The Boston Red Sox will look to make it back-to-back wins and four out of five when their three-game rematch of last year’s American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros continues on Tuesday night in Boston.

Houston reliever Hector Neris had made 10 consecutive scoreless appearances before he was tagged for three runs in the eighth inning Monday during Boston’s 6-3, series-opening win.

Prior to Monday, Houston had lost just once in a 13-game span. Meanwhile, Boston was coming off a 7-1 loss at Texas after beating the Rangers in back-to-back contests.

“It was big. They’ve been hot and we kind of haven’t,” Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez told NESN following the win over the Astros. “Coming off a good series against Texas, playing against (Houston), we all remember what happened last year. Every time we play them, there’s a little more energy.”

Martinez and Enrique Hernandez each went 2-for-4 while Trevor Story and Xander Bogaerts homered for Boston.

“It seems like he’s seeing the ball well,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said of Martinez, who extended his hit streak to 17 games. “It started with the walks, and now he’s doing damage.”

Boston’s Nathan Eovaldi (1-1, 3.15 ERA) has pitched well all season, allowing three runs or less in all seven starts. However, the right-hander will look for his first win since April 13 when he takes the mound on Tuesday night.

Four of Eovaldi’s five starts since then have been no-decisions, including his outing at Atlanta on Wednesday during which he struck out six Braves over 6 1/3 innings of three-run ball.

Eovaldi’s 40 innings this season lead the Boston staff.

“I definitely take a lot of pride in (going deep into games),” Eovaldi recently told the Eagle-Tribune of North Andover, Mass. “I think that’s every starter’s goal, to go out there and go nine innings. I know there’s the stats the third time through the lineup how much better the batters are handling you. I think it helps that I have the five pitches that I can keep circulating through and keep them off balance.”

Eovaldi is 1-2 with a 3.93 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 36 2/3 innings over six career regular-season starts against the Astros. He is 2-2 with a 5.09 ERA in five career postseason outings (three starts) vs. Houston.

The Astros hope to have rookie shortstop Jeremy Pena — who grew up in Rhode Island and played at the University of Maine — back in the lineup before leaving Fenway Park on Wednesday.

Pena hasn’t played since Thursday due to a sore knee, but he worked out in front of coaches and trainers before the series opener in Boston.

“His mom put a little pressure on me,” Houston manager Dusty Baker said before Monday’s game. “His mom asked me, ‘Is Jeremy going to play today? Because we have 1,000 people coming from Rhode Island.'”

Mauricio Dubon, acquired in a Saturday trade to add to the team’s depth, filled in at shortstop for Houston the past two days. He logged his first hit as an Astro on Monday.

Jose Urquidy (2-1, 4.40 ERA) will start for Houston on Tuesday after consecutive no-decisions against the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers. However, he allowed just one run overall in nine innings during those outings.

Urquidy, a right-hander, worked six scoreless innings on May 5 against the Tigers before his Wednesday start was suspended due to severe thunderstorms that arrived in Minneapolis.

Urquidy’s first and only career start against the Red Sox came on May 31, 2021. He fanned nine Boston batters in six innings of three-hit, one-run ball, and he emerged with a win.

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The Toronto Blue Jays will try to end a stretch of four consecutive series losses Tuesday night when they start right-hander Jose Berrios against the visiting Seattle Mariners.

Berrios (2-2, 5.82 ERA) will be going for his first win of the month when he faces Mariners right-hander Logan Gilbert (4-1, 2.13).

The Blue Jays won the opener of the three-game series 6-2 on Monday night behind six scoreless innings from Yusei Kikuchi, a former Mariner, and solo home runs by Bo Bichette and Matt Chapman.

Kikuchi, who left the Mariners to sign with the Blue Jays as a free agent in the offseason, allowed one hit and three walks while striking out six.

“We’ve seen Yusei a lot, and he got good results,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said postgame. “He was an All-Star last year. He’s a good pitcher. He’s got good stuff. He had a good night tonight. He threw strikes when he needed to throw strikes.

