Three major league organizations parted ways with Brent Rooker before the Athletics landed him via waivers from the Kansas City Royals following the 2022 season.

In 2 1/2 seasons with the Athletics, Rooker has 89 homers and just made the American League All-Star team for the second time. He also will participate in the Home Run Derby on Monday.

But first, the 30-year-old Rooker will look to help the Athletics win a three-game series from the Toronto Blue Jays when the clubs conclude play before the All-Star break with a matchup Sunday afternoon at West Sacramento, Calif.

“It’s going to be a big game,” Rooker said after Saturday’s 4-3 win over Toronto evened the series. “Obviously, heading into the break and building some momentum against a good team, we’ll be feeling good about ourselves going into the All-Star break.”

Rooker hit a two-run, tiebreaking homer and also had a run-scoring double in Saturday’s victory. The blast gave him his third straight 20-homer season — he hit 30 for the A’s in 2023 and 39 last season.

The homer was Rooker’s 99th in the majors. The other 10 came for the Minnesota Twins, who eventually traded him to the San Diego Padres, who later gave him away to the Royals, a team that just let him go.

That journey has helped Rooker relish big moments like Saturday’s fifth-inning homer off Kevin Gausman.

“To impact the game is fun,” Rooker said. “I’ve been looking for a big swing for a few games now, and I was finally able to get one.”

Athletics manager Mark Kotsay said he was impressed with Rooker’s homer.

“That at-bat by Rook, to be able to elevate that pitch and hit it out of the yard was pretty exceptional,” Kotsay said.

Blue Jays manager John Schneider was not awed by the blast.

“The homer to Rooker is probably only a homer here,” said Schneider, referring to how the Triple-A ballpark being used by the A’s is considered a launching pad. “He’s a good hitter.”

The loss on Saturday was just the second for Toronto in the past 13 games. It also marked the first time the team lost to the Athletics in six games this season.

The Blue Jays had only six hits and struck out 13 times on Saturday. Toronto was just 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position, including back-to-back strikeouts by Ernie Clement and George Springer to end the game.

“It didn’t really bounce our way,” Schneider said.

The Blue Jays will send right-hander Jose Berrios (5-3, 3.53 ERA) to the mound on Sunday. Berrios is 3-0 over his last four starts and has allowed a total of two runs (one earned) and eight hits in the three wins.

Berrios, 31, defeated the Chicago White Sox on Monday when he gave up one run and two hits over six innings of an 8-4 win.

Berrios tied his season high of nine strikeouts when he defeated the Athletics on May 29 in Toronto. He gave up just two hits in six shutout innings of a 12-0 rout.

Overall, Berrios is 4-3 with a 3.17 ERA in 12 career starts against the A’s. Gio Urshela is 6-for-11 against Berrios while Lawrence Butler (2-for-8) has homered.

The Athletics will counter with left-hander Jeffrey Springs (7-6, 3.92), who has allowed two or fewer earned runs in each of his last five outings.

Springs defeated the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday when he allowed one run and six hits over six innings of a 10-1 A’s rout.

Springs lost to the Blue Jays on May 30 when he gave up six runs, six hits and a season-worst six walks in two-plus innings of an 11-7 Toronto win.

The 32-year-old is 2-1 with a 4.55 ERA in 11 career appearances (four starts) against Toronto. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (3-for-13) and Clement (2-for-4) each have homered off Springs.

–Field Level Media

The injury-battered Atlanta Braves are looking forward to resting during the All-Star break.

They absorbed another injury hit Friday when third baseman Austin Riley suffered a strained right abdomen that landed him on the 10-day injured list Saturday. The Braves also will go into the break with back-to-back bullpen games due to the depletion of their starting rotation.

But they have won three of four games heading into Sunday afternoon’s road game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Atlanta won 6-5 on Friday, then 7-6 on Saturday after recalling Nacho Alvarez Jr. from Triple-A Gwinnett to replace Riley.

“We just keep battling through things like that,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “I mean, we’ve done it for over a year now. So I hate it for Austin, too, because he’s swinging the bat pretty good. It’s one of those things.”

On the plus side, outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. remained in action while dealing with a lower back concern. He changed his mind and opted out of the Home Run Derby on Monday, but he remained in the Braves’ lineup while promising he will play in the All-Star Game on his home field in Atlanta on Tuesday.

