Trent Grisham went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs as the New York Yankees held on for a 10-9 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.

Giancarlo Stanton finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs for New York (84-67), which evened the series at one win apiece with the rubber match set for Wednesday. Anthony Volpe and Austin Wells each had a pair of hits, including a double, and drove in one run apiece.

Ryan Fitzgerald went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer for Minnesota (66-85). James Outman and Trevor Larnach also homered.

Yankees reliever Mark Leiter Jr. (6-7) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief.

Twins right-hander Zebby Matthews (4-6) surrendered nine runs on 11 hits in three innings. He walked two and struck out two.

Yankees closer David Bednar allowed one run in the ninth but collected his 25th save.

New York jumped to a 10-1 lead before the Twins scored the final eight runs of the game. The Yankees remained five games back of the first-place Toronto Blue Jays (89-62) in the American League East, and New York is 1 1/2 games in front of the Houston Astros (83-69) for the top AL wild card.

The Yankees scored twice in the top of the first inning against Matthews. Cody Bellinger hit an RBI single, and Stanton followed with a sacrifice fly.

The Twins pulled within 2-1 in the bottom of the first on Royce Lewis’ RBI single.

New York kept up its pressure at the plate with a four-run second inning that increased the lead to 6-1. Wells hit an RBI double, Grisham belted a two-run homer and Stanton delivered an RBI single.

Three more runs in the third made it 9-1. Grisham and Aaron Judge hit back-to-back sacrifice flies, and Ben Rice contributed an RBI double.

Volpe added an RBI single in the fourth to put New York on top 10-1.

The Twins battled back with three runs in the fifth, four in the sixth and one in the ninth.

Outman hammered a 443-foot, two-run homer to start the scoring in the fifth. Byron Buxton came home later in the inning on a wild pitch.

The sixth featured an RBI single by Mickey Gasper, a two-run shot by Fitzgerald and a sacrifice fly by Larnach to pull the Twins within 10-8.

Larnach added a solo shot in the ninth for the Twins, but Bednar retired the final two batters to prevent a full Yankees collapse.

–Field Level Media

Christian Yelich hit a two-run homer and Freddy Peralta allowed one run over six innings for his National League-best 17th victory to pace the Milwaukee Brewers past the visiting Los Angeles Angels 9-2 on Tuesday in the opener of the three-game series.

Peralta (17-6) gave up a solo homer and one other hit while striking out 10 and walking two in a dominant 94-pitch outing.

Yelich put the Brewers up 5-0 in the fourth with his 29th homer, a shot to center, chasing rookie starter Caden Dana (0-2).

Denzer Guzman and Christian Moore had solo homers for the Angels (69-82), who dropped their fifth straight.

Milwaukee (92-59), which clinched a playoff berth over the weekend and has the best overall record in the majors, maintained its five-game lead in the NL Central over the Cubs, who won 4-1 at Pittsburgh.

The Brewers scored in each of the first four innings for a 5-0 lead.

Milwaukee took a 1-0 lead in the first when Jackson Chourio walked, advanced on a wild pitch and came home on Yelich’s double.

The hosts added a run in the second when Caleb Durbin singled to open, stole second, advanced on Blake Perkins’ infield single and scored on Sal Frelick’s sacrifice fly.

The Brewers made it 3-0 in the third on singles by William Contreras, Andrew Vaughn and Durbin.

Frelick drew a one-out walk in the fourth. After Chourio struck out, Yelich sent a 3-2 pitch 409 feet to center.

Guzman, called up on Saturday, made it 5-1 in the fifth with his first career home run.

Moore made it 5-2 in the seventh with a one-out homer, his sixth, off Grant Anderson.

Milwaukee answered in the bottom half when Brice Turang walked with two outs and Vaughn doubled.

The Brewers added three runs in the eighth on an RBI single by Chourio and two-run single by Contreras.

–Field Level Media

Cal Raleigh set the majors’ single-season home run mark for switch hitters with his 55th in the third inning, then matched Seattle’s club record with No. 56 an inning later as the visiting Mariners rolled to a 10th straight victory, 12-5 over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.

Stealing some of the spotlight was Dominic Canzone, who went 5-for-5 with three home runs for Seattle.

Raleigh opened the Mariners’ four-run third with a drive off Kansas City’s Michael Wacha (9-12) just inside the right field foul pole that broke Mickey Mantle’s mark from 1961.

