Adolis Garcia ripped two home runs, a three-run shot in the sixth inning and two-run blast in the eighth, and Kole Calhoun had two solo homers as the Texas Rangers used their power bats to beat the visiting Boston Red Sox 7-1 on Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.

The Rangers salvaged the finale of a three-game series between the teams and snapped a two-game losing streak. Texas had managed just four runs in the first two contests in the series.

Martin Perez (2-2) earned the win, allowing one run on five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in six innings.

Perez, who pitched for Boston the past two seasons before returning to the Rangers as a free agent in the offseason, has surrendered just three earned runs in 32 1/3 innings over his past five starts after dropping his first two outings.

Texas had just six hits in the win but did its damage with the long ball after amassing seven hits on Saturday, five of them singles.

Boston had just seven hits, with Rafael Devers going 3-for-4. J.D. Martinez had a single in the first inning to expand his hitting streak to 16 games; Martinez has reached base in 32 consecutive contests.

Garcia’s first homer was to right-center off Ryan Brasier (0-2), the third Red Sox pitcher, and drove home Marcus Semien, who had doubled, and Corey Seager, who had walked. Calhoun followed with his second solo home run of the game; both were opposite-field shots over the left-center-field fence.

Garcia added his two-run shot in the eighth off Tyler Danish, driving in Seager, who had singled.

Boston struck first as Devers’ double in the fifth drove home Enrique Hernandez.

The Rangers’ first hit of the game, a solo home run by Calhoun to lead off the fifth off Tanner Houck, the second Boston pitcher, tied the score at 1-1.

The Red Sox head home to face the red-hot Houston Astros on Monday while Texas opens a three-game set with the Los Angeles Angels.

–Field Level Media

Gio Urshela and Byron Buxton each hit home runs, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 3-1 win over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Sunday afternoon at Minneapolis.

Max Kepler added an RBI for the Twins, who for the second time in the just-completed three-game series despite tallying only four hits.

Jose Ramirez homered for the Guardians. Richie Palacios went 2-for-3 for Cleveland, which has lost three of four.

Twins right-hander Joe Ryan (4-2) collected his first victory since April 27. He limited the Guardians to one run on four hits in six innings. He walked none and struck out five.

Guardians right-hander Triston McKenzie (2-3) took the loss despite recording a quality start. He allowed three runs on three hits in seven innings with two walks and four strikeouts

Minnesota’s bullpen preserved the narrow lead to secure the victory. Right-hander Cody Stashak pitched a scoreless seventh, while right-hander Joe Smith and left-hander Caleb Thielbar combined for a scoreless eighth.

In the ninth, Twins right-hander Emilio Pagan pitched around a two-out double to earn his fifth save.

The Twins opened the scoring in the bottom of the first. Luis Arraez drew a one-out walk, stole second base and scored on a single to right field by Kepler.

Cleveland evened the score at 1-1 on Ramirez’s home run in the fourth. He pulled an 84 mph changeup over the wall in left field for his eighth homer of the season and his first since April 29, snapping a 12-game drought.

Minnesota regained a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth. Urshela went deep for the second time in as many days to notch his third home run of the season.

Another Twins homer, this time by Buxton, made it 3-1 in the fifth. Buxton turned on a 91-mph fastball for his team-leading 11th homer in 23 games.

The Twins and Guardians will not meet again until June 21-23, when they are scheduled to reconvene in Minnesota. They are set to play each other 19 times this season, with three games down and 16 remaining.

–Field Level Media

Nestor Cortes followed up his near no-hit bid by pitching a career-high eight dominant innings and the visiting New York Yankees made the most of two hits in a 5-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon.

Six days after coming within five outs of a no-hitter on Monday against the Texas Rangers, Cortes (2-1) shone again. He took a shutout into the eighth and allowed one run on three hits to lower his ERA to 1.35 — the lowest in the American League among pitchers with at least 30 innings.

Cortes struck out seven and walked none. It marked the left-hander’s 16th straight outing of allowing three runs or less. He is tied with teammate Luis Severino for the second-longest such streak in Yankee history.

Cortes lost his shutout bid on his 94th pitch when Adam Engel lined a 1-1 slider a few inches fair down the left field line for his first home run of the year. After Engel connected, Cortes retired pinch hitter Yasmani Grandal on a fly ball to the warning track in right and got Josh Harrison on a groundout to third.

The Yankees won for the 20th time in 24 games despite getting two hits against Chicago starter Michael Kopech (0-1) and three relievers (Ryan Burr, Reynaldo Lopez and Jose Ruiz). Their first hit was a two-out single in the second by Isiah Kiner-Falefa as Kopech struggled to find the strike zone.