Acuna is 6-for-17 with three homers, two doubles and four RBIs in his past four games. He moved from his usual leadoff spot to No. 3 on Saturday with Riley sidelined. Alvarez Jr. went 2-for-4 with a run in Riley’s place.

The Braves’ starting pitching scenario was complicated by the need to cover six innings in relief Friday before the back-to-back bullpen starts. They used six pitchers Saturday.

They will roll out a string of relievers again Sunday. To make room for pitcher Joey Wentz, whom they claimed on waivers on Friday, Nathan Wiles was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett.

The Braves had not named their opener as of Sunday morning.

The Cardinals shuffled their pitching rotation to give right-hander Sonny Gray (9-3, 3.51 ERA) the opportunity to start Sunday ahead of the break.

Gray earned a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday in his most recent start. He allowed the two runs on five hits in five innings while striking out six and walking one.

He threw just 70 pitches due to rain that delayed the start of the game for 2 hours, 19 minutes and scrambled his pre-game preparation.

“I clearly didn’t have my best stuff or anything close to it tonight after the long delay,” Gray said after the start.

Gray is 1-3 with a 3.86 ERA in seven career starts against the Braves.

Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado aggravated his sprained right index finger Friday. Thomas Saggese replaced him in that game and started in his place Saturday.

“I’ve never dealt with something like this,” Arenado told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “My finger hurts, and it’s kind of irritating everything else. It is something I usually haven’t dealt with. I’m trying to figure it out a little bit. Maybe rest. Go from there.”

Outfielder Lars Nootbaar is another St. Louis player looking forward to the break. He has been battling rib cage soreness and exited Saturday’s game after five innings.

“He’ll be down tomorrow,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said after the game.

The Cardinals made a roster move before Saturday’s matchup to add a fresh arm to the bullpen, recalling Gordon Graceffo and returning Matt Svanson to Triple-A Memphis.

–Field Level Media

The Minnesota Twins will go for a three-game sweep against the Pittsburgh Pirates when the teams meet Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis on the final day before the All-Star break.

Pittsburgh has lost eight games in a row, and Minnesota has won six of its past eight. A victory Sunday would put the Twins at .500 as they enter the break. They held on for a 2-1 win over the Pirates in the series opener Friday and followed with a 12-4 victory on Saturday.

Minnesota’s Byron Buxton will look to stay hot in the series finale. He hit for the cycle on Saturday and finished 5-for-5 with two singles, a double, a triple, a home run and two RBIs.

Buxton achieved the feat on the same day the Twins distributed his bobblehead to fans as part of a promotional giveaway. He became the first player to hit for the cycle at Target Field — which opened in 2010 — and the 12th player in Twins history to hit for the cycle.

“That was one of the greatest individual performances I’ve ever seen,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “He’s playing like this every day, where you think almost anything’s possible.

“It’s like when one of those pitchers who take the mound every outing and you’re like, ‘This guy might throw a no-hitter,’ every game. That’s the way Buck’s playing as a position player: dialed in, affecting every aspect of the game and, like (Saturday), taking over games, too.

“Incredible. Anyone that was here today will never forget it.”

The Twins will try to avoid a letdown against Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller (3-10, 3.58 ERA), who is set to make his 20th start of the season. He is coming off back-to-back quality starts against the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals.

In two career games against the Twins, both starts, Keller is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA. He has walked three and struck out 20 in 12 innings.

Minnesota will counter with right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson (5-4, 4.08), who will make his 14th start. He is 3-1 with a 1.38 ERA in his past five outings.

Woods Richardson maintained his hot streak Tuesday in his most recent start. He threw five scoreless innings against the Chicago Cubs in an 8-1 victory while allowing two hits, walking three and striking out four.

This will be Woods Richardson’s second career start against the Pirates. In his first matchup, he took the loss despite allowing only one run on six hits in 6 1/3 innings last season. He walked none and struck out six.

The Pirates might be without center fielder Oneil Cruz, who left Saturday’s game after hitting a single in the eighth inning. He suffered an apparent leg injury while trying to make a catch in the previous inning, and it flared up as he ran to first during his single.

Pirates manager Don Kelly said he hopes Cruz isn’t dealing with anything serious.

“We’re still evaluating,” Kelly said. “Hopefully, more precautionary there. He tried to rob that home run and felt a little something in his hip flexor area. So we’ll see how he’s doing.

“(But) yeah, after the single, it didn’t look like he was doing too well.”

