Luis Arraez went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and four runs scored and Gary Sanchez drove in three runs as the Minnesota Twins routed the host Oakland Athletics 14-4 in the rubber match of a three-game series on Wednesday.

Ryan Jeffers added two hits and two RBIs for Minnesota, which set a season high for runs scored and won for the fourth time in its last six games.

Minnesota starter Sonny Gray (1-1) allowed two runs on six hits with no walks and five strikeouts over six innings.

Twins shortstop Carlos Correa returned after missing the past 11 games with a right finger contusion and went 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and two runs scored.

Luis Barrera had three hits, and Kevin Smith, Seth Brown and Ramon Laureano had two apiece for Oakland, which has lost five of its last seven games.

Minnesota jumped on Oakland starter Daulton Jefferies (1-7) for three runs with two outs in the first inning. After three of the first five batters reached base safely, Sanchez singled in two runs and Gio Urshela followed with an RBI single.

Oakland answered in the bottom half when Laureano doubled with two out and scored on Brown’s single to left field.

Sanchez put the Twins ahead 4-1 with a run-scoring double off the right-field wall in the third.

The A’s cut the lead in half in the bottom of the third when Brown tripled with two out and scored on Christian Bethancourt’s single.

Minnesota extended its lead with two runs in the fourth. Byron Buxton drew a two-out walk and scored on Arraez’s double. Carlos Correa followed with a run-scoring double.

Jefferies lost his seventh straight start, allowing six runs on seven hits over four innings. He walked three and struck out five.

The Twins, who won the season series against Oakland by a 5-1 margin, pulled away with five runs in the sixth after Kirby Snead began the inning by walking the first two batters.

Jorge Polanco followed with a run-scoring single before Correa scored from third on Max Kepler’s sacrifice fly. Jeffers doubled in two runs with two out and Nick Gordon singled in a run to cap the inning.

Oakland position player Chad Pinder pitched the ninth inning and allowed three runs, including Gilberto Celestino’s two-run single.

–Field Level Media

Justin Turner hit a three-run home run and right-hander Walker Buehler won for the fifth time in eight starts as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Wednesday to complete a four-game sweep.

Freddie Freeman had an RBI single eight pitches into the game as the Dodgers won their fifth consecutive contest overall following a season-long four-game losing streak.

Pavin Smith had two RBIs for Arizona, which saw its season-worst losing streak reach six games. The Diamondbacks fell to 5-21 against the Dodgers over the past two seasons.

The Dodgers got off to a fast start when Mookie Betts led off the bottom of the first inning with a double and Freeman followed with a single to center. It was Betts’ major league leading 36th run scored.

The Diamondbacks tied the game in the second inning on a Geraldo Perdomo RBI groundout and pushed in front 2-1 in the third on another run-scoring groundout, this one from Smith.

The Dodgers jumped back on top in the fourth inning. Will Smith had a one-out double and Max Muncy followed with a single before Turner blasted a home run to left field, his fourth of the season and third of the just-completed eight-game homestand.

The Dodgers made it 5-2 in the fourth inning when Cody Bellinger doubled after Turner’s home run and Gavin Lux had a two-out RBI single.

Arizona loaded the bases with nobody out on three consecutive singles, but Buehler struck out Jordan Luplow and Smith before Christian Walker grounded into a force out to end the threat.

Smith had an RBI single in the seventh inning to bring Arizona within 5-3.

Buehler (5-1) gave up two runs on six hits over five innings with two walks and four strikeouts. Dodgers left-hander David Price went 1 1/3 scoreless innings in his return from the COVID-injured list and Daniel Hudson pitched the ninth inning for his second save.

Diamondbacks starter Zach Davies (2-2) gave up five runs on seven hits over four innings with no walks and two strikeouts. He entered with a 1.06 ERA at Dodger Stadium in five previous starts.

–Field Level Media

Inclement weather forced the postponement of Wednesday night’s scheduled game between the Cincinnati Reds and host Cleveland Guardians.

The game was rescheduled for 1:10 p.m. ET on Thursday.

The Reds will go for a two-game sweep after winning the series opener 5-4 in 10 innings on Tuesday. Former Cleveland player Tyler Naquin hit his third homer in the win for Cincinnati.

–Field Level Media

Denver-area AT&T Sportsnet reporter Kelsey Wingert said Wednesday that she is recovering after being struck in the head by a foul line drive during the ninth inning of the Colorado Rockies’ home game on Monday night against the San Francisco Giants.

Wingert, who covers the Rockies, posted a picture on her Twitter account displaying a downward row of stitches on her forehead from the incident, saying “I took a 95 MPH line drive to my head.”

Checking in – Monday, I took a 95 MPH line drive to my head.

The @Rockies & @ATTSportsNetRM have treated me like family. Getting me treatment & to the best hospital ASAP. I was at hospital for 5 hours w/ David Woodman (GM of AT&T SN), his wife, Paula & my producer Alison Vigil. pic.twitter.com/UzhlCzclNE

– Kelsey Wingert (@KelsWingert) May 18, 2022

Wingert, 29, was stationed at the end of the Rockies’ dugout when she was struck by a foul ball hit by San Francisco Giants outfielder Austin Slater. She said she spent five hours at the hospital.

“I had CT scan to check for internal bleeding/fractures & it came back clear, Thank God. I received internal & external stitches,” Wingert said.

This isn’t the first time Wingert has been injured by a foul ball.

On March 30, 2018 while working for Fox Sports South, Wingert suffered a fractured right eye socket when struck by a foul ball during a game between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies.

Wingert, then covering the Braves, was briefly hospitalized after being hit by the foul ball off the bat of Odubel Herrera of the Phillies in the seventh inning. She was standing in the camera well on the first-base side at Atlanta’s SunTrust Park when Herrera’s sharp bouncing grounder hit her in the face.

–Field Level Media