New York scored its first two runs on bases-loaded walks by Aaron Hicks and DJ LeMahieu. The Yankees made it 3-0 when Jose Trevino scored on a wild pitch during an at-bat to Aaron Judge.

Chicago retired 21 straight hitters before Josh Donaldson drew a two-out walk in the ninth. Joey Gallo — whose two-strike walk started the rally in the second — followed with a two-run homer to right.

According to Baseball Reference, it was the 21st time the Yankees won a game when getting two hits or fewer. It was the first time they scored at least five runs on two hits or less since June 8, 1952 against the St. Louis Browns.

After Gallo hit his fifth homer of the season, Clay Holmes pitched a scoreless ninth in a non-save situation.

Kopech allowed three runs and one hit in six innings. He struck out three, tied a career high with four walks and threw 42 of his 91 pitches in the second.

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Cincinnati rookie right-hander Hunter Greene tossed 7 1/3 no-hit innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon but the visiting Reds lost 1-0 despite tossing a combined no-hitter.

It was the sixth time in major league history that a team lost while not allowing a hit in a game.

Greene, 22, struck out nine and walked five and threw 118 pitches before manager David Bell removed him with two runners on in the eighth inning.

“I’m not focused on (personal) wins and losses this year; that’s not my focus,” Greene said afterward. “It is what it is, but I felt good with where all my pitches were. I’m very confident in myself. It’s hard on the mental side to not let your mind drift to that (no-hit) accolade but I think you have to embrace all the thoughts and emotions in that moment and go out there and have fun.”

The second overall pick in the 2017 draft, Greene was making his seventh career start. He was sent back out for the eighth inning after throwing 103 pitches through seven. He was the first Reds pitcher to go at least seven innings this season.

Greene induced Jack Suwinski to bounce out to first to start the eighth before walking both Rodolfo Castro and Michael Perez on full-count pitches.

Right-hander Art Warren entered and walked Ben Gamel on four pitches to load the bases. Ke’Bryan Hayes bounced into a fielder’s choice to score Castro.

“To not even get a hit in a game and to get a win, I’m sure that hasn’t happened a lot since baseball has been going on,” Hayes said afterward. “So just glad we were able to get that win.”

Greene entered the game with a 1-5 record and a 7.62 ERA.

Cincinnati had just four hits.

This was the second time a National League team lost a game without giving up a hit. Ken Johnson of the Houston Colts .45s fell 1-0 to the Reds in 1964 while accomplishing the feat.

It also has happened four times in American League Games.

Steve Barber and Stu Miller of the Baltimore Orioles lost 2-1 to the Detroit Tigers in 1967, Andy Hawkins of the New York Yankees lost 4-0 to the Chicago White Sox in 1990, Matt Young of the Boston Red Sox lost 2-1 to the Cleveland Indians in 1992 and Jered Weaver and Jose Arredondo of the Los Angeles Angels fell 1-0 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2008.

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A throwing error by Toronto third baseman Matt Chapman opened the door for a three-run sixth inning by Tampa Bay, and five pitchers combined for a shutout as the Rays defeated the Blue Jays 3-0 on Sunday afternoon at St. Petersburg, Fla.

Tampa Bay starter Jeffrey Springs allowed four hits in 4 2/3 innings. Relievers Matt Wisler (2-1), J.P. Feyereisen, Colin Poche and Andrew Kittredge combined to allow only two Toronto players to reach base. Feyereisen walked a batter and Kittredge allowed a ninth-inning single.

Wisler picked up the win and Kittredge got the save as the Rays picked up their second win in the finale of a three-game series.

Tampa Bay’s big inning started when Brandon Lowe singled and Wander Franco ended an 0-for-18 slump with an opposite-field single.

Harold Ramirez followed with a chopper to Chapman. But the two-time Platinum Glove and three-time Gold Glove winner tried to force Franco out at second. His throw went wild into right field and Lowe scored the game’s first run.

Franco then scored on a wild pitch by Alek Manoah (4-1) and Ramirez scored the third run on an RBI single by Ji-Man Choi.

That outburst ended what had been a pitcher’s duel and put a rare blemish on Manoah’s history against Tampa Bay. As a rookie last season, Manoah was 3-1 with a 1.46 ERA against the Rays.

Manoah went six innings, allowing one earned run on five hits. He also struck out four in an 82-pitch outing.

Springs, making only his third start since being elevated into the rotation, gave the Rays a strong outing. He struck out two without walking a batter.

Tampa Bay was without its top offensive player. Manuel Margot, who has 14 RBIs in the month of May, was placed on the 10-day injured list prior to the game with a hamstring strain.