–Field Level Media

The potential tying run had just reached base Saturday when Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Caleb Durbin had a premonition.

“We felt like we were going to win the game,” he said.

And he was right, thanks to his RBI single that capped a three-run rally that gave them a 6-5 win over Washington. The comeback victory put the Brewers in position to go into the All-Star break with a sweep of the visiting Nationals with a win on Sunday.

It was the sixth straight win for Milwaukee, which again is very successful despite flying under the radar. At 55-40, the Brewers are just a game behind the Chicago Cubs for first place in the National League Central. The Brewers are 24-12 since June 1, the second-best record in baseball in that span behind only Toronto (25-12).

How does second-year manager Pat Murphy explain it?

“That’s the great thing about the right people,” he said. “They work hard and know what they have to do to stick around.”

One of those people is newly minted first baseman Andrew Vaughn, floundering with the White Sox when Milwaukee acquired him for pitcher Aaron Civale on June 13. Called up Monday when first baseman Rhys Hoskins was placed on the injured list, all Vaughn has done in his first five games is knock in 10 runs, including four on Saturday with a pair of two-run doubles.

“He’s fit right in,” Durbin said of Vaughn.

The Brewers will aim to sweep the series behind Freddy Peralta (10-4, 2.74 ERA), who’s coming off a 9-1 home victory Monday night over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Peralta sailed through six shutout innings, scattering five hits and walking one while whiffing seven.

He’s 3-3 with a 6.75 earned run average in 32 innings over seven career outings (five starts) against Washington.

Meanwhile, the Nationals will counter with Jake Irvin (7-4, 4.78), who last worked on Tuesday night during a 4-2 loss in St. Louis. The right-hander was charged with four runs off six hits and four walks in six innings, fanning three.

Irvin has struggled in four career starts against Milwaukee, going 0-3 with a 7.32 ERA in 19 2/3 innings over four starts.

Washington fell to 1-4 under interim manager Miguel Cairo after Saturday’s loss, one of the tougher ones the Nationals have had to digest. It put a damper on the biggest day in the young MLB career of rookie third baseman Brady House, who homered twice and drove in three runs.

House’s first MLB homer was a 427-foot blast to left off a hanging sweeper from Milwaukee starter Brandon Woodruff in the fourth. House admitted that he didn’t remember what pitch it was.

“When I go to bat, it’s like I almost black out,” he said. “Even the trip around the bases … I felt like I was in a fog.”

There was one positive to the day for House, aside from his homers. A pair of Brewers fans came down to see him after the game bearing the first homer he slugged and gave him the ball.

“Very appreciative that they took the time to come down and give me the ball,” he said. “I’m going to give that to my parents for sure.”

–Field Level Media

Left-hander Sean Manaea finally appears set to make his season debut for the New York Mets.

Expected to piggy-back off starter Clay Holmes, Manaea looks to help the visiting Mets complete a three-game sweep Sunday of the host Kansas City Royals, who must be more opportunistic in this finale.

Manaea was expected to be a major part of New York’s rotation after going 12-6 with a 3.47 ERA in 32 starts during his first season as a Met in 2024. However, the left-hander suffered a right oblique strain during spring training and the road back has been rather arduous.

But, after several rehab outings, Manaea is finally slated to return to a major league mound.

“It feels good,” Manaea told SNY. “You want to be out there helping this team win and it’s frustrating when you can’t do that. … So, it feels good to be back.”

Manaea is set to follow Holmes (8-4, 3.29 ERA), who has been extremely solid during his first stint as a starter in 2025. However, the right-hander allowed a season-high five runs, plus seven hits, over five innings at Baltimore on Tuesday.

“Talking to (Manaea and Holmes), they said whatever you guys want to do,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “We’re just trying to keep things simple for Clay, and then we’ll give Sean the proper time to make sure he’s ready before we put him in.”

Holmes has a 2-2 mark and 6.10 ERA in 10 1/3 innings over 10 appearances against the Royals, but all out of the bullpen. Meanwhile, Manaea is 2-2 with a 5.81 ERA in 31 innings over six starts versus Kansas City.

Both can help New York head into the All-Star break on a highly positive note after taking the first two of this set and recording its first winning road series since sweeping Colorado from June 6-8.

Juan Soto has homered in each of the first two games, highlighted by a two-run shot in Saturday’s 3-1 victory. During the regular season and playoffs, Soto is batting .313 with three homers and eight RBIs at Kansas City.

