers by Anthony Rizzo and Judge) in a five-inning no-decision.

–Field Level Media

Making just the 11th start of his career, 22-year-old rookie Reid Detmers pitched a no-hitter Tuesday night as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 12-0 in Anaheim, Calif.

The left-hander faced only 28 batters, one over the minimum. No Tampa Bay player reached base until Taylor Walls drew a walk in the sixth inning, but Detmers (2-1) got out of the inning by forcing Kevin Kiermaier to ground into a double play.

The closest Tampa Bay came to getting a hit came in the seventh inning, when a ground ball off Los Angeles first baseman Jared Walsh’s glove was ruled an error by the official scorer.

Detmers threw 108 pitches, struck out two and walked one. Mike Trout hit two home runs for the Angels, and Chad Wallach and Anthony Rendon also went deep as part of an 18-hit attack.

Mariners 5, Phillies 4

Robbie Ray struck out a season-high 10 over 5 2/3 innings as Seattle defeated visiting Philadelphia.

Ray (3-3) limited Philadelphia to two runs on two hits and two walks. Despite allowing a solo shot to Jean Segura in the ninth, Paul Sewald earned his first save of the year as the Mariners won for just the third time in their past 14 games. Luis Torrens scored twice for Seattle, and Adam Frazier had three hits and an RBI.

Nick Castellanos and Rhys Hoskins also homered, but the Phillies took their sixth loss in eight games.

Diamondbacks 9, Marlins 3

Jordan Luplow belted a two-run homer and Madison Bumgarner pitched into the seventh inning as surging Arizona won a third straight, beating Miami in Phoenix.

Bumgarner (2-1) allowed two runs on six hits with one walk and five strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings. Geraldo Perdomo and Alek Thomas each had two hits and two RBIs for Arizona, which has won its first five meetings against Miami this season.

Jorge Soler gave Miami a brief lead with a two-run homer in the top of the first inning. The Marlins have dropped three straight games and nine of their past 10.

White Sox 4, Guardians 1

Lucas Giolito pitched seven strong innings and Gavin Sheets homered for the second straight game to boost host Chicago to a win against Cleveland.

Chicago won for the seventh time in eight games, behind a 10-hit attack and an effective Giolito, who improved to 2-1 after winning his second straight start.

The right-hander limited Cleveland to one run and six hits in seven innings, with one walk and five strikeouts. Tim Anderson paced the White Sox, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs.

Giolito surrendered a solo home run to Josh Naylor with one out in the seventh, the fifth long ball he has allowed in his past three starts covering 18 2/3 innings. Naylor went 2-for-4 for his second straight multi-hit game of the series. He has five hits, including three home runs, and nine RBIs over that span.

Orioles 5, Cardinals 3

Kyle Bradish struck out 11 and earned his first big-league victory as visiting Baltimore defeated St. Louis.

Bradish (1-1) held the Cardinals to four hits. Harrison Bader’s two-run, inside-the-park homer was the only damage against him. Cedric Mullins hit a two-run homer and Tyler Nevin hit a solo shot for the Orioles, who won for the seventh time in 10 games.

With Adam Wainwright still in COVID-19 protocols for the Cardinals, Packy Naughton (0-1) got a fill-in start. He allowed three runs on five hits in 3 1/3 innings as the Cardinals lost their third straight game.

Astros 5, Twins 0

Justin Verlander carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning and Houston cruised past Minnesota in Minneapolis.

The 39-year-old right-hander came within five outs of recording his fourth career no-hitter, which would have matched him with Sandy Koufax for second place on the all-time list. Gio Urshela spoiled Verlander’s bid when he singled to right field with one out in the eighth. Verlander (4-1) walked two and struck out five while allowing just the one hit in eight innings.

Jeremy Pena and Alex Bregman finished with two RBIs apiece for the Astros, who won their eighth game in a row. Minnesota, which was shut out for the fourth time this season, saw its three-game winning streak end.

Yankees 6, Blue Jays 5

Aaron Judge hit a three-run homer with one out in the ninth inning against MLB saves leader Jordan Romano, lifting New York to a victory over Toronto at Yankee Stadium.

The Yankees won for the 14th time in 16 games and avoided their second losing streak of the season when Judge drove a 1-2 hanging slider from Romano (1-2) into the left-field seats. After his 10th homer of the season and second career walk-off hit, Judge was mobbed by his teammates at the plate.

Before Judge won it, Jose Trevino and DJ LeMahieu walked against Romano, who blew his second save in 14 chances. Judge’s blast helped the Yankees overcome a 5-3 deficit after Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a tiebreaking double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Alejandro Kirk in the eighth, off Chad Green.