“He’s got good stuff. There’s never been a question with that. We just couldn’t get much pressure or get much going against him.”

Berrios is 0-2 with a 9.90 ERA in two starts in May, giving up 11 earned runs on 13 hits in 10 innings. His last win came on April 30 against the Houston Astros.

Berrios faced Seattle once last season when he was with the Minnesota Twins. He allowed two runs and five hits in 5 2/3 innings to earn the win. In six career starts against Seattle, he is 2-2 with a 3.89 ERA.

Three of Toronto’s run of series losses came on a 2-7 road trip that ended Sunday with a 3-0 defeat against the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Mariners are 2-2 to open their 10-game road trip. They won two of three from the New York Mets to earn their first road series win of the season. They finish the trip with four games against the Boston Red Sox.

Gilbert has made one career start against Toronto, when he allowed five runs and eight hits in four innings to post a loss on Aug. 15.

Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo changed his struggling lineup for the last two games against the Rays, with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. batting second, Teoscar Hernandez third and Bichette fourth. He returned Bichette to second, Guerrero to third and Hernandez to fourth on Monday.

“At the end of the day, when it comes right down to it, and I’ve said this before, it’s about someone getting hot,” Montoyo said. “It doesn’t matter where you put people … as long as someone gets hot and it spreads and takes pressure off other people.”

Bichette had three hits and two RBIs on Monday. Guerrero extended his quiet hitting streak to 13 games with a single on Monday. During that span, he is 14-for-48 (.292) with two doubles, one homer and four RBIs.

Seattle’s Eugenio Suarez hit his team-leading seventh home run in the seventh inning Monday. It was the 200th homer of his career.

Toronto put left-handed reliever Tim Mayza (left forearm inflammation) on the injured list Monday and recalled left-hander Andrew Vasquez from Triple-A Buffalo. Toronto also reinstated Cavan Biggio from the COVID-related injured list and optioned him to Buffalo.

Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano was not available to pitch Monday because of what Montoyo termed a non-COVID illness.

Seattle placed right-handed reliever Drew Steckenrider on the restricted list and purchased the contract of left-hander Roenis Elias from Triple-A Tacoma.

Mariners left-hander Robbie Ray, who won the American League Cy Young Award with the Blue Jays last season, did not make the trip to Toronto, either.

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It never rains in California, or so it is said, which means that Tuesday’s doubleheader between the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers is a rarity for Dodger Stadium.

It will be the ballpark’s first “scheduled” doubleheader since Sept. 17, 1987, when the Dodgers opposed the Cincinnati Reds. That one came about so the Dodgers could leave an open date on Sept. 16 for a visit from Pope John Paul II.

The last makeup-game doubleheader at Dodger Stadium was on July 22, 1999, against the Colorado Rockies, but two games in one day at the third-oldest major league ballpark in baseball is rare as a wide-open 405 freeway.

Injuries to Dodgers left-handers Andrew Heaney (shoulder) and Clayton Kershaw (back) have left the club scrambling with its rotation. Los Angeles gave right-hander Michael Grove his first major league start Saturday and didn’t confirm its doubleheader starters until after beating the Diamondbacks 5-4 on Monday.

Expected to start Game 1 is right-hander Ryan Pepiot (0-0, 0.00 ERA), who made his own major league debut at Pittsburgh on Wednesday and pitched three scoreless innings despite allowing five walks.

Dodgers left-hander Tyler Anderson (3-0, 4.40 ERA) is expected to start Game 2. In 14 career appearances (12 starts) against the Diamondbacks, Anderson is 3-3 with a 5.96 ERA.

The Diamondbacks are expected to start left-hander Tyler Gilbert (0-1, 3.91 ERA) in the first game and have right-hander Merrill Kelly (3-1, 1.71) take the second game.