Soto and the Mets get their first look at the Royals’ Noah Cameron (3-4, 2.56), who continues to impress during his rookie season. The left-hander allowed only a two-run homer, plus two other hits, and a walk while striking out seven over a career-high seven innings of Monday’s 9-3 win against Pittsburgh.

It was the sixth quality start in 11 for Cameron, who made his major league debut on April 30.

“As the game went on, he settled in,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said of Cameron, who also set a career high with 109 pitches on Monday. “When he’s in the zone, he’s going to be effective.”

Cameron’s teammates totaled 21 runs while winning four straight entering this series, but have scored just four and gone 1-for-17 with runners in scoring position against the Mets.

“We’re trying to win, and so when we don’t score the (runners) we have an opportunity to score, we’re frustrated,” Quatraro said. “The guys are frustrated, they don’t want to leave runners out there.”

Jonathan India had two doubles and the Royals’ lone RBI on Saturday. He’s 4-for-9 the last two games, but a combined 1-for-7 against Holmes and Manaea.

Kansas City star Salvador Perez, batting .385 in July, is 6-for-16 with three homers against Manaea. He’s 2-for-3 with a home run versus Holmes.

–Field Level Media

It was fitting that the Astros had to dig deep into their reconfigured bench in the latter stages of a 5-4, 11-inning victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday that evened this three-game series.

Before Zack Short stroked a walk-off single that scored Cam Smith from second base, Kenedy Corona worked a walk that loaded the bases earlier in the 11th.

Cooper Hummel struck out with one out in the 10th. Short, Corona and Hummel had a combined 93 plate appearances for Houston this season entering Saturday, as the Astros remain without several injured starters.

Two of those regulars, All-Star shortstop Jeremy Pena (ribs) and three-time All-Star Yordan Alvarez (hand), are inching closer to a return to action. The Astros have succeeded despite a patchwork lineup, and they have their hopes focused on the potential for being whole.

“I can’t wait,” Astros manager Joe Espada said. “I can’t wait to get all of those guys back. But while we wait, we have work to do. And my focus is on that work.”

Right-hander Hunter Brown (9-3, 2.21 ERA) is the scheduled starter for the Astros on Sunday. The first-time All-Star leads the American League in ERA, adjusted ERA (185) and hits per nine innings (5.8).

Brown allowed a season-high six runs on six hits and three walks with three strikeouts over six innings but did not factor into the decision of a 10-6 loss to the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday. His strikeout total matched his season low set April 9 at Seattle.

Brown is 3-3 with a 2.70 ERA in 40 innings over seven career starts against the Rangers. He took a 1-0 loss at Texas on May 15 after allowing one run on three hits with nine strikeouts over eight innings.

Right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (6-3, 1.62) is scheduled to start the series rubber match for the Rangers. He is 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA in three starts since returning from a month-long stint on the injured list (right elbow inflammation).

Eovaldi posted a quality start against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday, allowing one unearned run on five hits with six strikeouts over six innings in a 13-1 road victory. Before landing on the IL in late May, Eovaldi produced seven consecutive starts allowing one run or fewer, the longest such streak in franchise history.

Eovaldi is 3-5 with a 4.02 ERA in 71 2/3 innings over 13 career starts against the Astros, including a 2-2 mark and a 3.45 ERA over five starts in his hometown of Houston. He did not factor into the decision of the Rangers’ 6-3 home loss to the Astros on May 16 after working 5 2/3 scoreless innings with two hits and three walks on his ledger. Eovaldi recorded five strikeouts in that appearance.

The Rangers’ extra-inning loss on Saturday extended an exhausting close to the first half. Texas arrived from its four-game series against the Angels just before dawn on Friday. And after making short work of the Astros in the series opener (7-3), the Rangers held optional batting practice on Saturday in deference to any fatigue that might have lingered into the second game of the three-game set.

With the first half set to conclude on Sunday, Texas will battle another foe besides the Astros.

“You guard against saying that word (tired),” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. “Hey, this is part of the schedule, and these guys have been great. Didn’t mention it (Friday). No one’s talking about it (Saturday). We come out and play the game.”

–Field Level Media

In a span of 10 pitches Saturday, the Cincinnati Reds ensured they wouldn’t be swept for the first time this season by the most surprising opponent possible — and inched manager Terry Francona to the edge of yet another milestone.