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Cal Raleigh hit the tie-breaking two-run homer in the sixth inning and Julio Rodriguez collected a career-high four hits on Sunday afternoon for the visiting Seattle Mariners, who became the first team to beat the New York Mets in a series this season by withstanding a furious ninth-inning rally to earn an 8-7 win.

The Mariners took two of three from the Mets to improve to 5-9 this month. The Mets lost a series for the first time in 11 tries this season — the longest stretch to open a season in franchise history.

The Mets looked like they might extend their streak when they responded to a three-run fourth inning by the Mariners by scoring four runs in the bottom half off Robbie Ray (4-3) via two-run triples by J.D. Davis and Brandon Nimmo — the first time in franchise history New York has collected multiple RBI triples in an inning.

But Rodriguez led off the sixth with a line drive homer off Chasen Shreve (1-1). Abraham Toro singled one out later and Raleigh hit a two-out homer to right off Drew Smith.

Rodriguez added an RBI single in the seventh. He also singled in the first and eighth. The 21-year-old rookie had two three-hit games earlier this month.

Raleigh hit into a run-scoring double play in the third before the Mariners went ahead in the fourth on Mike Ford’s two-run single and Toro’s sacrifice fly.

After a quartet of Mariners pitchers retired 14 straight batters between the fourth and ninth, the Mets nearly came all the way back in the ninth. Eduardo Escobar, mired in a 1-for-30 slump, tripled off Drew Steckenrider with one out and scored on Jeff McNeil’s single. Patrick Mazeika singled up the middle before Brandon Nimmo’s double down the vacated third base-line scored McNeil and sent Mazeika to third.

Diego Castillo then struck out Starling Marte and intentionally walked Francisco Lindor before whiffing Pete Alonso on a 3-2 slider to leave the bases loaded and earn his second save.

Lindor homered in the first.

Ray allowed five runs on five hits and three walks while striking out nine over six innings. Mets starter Carlos Carrasco gave up four runs on eight hits and one walk with two strikeouts over 4 1/3 innings.

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Rowdy Tellez stroked an RBI single as part of a four-run fifth inning and added a solo homer in the seventh, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-3 victory over the host Miami Marlins on Sunday.

Aaron Ashby earned a four-inning save, his first of the season, striking out eight while not allowing a run, hit or walk.

The Brewers, who won twice in the three-game series, received solo home runs from Kolten Wong and Jace Peterson.

The Marlins, who have lost 10 of their past 14 games, got a home run from Jorge Soler, his seventh of the season. After hitting just two homers in 20 April games, Soler has five in 14 May contests.

Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff (4-2) gave up three runs (one earned) on five hits over five innings with two walks and six strikeouts.

Marlins starter Elieser Hernandez (2-3) gave up five runs (two earned) on three hits over four innings with three walks and two strikeouts. Marlins reliever Louis Head allowed both runners he inherited from Hernandez to score.

Milwaukee shortstop Willy Adames left the game in the second inning with a sprained right ankle. Adames, Milwaukee’s co-leader in homers with nine, was hurt on a slide while scoring in the first inning.

For the third straight game, Milwaukee took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Luis Urias’ sacrifice fly scored Adames.

Miami took a 2-1 lead in the second on a bases-loaded two-run single from Payton Henry. The Marlins made it 3-1 in the third on Soler’s homer that was pulled just inside the left-field foul pole.

In the fifth, Milwaukee tied the score 3-3 when the first two batters — Peterson and Wong — lofted solo homers to right-center. It was the third home run of the season for each.

The four-run fifth continued when Mike Brosseau reached base on shortstop Miguel Rojas’ throwing error. After Christian Yelich walked, Tellez hit his go-ahead single off Head. Omar Narvaez added his own RBI single for a 5-3 lead.

Milwaukee closed its scoring with Tellez’s homer in the seventh and Urias’ RBI single in the eighth.

–Field Level Media

Tarik Skubal struck out 11 batters in six innings, Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in two runs and the host Detroit Tigers completed a three-game series sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 5-1 victory on Sunday.

Skubal’s strikeout total tied his career high. Skubal (3-2) allowed three hits and two walks.

Harold Castro supplied three hits, a run scored and two RBIs, while Tucker Barnhart contributed two hits and drove in a run. Detroit’s three-game streak is its longest of the season.

Baltimore starter Tyler Wells (1-3) allowed three runs on eight hits in four-plus innings. Trey Mancini homered in the ninth for the Orioles, averting a second consecutive shutout.