Mets 4, Nationals 2

James McCann’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly capped a three-run sixth inning for visiting New York, which overcame an early deficit to edge Washington in the opener of a three-game series.

The victory was the National League-leading 21st of the season for the Mets, who won each of their previous nine series. The Nationals lost for the fifth time in six games.

Jeff McNeil hit a two-run double for the Mets in the sixth. The Nationals scored on Maikel Franco’s double in the fourth and Riley Adams’ homer in the sixth.

Tigers 6, A’s 0 (Game 1)

Tarik Skubal tossed seven scoreless innings, Jeimer Candelario hit a three-run double and Detroit snapped a six-game losing streak by defeating host Oakland in the first game of a doubleheader.

Though the game was played at Detroit’s Comerica Park, the Tigers batted first. The game was originally scheduled to be played in Oakland during the first week of the season.

Skubal (2-2) allowed three hits, walked three and struck out five. Candelario had three hits for the first time this season. Jonathan Schoop had two hits, including a solo home run, and scored twice for Detroit.

A’s 4, Tigers 1 (Game 2)

Adrian Martinez pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings in his major league debut and Oakland salvaged the second game of a doubleheader with a win over host Detroit.

Martinez (1-0) scattered four hits and didn’t allow a walk while striking out three. Zach Jackson recorded the next five outs for the A’s and Lou Trivino survived a shaky ninth for Oakland. The A’s won for just the second time in 12 games.

Detroit starter Alex Faedo (0-1) gave up two runs on four hits and struck out seven in five innings. The Tigers have lost seven of their last eight.

Dodgers 11, Pirates 1

Justin Turner had four RBIs on three doubles as visiting Los Angeles pummeled Pittsburgh.

Edwin Rios hit a two-run homer and an RBI single, Austin Barnes had a two-run double, and Trea Turner and Cody Bellinger each added an RBI double for the Dodgers, who smacked a season-high 10 extra-base hits in forging a series tie through two games of the three-game set.

Los Angeles starter Tony Gonsolin (3-0) pitched five scoreless innings. He gave up one hit, with five strikeouts and four walks. Pittsburgh starter Bryse Wilson (0-2) gave up six runs and eight hits in 2 2/3 innings, with four strikeouts and one walk.

Brewers 5, Reds 4

Luis Urias homered and Jace Peterson doubled twice and drove in the go-ahead run to help visiting Milwaukee snap a season-high, three-game losing streak with a win over Cincinnati.

Urias also made the defensive play of the night, stabbing a Kyle Farmer line drive with the potential tying and go-ahead runs on base to end Cincinnati’s three-run rally in the eighth inning.

Freddy Peralta (2-1) limited the Reds to one run on four hits over 5 2/3 innings. He struck out eight and walked one to help Milwaukee beat Cincinnati for the fourth time in five tries this season.

Red Sox 9, Braves 4

Rafael Devers’ grand slam capped a six-run second inning and helped visiting Boston end its five-game losing streak with a win over Atlanta.

Devers went 2-for-4 with two runs while increasing his RBI total to a team-leading 15. It was the fifth home run of the season for Devers and his third career grand slam.

The blast came against Kyle Wright (3-2), who worked 4 2/3 innings and allowed six runs on seven hits and four walks with four strikeouts. It was Wright’s shortest outing of the season. The winning pitcher was Tyler Danish (1-0), who allowed one hit and struck out two in two scoreless innings to earn his first major league victory since 2018.

Rangers 6, Royals 4

Corey Seager snapped out of a slump by belting two home runs, powering Texas to a win over Kansas City in Arlington, Texas.

Seager had been hitless in 16 consecutive at-bats before he delivered a two-out home run off Brad Keller (1-3) in the first inning. He went deep again in the third inning, marking his first multi-homer game since signing with the Rangers in the offseason.

Texas starter Martin Perez (1-2) gave up four runs (one earned) with six strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. Joe Barlow worked a clean ninth inning for his fifth save.

Padres 5, Cubs 4

Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking, sixth-inning double and Eric Hosmer followed with an RBI single as San Diego defeated visiting Chicago hours after learning manager Bob Melvin will have prostate surgery Wednesday morning.

“I don’t think it’s cancer, but we won’t know until we get in there,” Melvin said while addressing the media before the game. “It is what it is. The timetable is, hopefully, at the longest, I would just miss this next road trip.”

The run-scoring hits by Machado and Hosmer capped the Padres’ third, two-out, none-on rally of the game — resulting in all five San Diego runs. Steven Wilson (3-0) got the win after throwing 1 2/3 scoreless relief innings.

Giants 9, Rockies 2

Alex Wood allowed just one unearned run in 5 1/3 innings, batterymate Curt Casali collected three hits and two RBIs, and San Francisco made it two straight over visiting Colorado.