Francona will pursue the 2,000th win of his managerial career in the final contest before the All-Star break Sunday afternoon, when the Reds host the Colorado Rockies in the rubber game of a three-game series.

Right-hander Nick Martinez (6-9, 4.85 ERA) is slated to start for the Reds against Rockies left-hander Austin Gomber (0-2, 5.92).

The Reds mounted a ninth-inning comeback Saturday when Will Benson tied the game with an RBI triple then scored the winning run on an error two batters later to give Cincinnati a 4-3 victory.

The win ensured the Reds (49-47) would reach the All-Star break with a winning record while remaining the only team in the majors to not be swept in a series this season. Cincinnati’s 31 straight series without being swept is one shy of the team record to start a season, set by the 1970 team.

“We fight hard to get where we are and we need to go the other way, not backward,” Francona said.

The victory also gave the Reds a chance to get Francona his 2,000th win at home. Cincinnati is scheduled to begin the second half with six road games against the New York Mets and Washington Nationals.

Francona is 1,999-1,719 in regular-season action and has won two World Series with the Boston Red Sox while also directing Cleveland to the 2016 American League pennant. Every manager with at least 2,000 wins is enshrined in the Hall of Fame except current Texas Rangers skipper Bruce Bochy and Dusty Baker, who stepped away from managing Houston after the 2023 season.

The Reds’ rally cost the Rockies a chance to win back-to-back games for the first time since a season-long four-game winning streak from June 15-18, as well as an opportunity to lock up just their third series win. Colorado is 22-73 and on pace to break the record for most losses in the modern era set last season by the Chicago White Sox (121).

The Rockies were 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position Saturday as they fell to 6-54 when scoring three runs or fewer. Victor Vodnik, trying to earn his second save in as many days, didn’t retire any of the four batters he faced before Benson scored when second baseman Orlando Arcia bobbled Noelvi Marte’s grounder.

“You are going to lose against good teams like that when you don’t get the job done and you let them hang around all game long,” interim Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer said.

Martinez took the loss in his most recent start last Tuesday when he allowed 10 runs over five innings and the Reds fell to the Miami Marlins 12-2. Gomber suffered the defeat last Monday after surrendering five runs (four earned) over 4 2/3 innings in a 9-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox.

Martinez is 1-2 with a 4.78 ERA in 15 career games (five starts) against the Rockies. Gomber is 1-2 with a 5.17 ERA in nine games (five starts) against the Reds.

–Field Level Media

After hitting their season’s low point a week ago, the Cleveland Guardians have reversed course in impressive fashion.

With one game remaining before the All-Star break, the Guardians now find themselves trending upward. They’ll look to maintain their momentum in the finale of a four-game series against the host Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

Cleveland has won five of six following a 10-game losing streak, including a 6-2 victory on Saturday.

After the teams split a doubleheader on Friday, Kyle Manzardo homered and Tanner Bibee earned his first victory since May 22 to help the Guardians secure the win on Saturday.

Cleveland has scored four or more runs in six straight games after batting .166 as a team during its season-long 10-game skid.

“We could be the hottest team in baseball going into the break,” Guardians catcher Austin Hedges said. “That’s what we expect. (We want) to go get a win tomorrow, win the series, and get hot going into the second half.”

Cleveland will send left-hander Joey Cantillo (1-0, 3.79 ERA) to the mound for the series finale. He allowed three runs with a season-high seven strikeouts over four-plus innings in a no-decision against the host Houston Astros last Tuesday.

Cantillo, 25, has given up a total of three runs across 7 1/3 innings in two outings since moving into the starting rotation on July 3.

White Sox infielder Miguel Vargas has struck out in all three of his at-bats against Cantillo, who is 1-0 with 1.00 ERA in nine innings over two career games (one start) versus the White Sox.

Chicago will counter with right-hander Aaron Civale (1-6, 5.17 ERA this season with Brewers and White Sox), who gave up five runs over four innings in a 6-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays last Tuesday.

The 30-year-old Civale has gone 0-4 with a 5.40 ERA across 25 innings in five starts since being acquired from Milwaukee on June 13. He also has 14 strikeouts against 13 walks during that stretch.

“He’s a professional,” Chicago manager Will Venable said. “He’s got things he’s got to work on, just continue to grind away and search for the best version of him.”