The Seattle slugger entered 0-for-12 against Wacha, who came off the seven-day concussion list to allow seven runs and nine hits over 2 2/3 innings. Wacha didn’t have a strikeout and didn’t walk a batter.

In the fourth, with a man on, Raleigh turned around to the right side and sent a pitch from left-hander Daniel Lynch IV over the center field fence to match Ken Griffey Jr.’s team record set in 1997 and equaled in ’98.

Raleigh also doubled and increased his career-best RBI total to 118 for AL West-leading Seattle (83-68), which has outscored its opponents 78-28 during a winning streak that is tied for the third longest in club history.

Meanwhile, Canzone, who entered with seven home runs this year, hit two solo shots and a two-run drive.

Logan Gilbert (5-6) kept the Royals in check and was charged with two runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings. He fanned five and walked one as the first-place Mariners maintained a half-game lead on the Houston Astros (83-69) in the American League West.

In his ninth major league game, local product Carter Jensen clubbed a solo homer for the Royals in the fourth, then followed with a two-run shot in the sixth for his first major league home runs. He also doubled, but Kansas City (75-76) took its seventh loss in nine games.

The Mariners wasted no time getting to Wacha, who hit Randy Arozarena with a pitch to open the game then allowed a double to Raleigh. Both scored on Julio Rodriguez’s double to left-center field.

Canzone’s drive well over the right field fence made it 3-0 in the second.

Following Raleigh’s record-breaking long ball in the third, Rodriguez singled and scored on a double by Josh Naylor, who came home on Eugenio Suarez’s 6-4-3 double play ball. Victor Robles’ two-out RBI triple increased the lead to 7-0 and ended Wacha’s night.

After Raleigh tied the team homer record, Canzone cleared the right-center-field wall for a 10-1 lead in the fifth. He capped his career night by going deep with a man on in the ninth.

–Field Level Media

Dylan Beavers went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and Gunnar Henderson finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs for the visiting Baltimore Orioles, who hung on for an 8-7 win against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.

Dean Kremer (10-10) allowed two runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings for the Orioles, who have won two in a row after a three-game skid. He struck out four and walked three.

Shane Smith (6-8) was tagged for six runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings as the White Sox dropped their fifth straight. Smith walked one and fanned seven.

Baltimore broke a 2-2 tie in the fourth and grabbed its first lead of the game. After Coby Mayo hit a one-out single to center, Samuel Basallo connected on a curveball, sending it 420 feet just inside the right field foul pole to put the Orioles ahead 4-2.

In the fifth, Baltimore’s Jeremiah Jackson drove a leadoff double down the left field line and Henderson knocked him in on a single to center to make it 5-2. With one out, Beavers tripled to deep right field to bring Henderson around and extend the gap to 6-2.

Beavers increased it to 8-2 in the seventh inning, belting a two-run homer to right-center.

Chicago struggled to get on base after the first inning before finally breaking through in the eighth against reliever Chayce McDermott. Chase Meidroth scored on a wild pitch, and Lenyn Sosa singled, driving in Miguel Vargas and Mike Tauchman to narrow it to 8-5, ending McDermott’s brief outing. Andrew Benintendi then put a fastball from Rico Garcia over the wall in center to pull the White Sox within one.

The White Sox opened the scoring in the bottom of the first. Meidroth led off with a single and Kyle Teel followed with a home run to center field for a 2-0 lead.

The Orioles tied it in the third. Dylan Carlson doubled, Jackson drove him in with a double to cut it to 2-1, and Henderson brought Jackson in with a single to left.

Keegan Akin worked around a one-out single by Meidroth in the ninth inning to earn his sixth save.

–Field Level Media

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh homered in the third inning against the host Kansas City Royals on Tuesday to surpass Mickey Mantle’s single-season record for long balls by a switch hitter, then hit his 56th homer of the year an inning later to equal the franchise record set by Ken Griffey Jr.

Leading off the third inning, with the visiting Mariners ahead 3-0, Raleigh crushed a Michael Wacha pitch that stayed fair into the right field seats for his 55th home run. The blast pushed Raleigh past Mantle’s mark established in 1961.

Raleigh, who homered from the left side of the plate against Wacha, turned around against left-hander Daniel Lynch IV in the fourth inning and tied the club record with a two-run drive over the center field wall for a 9-0 Mariners lead.