Gilbert, who has made just 11 career appearances, pitched in his only two major league games of the season in April. One of them was a three-inning relief appearance against the Dodgers on April 25, when he gave up one run on two hits.

Kelly is 0-5 with a 4.57 ERA in eight lifetime starts against Los Angeles. He lost to the Dodgers in the April 25 game, when Gilbert took over for him after Kelly gave up three runs in six innings.

In the opener of the four-game series on Monday, the Diamondbacks scored the first two runs, one on a home run from Christian Walker, before the Dodgers rallied for five consecutive runs, two on a homer from Chris Taylor.

Arizona made it close on a two-run home run in the ninth inning from David Peralta before Dodgers closer Craig Kimbrel finished off his sixth save in six chances.

The Diamondbacks were without shortstop Nick Ahmed, who was placed on the injured list for undisclosed reasons. He missed two weeks at the start of the season due to shoulder soreness.

“His shoulder is feeling fine,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said, according to the Arizona Republic. “He has been managing (the shoulder) and he’s been doing a really good job of being open and honest with me and the medical team and letting us know when he needs a little bit of a break. Those things are hard to manage.”

The Dodgers also won the opener during an April series at Arizona, but the Diamondbacks came back to win the final two games of the set.

“Just getting that first win of the series (is big),” Taylor said on the SportsNet L.A. broadcast. “They have been playing really good baseball. Obviously, they beat us at their place when they took two of three. To get the first one and to get the momentum on our side was big.”

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When the Washington Nationals visit the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night for the middle contest of their three-game series, the starting pitchers provide an interesting contrast.

Miami right-hander Cody Poteet broke into the major leagues last year and has made 15 appearances.

Washington right-hander Joan Adon arrived in the major leagues last year and has made eight appearances.

Pretty similar, right?

There are a couple of significant differences, however.

Poteet (0-0, 0.55 ERA) is 27 and was certainly not rushed to the majors. After posting a 4.99 ERA in seven starts last season, he has appeared solely in relief this year, earning his first start of the campaign on Tuesday.

He has faced the Nationals once previously, when he took a loss last June 24 after allowing five runs in three innings.

Adon, a 23-year-old who has never faced the Marlins, is an unimpressive 1-6 with a 7.03 ERA this year.

With Max Scherzer now with the New York Mets and Stephen Strasburg and Joe Ross on the injured list, Adon is taking regular turns in the Washington rotation, even though he may be better off gaining more experience in the minors.

Adon, signed for just $50,000 out of the Dominican Republic in 2016, started last year in Class-A and rose all the way up to the majors.

He has elite-level stuff, including a fastball that averages 95 mph. However, he has battled control issues throughout his pro career.

As for Poteet, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said he “seems like the right guy” to take the rotation spot vacated by injured left-hander Jesus Luzardo.

“He’s been built up to at least go out there and compete,” Mattingly said of Poteet, a San Diego native. “We’re not looking for seven innings or anything like that, but we think he can get us into the game.”

On offense, the Marlins benched a couple of slumping players — center fielder Jesus Sanchez and shortstop Miguel Rojas — on Monday, and the squad responded with a season-high 16 hits in an 8-2 win over Washington.

Sanchez is hitting .207 overall, including .089 with no RBIs in May. Rojas is batting .190 overall.

Mattingly, asked about Sanchez, said he still has confidence in the 24-year-old who hit 14 homers in 64 games last year.

“He needed a reset day,” Mattingly said. “It was good for him to work (in the batting cage) and not have to take it on the field for four at-bats.”

Washington, which has yet to win more than two consecutive games this season, enters Tuesday with nine losses in its past 12 games. Still, Nationals manager Dave Martinez maintains confidence in his club.

“I’ve seen signs that this team is good, and I really believe we’re going to be good,” Martinez said after the Nationals managed just five hits on Monday. “We’re going through a stretch now when we’re facing some pretty good pitching, but we can’t beat ourselves.