Tigers outfielder Austin Meadows departed after the first inning due to lingering effects from an inner ear infection. Another Detroit outfielder, Victor Reyes, was removed in the second inning due to a right quad strain. Reyes was injured running the bases after hitting a double.

Baltimore shortstop Jorge Mateo was removed for a pinch-hitter in the fourth inning due to shoulder and chest soreness. He collided with Detroit first baseman Spencer Torkelson in the second inning.

The Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the second.

Cabrera’s third home run of the season came on an 0-1 fastball from Wells. Cabrera clobbered it over the left-center field wall for his 505th career long ball.

With one out, Reyes pulled up gimpy after doubling to right. Pinch runner Derek Hill stole second before Harold Castro smacked an RBI single.

The Tigers made it 3-0 in the third. Javier Baez lined a one-out double to right. Following Willi Castro’s infield single, Cabrera hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Baez.

Skubal walked two batters with one out in the sixth, then notched his 11th strikeout against Anthony Santander before retiring Chris Owings on a popout.

Detroit tacked on a run in the seventh. Harold Castro led off with a triple and scored two batters later in Barnhart’s single.

Harold Castro added a bases-loaded single in the eighth.

–Field Level Media

Justin Verlander threw five shutout innings and the Houston Astros homered in three consecutive innings to bash the host Washington Nationals 8-0 on Sunday afternoon in the rubber game of a three-game series.

Martin Maldonado, Yuli Gurriel, Chas McCormick and Jose Altuve all hit home runs for Houston.

It was a strong bounce-back outing for the Astros, who a night earlier had an 11-game winning streak snapped with a 13-6 loss.

Verlander (5-1) used 107 pitches and gave up two hits to combine with three relievers on a four-hitter. Rafael Montero, Ryne Stanek and Bryan Abreu all worked in relief behind Verlander.

Nationals starter Patrick Corbin (0-6) took the loss, logging six innings and giving up five runs on six hits, including three home runs.

Houston has scored at least five runs in seven straight games.

The scoring began on Maldonado’s two-run shot in the fifth. Gurriel homered in the sixth with a solo blast and McCormick added a two-run homer in the seventh. Houston benefited from walks, as the players aboard in the fifth and seventh reached on free passes.

The Astros plated four runs in the seventh. Altuve finished the scoring with his homer to lead off the ninth. Gurriel and Altuve both homered twice in the series.

Gurriel had three hits for the second game in a row. Aledmys Diaz, Altuve and Maldonado each added two of Houston’s 11 total hits.

Washington had four singles and four walks, leaving seven runners on base while another was erased on a double play. The Nationals went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.

Houston is 5-1 on a nine-game road trip that is slated to continue in Boston on Monday.

Washington, which has been blanked three times this season, has lost five of its last seven games.

–Field Level Media

Cincinnati Reds rookie right-hander Hunter Greene and reliever Art Warren combined on a no-hitter Sunday, but the host Pittsburgh Pirates scratched out a run on Ke’Bryan Hayes’ fielder’s choice in the eighth for a 1-0 win.

Greene (1-6) started and went 7 1/3 innings, and Warren finished the eighth.

According to the Pirates, it is the sixth time since 1901 a team has thrown a no-hitter and lost.

Greene, 22, a highly touted prospect in recent years making his seventh major league start, was pulled after he walked Rodolfo Castro and Michael Perez with one out in the eighth. Earlier, he walked Bryan Reynolds with two outs in the first, Daniel Vogelbach with two outs in the fourth and Perez to open the sixth.

Greene struck out nine and threw 118 pitches.

Warren replaced Greene and walked Ben Gamel on four pitches to load the bases with one out. Hayes’ fielder’s choice drove in Castro for a 1-0 Pittsburgh lead.

Although he was outshone by Greene, Pittsburgh starter Jose Quintana had a strong outing. He pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits, with five strikeouts and one walk.

Chris Stratton (2-1) pitched the eighth, and David Bednar pitched a one-two-three ninth for his seventh save as the Pirates earned a split of the four-game series.

The hits Quintana gave up, all singles, came from Albert Almora Jr. in the second, and Tommy Pham and Mike Moustakas in the fourth.

In the fourth, Pham singled to left with one out, and Moustakas singled to right, with Pham moving to second. They both advanced on a Quintana wild pitch, but Quintana got Almora Jr. to ground out.

The Reds threatened against Stratton in the eighth. Alejo Lopez doubled to right-center with one out. Colin Moran walked. Stratton struck out Matt Reynolds and got Brandon Drury to fly out.

Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton was ejected at the end of the seventh after the Pirates’ Josh VanMeter argued over a third strike call.

–Field Level Media