Griffey hit 56 homers for Seattle in both 1997 and 1998.

Raleigh told MLB Network, “My name shouldn’t be in the same sentence with those guys, Mickey Mantle and Ken Griffey Jr. I don’t really have words for it. … I’m sure one day it will set in.”

Raleigh also doubled and scored in the first inning, and Seattle went on to win 12-5.

A first-time All-Star this year, Raleigh leads the major leagues in home runs and paces the American League with 118 RBIs. Earlier this year, he set the single-season record for home runs by a full-time catcher, previously held by Salvador Perez of the Royals (48 in 2021).

The first-place Mariners (83-68) lead the Houston Astros (83-69) by a half-game in the American League West.

–Field Level Media

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette will miss the rest of the regular season due to a sprained PCL in his left knee, the team announced on Tuesday.

Manager John Schneider is optimistic that Bichette will return in some capacity for the postseason.

“He’s not gonna be back for the regular season,” Schneider said. “But I think just working hard to be back as soon as he can after.”

Bichette, 27, was in the midst of a bounce-back season and, despite missing Toronto’s last eight games, still leads the majors in hits (181) and doubles (44).

A year ago, he set career lows in offensive categories, while playing in only 81 games, the fewest since he became a full-time player in 2021.

Bichette suffered the knee sprain on Sept. 6 while sliding into home plate at Yankee Stadium. He was placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Sept. 7.

Bichette sought a second opinion and, on Monday, Dr. Dan Cooper in Dallas confirmed the initial diagnosis: no structural damage and no surgery required.

“Nothing further required,” Schneider said, “other than kind of rest and rehab and getting back as soon as he can.”

Since July 4, Bichette has hit .373 with 24 doubles and 45 RBIs. He is third in the majors with a .311 batting average.

Andres Gimenez, who came over from Cleveland as a free agent this season, has moved from second base to shortstop and has graded out very well defensively.

Toronto entered play on Tuesday three games ahead of Detroit for the best record in the American League and five games up on the Yankees for the AL East lead. Should the Blue Jays win the division and clinch one of the top two seeds in the AL, they would not start the playoffs until Oct. 4, buying Bichette four additional days to return.

Toronto has gone 6-2 in Bichette’s absence, but his bat would make a tremendous difference in the postseason.

“In a perfect world, if he can come back and play short, yeah, great,” Schneider said. “But if we can get his bat back, I’ll take it.”

–Field Level Media

George Springer produced three hits and two RBIs as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 on Tuesday for their sixth straight win.

After providing the game-winning hit in the 11th inning on Monday, Springer was active in the first two frames, recording two hits, scoring and driving in a pair for the Blue Jays (89-62).

Toronto’s Nathan Lukes and pinch hitter Joey Loperfido hit solo homers. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Addison Barger each had two hits and an RBI as the Blue Jays maintained a five-game lead in the American League East over the New York Yankees (84-67).

Blue Jays starter Jose Berrios yielded three runs on four hits with two walks in four innings. Eric Lauer (9-2) threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings, and Jeff Hoffman got the last two outs for his 31st save.

Brandon Lowe cranked a controversial three-run homer and had four RBIs for the Rays (73-78). Tristan Gray was 3-for-4 with an RBI, and Yandy Diaz went 2-for-4 with a walk and a run. Chandler Simpson singled, walked, scored twice and stole two bases as Tampa Bay took its third loss in a row and sixth in seven games.

After 11 days off, Rays starter Ryan Pepiot (11-11) was not sharp. He surrendered four runs on four hits with three strikeouts and three walks in 1 2/3 innings.

Toronto struck first with a leadoff single by Springer in the first, a sacrifice bunt and an RBI bloop hit by Barger.

Pepiot walked the bases full in the second. Springer knocked in two with a single, and Guerrero added an RBI single to chase Pepiot.

In an odd play in the third, right fielder Lukes reached up to grab a deep drive by Brandon Lowe, but a fan reached over the fence in right-center field onto the playing field and snared the fly. A crew-chief review ruled it fan interference, but the umpires still allowed the three-run shot to stand, cutting Tampa Bay’s deficit to 4-3.

It got even stranger in the fourth. Lukes hit a similar-distanced ball to right, which struck Josh Lowe’s glove as he leaped up, hit a fan’s hand reaching over the fence and bounced back into play. Another quick review ruled it a homer for Lukes instead of a double.