“We have to start from the first inning, first batter. Try to score early and go from there.”

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The New York Yankees will look to maintain their hot streak when they continue a four-game series against the host Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday after cruising to a 6-2 victory in Monday’s opener.

The Yankees, who are a major-league-best 26-9, have won 21 of their past 25 games after defeating the Orioles for the fifth time in the teams’ seven meetings this season on Monday.

The Orioles have dropped four straight games following a stretch in which they won six of eight games.

The Yankees will turn Tuesday to right-hander Jameson Taillon (3-1, 2.93 ERA), who has won his past two starts. Taillon beat Toronto twice earlier this month, collectively allowing three runs on 11 hits to go along with eight strikeouts and a walk in 11 1/3 innings.

Taillon, however, is winless in four starts all-time against the Orioles, including two this year. He gave up two runs on three hits in 4 2/3 innings in a no-decision on April 16 before yielding two runs on seven hits during another no-decision on April 28. Baltimore won both games.

The Orioles will counter with right-hander Spenser Watkins (0-1, 5.19 ERA), who got rocked in his last start. He gave up seven runs on eight hits in just 3 2/3 innings of a 10-1 road loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.

“It’s always a drive as a starting pitcher to give your bullpen a rest and give your team a chance to win and go deep in the game,” Watkins said. “I try not to let that cloud my thought process because you add more into your loop. It would have been nice to go long, but I’ll give the team what I can.”

Watkins, who has yet to pitch more than five innings in any of his six starts this season, has made one appearance against the Yankees in his career. He came in as a reliever and allowed two runs and three hits in two innings during Baltimore’s 7-2 loss to New York on Sept. 14, 2021.

New York manager Aaron Boone gave Aaron Judge the day off on Monday, marking the first time he didn’t start during the Yankees’ 23-game-in-22-day stretch that began on May 8. In the past nine games over the past eight days, Judge went 10-for-33 with three homers, eight RBIs and six walks.

“I think they could all use one (day off) during this stretch,” Boone said. “Especially the guys we depend on. Hopefully it serves him well.”

The Yankees had no trouble in the series opener.

After taking a 1-0 lead on Giancarlo Stanton’s double that scored Anthony Rizzo in the third inning, Jose Trevino provided the big blow an inning later with a three-run homer.

After Gleyber Torres singled to left, Joey Gallo struck out before Torres took second on Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s infield single to shortstop. Two pitches later, Trevino drilled rookie right-hander Kyle Bradish’s fastball off the right field foul pole to extend the lead to 4-0.

The Orioles pulled within 4-1 on the first of Anthony Santander’s two solo home runs, as he hit one to right field as a left-handed hitter in the fourth before clearing the left field fence as a right-handed hitter in the ninth.

New York’s Josh Donaldson and Rizzo hit back-to-back solo homers in the ninth inning.

Luis Severino (3-0) allowed a run on one hit to go along with seven strikeouts against just two walks in six innings to beat the Orioles for the second time this season.

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The condensed schedule, caused by the late start to spring training and the regular season, has led to day-night doubleheaders such as the one facing the Chicago White Sox and the host Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.

The White Sox won the series opener 5-3 in 10 innings Monday night on Luis Robert’s two-out, two-run home run. The visitors took a 3-0 lead to the eighth, but the Royals tied it on a two-run double by Whit Merrifield and an RBI single by Andrew Benintendi before Robert’s heroics.

Chicago will send Dylan Cease (3-1, 3.55 ERA) to the mound in the first game Tuesday, and the White Sox planned to wait until after that game to determine who would get the ball for the nightcap. Manager Tony La Russa said it’s possible that Lucas Giolito (2-1, 2.70) could return from the COVID injured list, but that was to be determined.

The Royals will have Jonathan Heasley (0-1, 2.70 ERA) pitch the first game, while Brady Singer (0-0, 6.35) will pitch the nightcap.

The twin bill is part of a five-game series that will stretch both clubs’ rosters.