LaMonte Wade Jr. also drove in two runs, while Thairo Estrada and Brandon Crawford scored twice apiece for the Giants, who have rebounded from two homestand-opening losses to the St. Louis Cardinals with four consecutive wins.

One night after putting up eight runs in a one-sided win over the Rockies, the Giants did it again — and then some — this time using a three-run second inning as the momentum builder. Luis Gonzalez and Casali had RBI singles in the uprising against Rockies starter Antonio Senzatela (2-2).

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Jordan Luplow belted a two-run homer and Madison Bumgarner pitched into the seventh inning as the surging Arizona Diamondbacks won their third straight, beating the Miami Marlins 9-3 on Tuesday in Phoenix.

Bumgarner (2-1) allowed two runs on six hits with one walk and five strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings. Arizona has won 11 of its past 14 games to move three games over .500 at 17-14.

Jorge Soler gave Miami a brief lead with a two-run homer in the top of the first inning. The Marlins have dropped three straight games and nine of their past 10.

Geraldo Perdomo and Alek Thomas each had two hits and two RBIs for Arizona, which has won its first five meetings against Miami this season.

The D-backs tied the game in the bottom of the first against Marlins starter Jesus Luzardo (2-3). Cooper Hummel drew a leadoff walk in front of Luplow, who knocked a 1-1 fastball into the left-field seats.

Luzardo allowed the next two batters to reach base before escaping further damage with three consecutive strikeouts.

Arizona broke the tie with four runs in the third inning. After Louis Head replaced Luzardo with two out and two runners on, Nick Ahmed and Perdomo each singled in a run.

Thomas then doubled in a run for his first career RBI before Perdomo scored from third on a wild pitch.

Luzardo allowed four runs on two hits over 2 2/3 innings while throwing 78 pitches. He walked four and struck out six in his shortest outing of the young season.

Arizona pulled away with three runs in the eighth against Dylan Floro, who was making his season debut after starting the year on the injured list with right rotator cuff tendinitis.

Perdomo and Thomas had consecutive RBI singles before Jose Herrera grounded into a fielder’s choice. Hummel then capped the rally with a run-scoring double.

Jacob Stallings singled in a run in the ninth for Miami, which left eight runners on base. Miguel Rojas and Joey Wendle had two hits apiece for the Marlins.

D-backs second baseman Ketel Marte went 0-for-3 with two walks, snapping his hitting streak at nine games.

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Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking, sixth-inning double and Eric Hosmer followed with an RBI single Tuesday night as the San Diego Padres defeated the visiting Chicago Cubs 5-4 hours after learning manager Bob Melvin will have prostate surgery Wednesday morning.

“I don’t think it’s cancer, but we won’t know until we get in there,” Melvin said while addressing the media before the game. “It is what it is. The timetable is, hopefully, at the longest, I would just miss this next road trip.”

Bench coach Ryan Christenson will serve as the Padres’ manager until Melvin returns.

The run-scoring hits by Machado and Hosmer capped the Padres’ third, two-out, none-on rally of the game — resulting in all five San Diego runs.

Steven Wilson (3-0) got the win after throwing 1 2/3 scoreless relief innings.

Taylor Rogers earned his 12th save — despite allowing his first run of the season in the ninth on Ian Happ’s RBI single and getting the final out on pinch hitter Frank Schwindel’s bases-loaded drive into the glove of left fielder Jurickson Profar at the fence.

The Padres took a 2-0 lead in the first after left-hander Wade Miley retired the first two hitters he faced in his initial start of the season. Machado drew a two-out walk, advanced to third on a single by Hosmer and scored on an infield single by Wil Myers, who returned from the injured list Tuesday.

Miley then issued two more walks, the second to Ha-Seong Kim, forcing in a run.

The Cubs tied the game in the third when San Diego-area native Alfonso Rivas hit a two-run homer that cleared the fence in center by ricocheting off the glove of Jose Azocar.

Miley issued two, two-out walks in the bottom of the third, and Austin Nola gave the Padres a 3-2 lead with a RBI single.

The Cubs tied the game in the fifth when Rafael Ortega singled, moved to second on a walk, stole third and scored when catcher Nola threw the ball into left.

With two outs in the sixth, the Padres got four straight hits — a gap double by Jake Cronenworth, a single by Profar off first baseman Rivas’ glove, Machado’s double just inside the third base bag and Hosmer’s single to short center off the glove of second baseman Jonathan Villar.

Chicago reliever Robert Gsellman (0-1) took the loss after allowing one run in 2 2/3 innings.

Miley gave up three runs on five hits in three innings in his return from elbow inflammation. Mike Clevinger started for the Padres and gave up three runs (two earned) in 4 1/3 innings.

The rubber game of the three-game series is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

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