Loperfido made it 6-3 with a fifth-inning homer to right, and Gray cut it to 6-4 with a run-scoring hit in the eighth.

Brandon Lowe produced an RBI single in the ninth, slicing the gap to one, and Junior Caminero then walked to put the potential winning run on base. However, Hoffman fanned Josh Lowe and Jake Mangum to end the game.

–Field Level Media

Sean Manaea tossed five solid innings of bulk relief and earned the win Tuesday night for the host New York Mets, who cruised past the San Diego Padres 8-3 in the opener of a three-game series between the teams holding down the final two National League wild-card spots.

Brett Baty, Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso and Cedric Mullins all hit homers for the Mets (78-73), who have won two straight following an eight-game losing streak.

New York, which entered Tuesday with a 1 1/2-game lead on the Arizona Diamondbacks for the third National League wild card, moved within four games of the Padres (82-69) for the second wild card.

Jeff McNeil had a two-run double in the first immediately before Baty’s homer. Brandon Nimmo finished with two hits, including an RBI single to open the five-run first.

Alonso and Lindor also had two hits and runs each.

Jackson Merrill, Jake Cronenworth and Freddy Fermin each hit solo homers for the Padres, who have lost 13 of 21. Merrill finished 2-for-4.

Manaea (2-3) gave up one run on four hits and no walks with four strikeouts in relief of Clay Holmes, whose workload is being managed after throwing a career-high 155 innings. Holmes gave up two runs on three hits and one walk while striking out two over four innings.

Michael King (4-3) took the loss for the Padres after allowing eight runs on 10 hits and no walks while striking out two over three-plus innings. King hadn’t allowed more than four runs in any of his first 12 starts this season.

A trio of San Diego relievers combined for five no-hit innings.

Nimmo’s single was the last of four straight hits to open the game for the Mets. After Mark Vientos hit into a 1-2-3 double play, McNeil doubled down the right field line and Baty homered to right five pitches later.

Merrill homered in the second before Lindor and Alonso answered with their solo blasts. Cronenworth went deep leading off the third and Fermin homered in the eighth.

–Field Level Media

Brett Harris collected the go-ahead RBI single in a two-run sixth inning and the duo of Mitch Spence and Hogan Harris pitched five innings of shutout relief, leading the visiting Athletics to a 2-1 series-opening win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.

The Athletics (71-80) were unable to score in the first five innings of Boston starter Connelly Early’s second career outing before going for two runs on three hits in the sixth en route to their fifth straight win. Harris (2-for-4) and Tyler Soderstrom (2-for-2, RBI, run) both recorded multiple hits.

A’s starter Jeffrey Springs allowed one unearned run on five hits across the first four innings. Spence (3-5) was the winner following 3 2/3 innings of shutout, two-hit relief.

Harris recorded the final four outs, using a game-ending double play to erase Ceddanne Rafaela from the bases following a one-out single in the ninth. The save was his third of the season.

Trevor Story went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases for Boston (82-69), becoming the fourth player to begin a season 30-for-30 in steal attempts since MLB’s expansion era began in 1961. Philadelphia’s Trea Turner accomplished the feat in 2023.

Story had three of Boston’s eight total hits.

The Red Sox failed to score with the bases loaded and nobody out in the second inning.

Early allowed one run on five hits and struck out seven in 5 1/3 innings.

Jacob Wilson ignited the A’s scoring frame with a leadoff infield single, but after Early and Greg Weissert (6-6) each posted a strikeout, Soderstrom’s pinch-hit, run-scoring double off the left-field wall knotted the score. Following a walk to Carlos Cortes, Harris notched the go-ahead RBI single into the left-field corner.

Early picked up where he left off in last week’s five-inning, 11-strikeout performance, fanning the final batter in the first two innings and completing five frames before allowing his first career earned run. In the second, the southpaw also picked Colby Thomas off first base.

An inning later, the Red Sox took a 1-0 lead when Rob Refsnyder scored on Narvaez’s two-out double. Refsnyder came around third after A’s center fielder Lawrence Butler bobbled the ball on the warning track.

In a shutdown fourth, Early stranded two baserunners with the help of Rafaela’s inning-ending catch, as the center fielder went sprinting into the left-center gap to take a hit away from Darell Hernaiz.

–Field Level Media