“If there were five days (to play the five games), that would be one thing,” La Russa said. “If you had a little break before or after it would be another thing. But it’s the same thing for them. They just had a series in Colorado, and they’ve got another series coming this weekend.

“It’s a lot of games. We’re all protecting our staffs, and we don’t have a lot of extra players. There will be a bunch of guys who play both games (Tuesday). You have to figure out who needs a break.”

La Russa said that Giolito would pitch in the series, it’s just a question of Tuesday or Wednesday.

“The good part of it is that all the signs are looking up on Gio,” the manager said. “We’re going to wait and see. There’s enough going on with the game we’re playing (Monday) and the first game (Tuesday).”

Cease, who is 3-2 with a 2.96 ERA in 10 career starts against the Royals, has been hot and cold this season. He has yielded 15 runs total in his seven starts, but 10 of them came in two outings.

The right-hander gave up six runs in four innings during a no-decision against the New York Yankees on Thursday in his latest start.

Heasley has not faced the White Sox in his brief career. He will be making his second appearance of the season Tuesday, after taking a 3-1 loss in a start at Texas on Thursday. Heasley allowed one run on four hits with one strikeout in 3 1/3 innings. Four walks, and no offensive support, did him in.

Singer, who is due to be recalled from Triple-A Omaha for the start, needs to find the form that made him one of the Royals’ top pitching prospects. He made just three outings, all in relief, before being sent to the minors on April 28.

“I’m excited to get him out there,” Kansas City manager Mike Matheny said. “We know he’s a big part of this organization. It’s good to see that he had a couple of good outings (with Omaha). He got work, and he wasn’t getting work here.

“To be honest, how we’ve had to work our staff, and our ‘pen especially, we need our starters to take the ball and go. We’re not trying to put extra pressure on them. That’s what we want every single night. But I know that’s what Brady wants to do and I know that’s what Jonathan wants to do.

“We’re in a long stretch of games with a doubleheader right in the middle of it. It puts a lot of pressure on us to pound the zone and make quality pitches.”

The White Sox have won two of their past three games while the Royals have lost six of nine.

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The suddenly hot Detroit Tigers will seek their fifth straight win Tuesday night when they face the Tampa Bay Rays in the middle contest of a three-game series at St. Petersburg, Fla.

Harold Castro provided the late fireworks Monday night in the series opener, homering off All-Star reliever Andrew Kittredge with two outs in the ninth. His solo shot gave Detroit a 3-2 win.

Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash was disappointed in the lack of offensive production against Detroit’s Alex Faedo in his third career start. The right-hander limited the Rays to a run on four hits in 5 2/3 innings.

“We’ve got to do a little bit more offensively early in the ballgame,” Cash said. “We’re just not getting it done to the point we’re capable of.”

Cash will also be without one of his best power hitters this week.

Curiously left out of the Tampa Bay order for the third time in five games when the lineups were revealed Monday afternoon, Brandon Lowe was soon placed on the 10-day injured list due to lower back discomfort.

The team recalled former Detroit infielder Isaac Paredes from Triple-A Durham to fill the fifth-year veteran’s spot on the roster.

A 2019 All-Star, Lowe has gotten off to a slow start. The lefty hitter is batting .212 with two triples, five homers and 12 RBIs in 32 games.

The Tigers, coming off a weekend sweep of the Baltimore Orioles and already a game up in the current series, Detroit will hand the ball to Beau Brieske (0-2, 3.86 ERA) on Tuesday.

While the right-hander’s numbers have been mostly good across four starts, the rookie hurler needs to improve in two areas of control — finding the strike zone and keeping the ball in the yard.

However, in a 93-pitch outing against the Oakland A’s on Thursday, he tossed six innings and for the first time didn’t allow a homer in a start.

After the A’s scored three runs (two earned) against Brieske in the first inning, he settled in and strung together five scoreless frames in his longest outing of his career, though the Tigers lost 5-3.

“I did love the fact that he came back and battled and got us deeper into the game,” Detroit manager A.J. Hinch said. “Not only did he stay in the game, he kept us in the game and pitched very effectively afterward. That’s encouraging.”

Brieske will oppose Tampa Bay for the first time.

Detroit is down two outfielders, as former Rays player Austin Meadows (vertigo) and Victor Reyes (right quad strain) were removed from the Sunday game and placed on the IL.

The club recalled Faedo and outfielder Daz Cameron from Triple-A Toledo to fill the spots.

Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan (2-2, 2.52 ERA) will look to continue a strong month when he starts on Tuesday. In two trips to the mound during May, he is 1-0 with a 1.46 ERA over 12 1/3 innings. He has allowed only six hits — a .143 batting average — and two runs while striking out 16 and walking three.

Against the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday, the left-hander held the home side scoreless over seven inning and matched a career high with 11 strikeouts.

In his lone appearance against Detroit, last Sept. 19, McClanahan allowed just one run — a homer to Eric Haase — in five innings but was saddled with the defeat as the Rays dropped a 2-0 decision at home.

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Willson Contreras’ grand slam highlighted an eight-run first, and Wade Miley yielded just one hit over seven strong innings, as the Chicago Cubs snapped a five-game home skid with Monday night’s 9-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Chicago led 4-0 when Contreras hit the 100th home run of his career, well into the left-center field bleachers off Bryse Wilson to clear the bases and essentially secure his team’s season-high third consecutive victory. Ian Happ and Yan Gomes each had three hits with an RBI for the Cubs.

A day after being no-hit but still winning 1-0 over Cincinnati, the Pirates’ offensive struggles continued while recording just three hits. Yoshi Tsutsugo and Rodolfo Castro each singled in the eighth for Pittsburgh, which has totaled six runs and been shut out twice while losing three of its last five.

Pirates starter Dillon Peters (3-1) faced just seven batters in the first. He was charged with five runs while giving up four hits and a walk over two-thirds of an inning. Wilson, meanwhile, lasted 5 1/3 innings, giving up four runs — three earned — with eight hits and two walks.

White Sox 5, Royals 3 (10 innings)

Luis Robert hit a two-out, two-run home run in the 10th inning to lead Chicago to a win at Kansas City.

Ryan Burr (1-1) pitched the ninth for the victory. Liam Hendriks picked up his 10th save by striking out all three batters in the bottom of the 10th.

Johnny Cueto made a spectacular White Sox debut, pitching six scoreless innings and allowing just two hits. Royals starter Brad Keller yielded three runs on eight hits in seven innings.

Tigers 3, Rays 2

Harold Castro hit a tiebreaking, two-out homer in the ninth inning as Detroit stunned Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.

With the game tied at 2, Castro lifted an 0-1 fastball from Andrew Kittredge (3-1) deep to right-center for his first homer, making a winner of reliever Michael Fulmer (2-2). Closer Gregory Soto allowed a single but retired Mike Zunino with a flyout to center field to shut down the Rays in the ninth for his sixth save.

Jonathan Schoop hit a two-run homer, and Willi Castro went 2-for-4 for the Tigers, who won their fourth straight.

Brewers 1, Braves 0

Freddy Peralta racked up a season-high 10 strikeouts through seven shutout innings as Milwaukee opened a six-game homestand with a win over Atlanta.

Peralta (3-1) surrendered just two hits and walked one to lead the Brewers to their third win in four games. The right-hander is 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA over his past five starts.

On a night when both pitching staffs were in control, Milwaukee scored the lone run on a sixth-inning wild pitch by Ian Anderson (3-2). Anderson allowed the one earned run in six innings and gave up just four hits, walked two and struck out three.

Red Sox 6, Astros 3

Xander Bogaerts homered during Boston’s three-run eighth inning and Enrique Hernandez and J.D. Martinez both went 2-for-4 as the Red Sox defeated visiting Houston.

The hosts broke open the see-saw game against Houston reliever Hector Neris (1-2), ultimately earning their third win in four games. Matt Strahm (2-1) won in relief, working 1 2/3 scoreless innings of one-hit ball. He struck out three and walked none.

Michael Brantley (2-for-4) and Chas McCormick (2-for-3, home run) had multiple hits for Hosuton. Astros starter Jake Odorizzi collapsed as he came off the mound to cover first base on the grounder that ended the fifth inning, and he was stretchered off the field. The team later announced that he was dealing with lower left leg discomfort.

Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 4

Chris Taylor hit a two-run home run and right-hander Tony Gonsolin pitched six strong innings as Los Angeles rallied past visiting Arizona to open a four-game series.

Gonsolin (4-0) gave up two runs on three hits for the Dodgers, who have won consecutive games after a season-high, four-game losing streak. Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth inning for his sixth save, but not before giving up a two-run home run to David Peralta.

Christian Walker also homered for the Diamondbacks, while Ketel Marte had two hits. Arizona lost its third consecutive game and has dropped four of five.

Marlins 8, Nationals 2

Sandy Alcantara retired the final 20 batters he faced, leading host Miami to a win over Washington.

With his start moved up due to Jesus Luzardo being placed on the injured list on Sunday, Alcantara (3-2) allowed just three hits, one walk and one run in eight innings, striking out four. Miami finished with a season-high 16 hits, including three each by Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Bryan De La Cruz.

Washington starter Aaron Sanchez (2-3) took the loss, allowing eight hits, three walks and four runs.

Blue Jays 6, Mariners 2

Yusei Kikuchi pitched six scoreless innings, Bo Bichette and Matt Chapman hit solo home runs and Toronto defeated visiting Seattle.

Kikuchi (2-1), making his first start against his former team, allowed one hit and three walks while striking out six in the opener of a three-game series. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 1-for-3 with a walk to extend his hitting streak to 13 games.

Seattle’s Chris Flexen (1-6) allowed three runs, six hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out seven. Eugenio Suarez hit a solo homer for the Mariners.

Yankees 6, Orioles 2

Jose Trevino blasted a three-run homer and Luis Severino allowed one run on one hit over six innings to lead New York past host Baltimore.

The Orioles pulled to within 4-1 on the first of Anthony Santander’s two solo home runs, as he hit one to right field as a left-handed hitter in the fourth before clearing the left-field fence as a right-handed hitter in the ninth, but it wasn’t enough to catch the Yankees.

Right-hander Jonathan Loaisiga held the Orioles scoreless in the seventh and Chad Green took care of the eighth before turning it over to Aroldis Chapman, who closed it out in the ninth.

Giants 7, Rockies 6

Mike Yastrzemski hit a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning, Curt Casali went deep twice and San Francisco beat Colorado in Denver.

Casali finished 3-for-4 with three runs and four RBIs. San Francisco’s Thairo Estrada and Darin Ruf had two hits each, John Brebbia (1-0) pitched a shutout inning for the win, and Camilo Doval earned his sixth save with a scoreless ninth. The Giants have won 11 straight against the Rockies dating back to last August.

Ryan McMahon homered among his two hits while C.J. Cron, Yonathan Daza and Randal Grichuk had two hits each for Colorado.

Twins 3, Athletics 1

Gary Sanchez doubled and homered as Minnesota opened a six-game road trip with a win over Oakland.

Reliever Yennier Cano (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings for his first career victory. Griffin Jax followed with two scoreless frames before Tyler Duffey retired the Athletics in order in the ninth for his first save of the season. Minnesota won for the third time in its past four games despite going 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

Elvis Andrus had two of Oakland’s four hits. The Athletics lost their third game in a row and fell to 5-14 over the past 19 games.

Rangers 7, Angels 4

Eli White singled twice in a six-run first inning, Jonah Heim homered and Texas earned a win over Los Angeles in Arlington, Texas.

After a slow start, Rangers starter Jon Gray (1-1) rebounded, and he gave his club a 5 2/3-inning outing. The right-hander was charged with four runs on eight hits and a walk while striking out eight. He picked up his first win as a Ranger.

Most of the action came in the first inning, as the teams combined for nine runs, with the Rangers scoring six times. Los Angeles starter Noah Syndergaard (3-2) didn’t make it through the first inning. He was charged with six runs (four earned) in two-thirds of an inning.

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Chris Taylor hit a two-run home run and right-hander Tony Gonsolin pitched six strong innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 5-4 victory over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday to open a four-game series.

Freddie Freeman had an RBI double for the Dodgers, who have won consecutive games after a season-high, four-game losing streak.

Christian Walker and David Peralta hit home runs for the Diamondbacks, while Ketel Marte had two hits. Arizona lost its third consecutive game and has dropped four of five following a promising run when it won seven of eight.

The Diamondbacks grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second inning on Walker’s seventh home run of the season. Josh Rojas made it 2-0 in the fourth on a sacrifice fly to right field that scored Marte.

The Dodgers began their comeback with a little help from the Diamondbacks’ defense. With two aboard in the fifth inning, Mookie Betts hit a sharp single up the middle that skipped past Arizona rookie center fielder Alek Thomas. Both runners scored with Betts getting credit for a single and one RBI while ending up at third base on the play.

Freeman followed Betts’ hit with an RBI double to left field.

Max Muncy greeted reliever Sean Poppen with a bunt single to open the Dodgers’ half of the sixth inning, and Taylor followed with an opposite-field home run to right, his third of the season.

Gonsolin (4-0) gave up two runs on three hits over his six innings with two walks and seven strikeouts. Los Angeles right-hander Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth inning for his sixth save, but not before giving up a two-run home run to Peralta, his fifth.

Diamondbacks starter Madison Bumgarner (2-2) yielded three runs on six hits over five innings with two walks and one strikeout. Bumgarner fell to 0-5 over his past six starts at Dodger Stadium, going back to 2018.

The Dodgers lost the final two games of a three-game series at Arizona in late April.

–Field Level Media

Gary Sanchez doubled and homered as the Minnesota Twins opened a six-game road trip with a 3-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday.

Reliever Yennier Cano (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings for his first career victory. Griffin Jax followed with two scoreless frames before Tyler Duffey retired the Athletics in order in the ninth for his first save of the season.

Minnesota won for the third time in its past four games despite going 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

Elvis Andrus had two of Oakland’s four hits. The Athletics lost their third game in a row and fell to 5-14 over the past 19 games.

Minnesota got on the board in the third against rookie Zach Logue (2-2). Jorge Polanco’s two-out single scored Royce Lewis, who opened the inning with a double to left field.

Oakland pulled even in the fourth on Andrus’ two-out, run-scoring double against Chris Archer. The Minnesota starter departed after four innings, having allowed one run on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

The Twins moved ahead with a run in the fifth. Lewis drew a leadoff walk, moved to second on Nick Gordon’s sacrifice bunt and scored on Byron Buxton’s single to left field.

Logue gave up two runs on five hits over 4 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out two while throwing 82 pitches.

Minnesota added an insurance run in the sixth on Sanchez’s leadoff homer off Domingo Acevedo. The 433-foot blast to center was Sanchez’s third of the season and second in his past four games.

Andrus turned in the defensive play of the game with two runners on in the seventh. The shortstop made a diving stop on the outfield grass and threw out Gio Urshela at first to end the inning.

Oakland, which has a major-league-worst .199 team batting average, went 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position.

The Athletics had a runner at second with two outs in the sixth on Seth Brown’s double, but Sean Murphy grounded out to shortstop to end the inning.

Minnesota has won the first four meetings against Oakland this season by a combined score of 10-5.

–Field Level Media