Guardians first baseman Carlos Santana has one hit in 13 at-bats against Civale, who is 1-0 with a 1.64 ERA in 11 innings over two career starts versus Cleveland.

Chicago has lost five of its last seven games and was held hitless after the fourth inning on Saturday.

“Credit to their pitchers,” White Sox catcher Kyle Teel said. “They did a good job, but overall we need to do better as a team. And the beautiful thing about baseball is we have a game tomorrow.”

The Guardians have won nine of their last 10 games against the White Sox, who fell to 32-64 with Saturday’s loss.

Cleveland relievers Erik Sabrowski, Cade Smith and Matt Festa combined for 3 1/3 perfect innings on Saturday. Sabrowski struck out all four batters he faced.

“He always has really good metrics on his fastball, but that’s the best we’ve seen his command with it,” Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said. “To face four hitters and punch all four out, it’s very impressive — especially since there were a couple really good right-handed hitters in there.”

–Field Level Media

In his 51st career start, Garrett Crochet accomplished two feats in one dominant outing: his first career complete game and first career shutout. And that was all the Boston Red Sox needed to walk away with a 1-0 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.

Crochet threw 100 pitches, allowed just three hits and struck out nine while walking none to lead the Red Sox to their ninth straight win. It also marked the ninth straight appearance in which he fanned at least seven batters.

Roman Anthony supplied Boston with the only run of the game, a one-out double that scored Carlos Narvaez in the fourth inning. Trevor Story and Jarren Duran also doubled for the Red Sox.

Yandy Diaz, Curtis Mead and Taylor Walls recorded the lone hits for the Rays, who dropped their fifth game in six tries.

Padres 5, Phillies 4

Manny Machado’s sacrifice fly snapped a tie in the bottom of the seventh inning as San Diego clinched a series win over visiting Philadelphia.

Machado’s drive to deep right field scored Fernando Tatis Jr., who started the rally with a one-out single off Tanner Banks (2-1) and raced to third on Luis Arraez’s single to center. Jackso Merrill provided much of the firepower for the Padres, hitting a pair of home runs and driving in three. He entered the game on a 5-for-53 skid that dropped his average to .258.

Rookie David Morgan (1-1) pitched an inning of scoreless relief for his first career win. Jeremiah Estrada, pitching for the third straight night, got the last three outs for his third save of the year.

Cubs 5, Yankees 2

Matthew Boyd allowed four hits in eight scoreless innings to reach double-digit victories for the first time in his career as Chicago won in New York. Boyd improved to 5-0 over his past six starts and allowed two runs or fewer for the ninth straight time.

Yankees’ ace Max Fried (11-3) exited with a blister on his left index finger after three innings. Fried allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits in his shortest outing of the season.

Aaron Judge homered in the ninth to reach 35 homers this season and 350 for his career to end the shutout bid for Chicago.

Mariners 15, Tigers 7

Both Randy Arozarena and Julio Rodriguez went 3-for-5 with a home run as visiting Seattle put up a season-high 15 runs in a rout of Detroit.

Luke Raley blasted a three-run homer for the Mariners, who tagged newly dubbed All-Star Casey Mize for 15 runs a day after plating 12 against Tigers ace Tarik Skubal. Cal Raleigh remained at 38 home runs, one shy of tying the record for most homers prior to the All-Star break.

Riley Greene homered and drove in four runs for the Tigers, who dropped their third straight, while Zach McKinstry belted a two-run home run.

Astros 5, Rangers 4 (11 inn.)

Zack Short hit an opposite-field, walk-off single in the 11th inning and Houston snapped a four-game skid with a victory over visiting Texas.

Short plated Cam Smith from second base with his single to right field off Rangers reliever Hoby Milner. Robert Garcia (1-5) walked Smitha and Kenedy Corona and ultimately took the loss after being charged with both 11-inning runs.

Texas pulled ahead 4-3 when Adolis Garcia ripped a single to left in the top of the 11th that scored Marcus Semien. Bennett Sousa (3-0) allowed the Adolis Garcia single but held the line there. The Astros got three solo home runs with two outs in the game.

Guardians 6, White Sox 2

Kyle Manzardo put Cleveland in front for good with a solo homer in the sixth inning and the Guardians added three more to run away from host Chicago.

Tanner Bibee held the White Sox to two runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings to record his first win since May 22. Carlos Santana was 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Guardians, who have won five of six, while Steven Kwan added a single and two RBIs.

Kyle Teel drove in both runs on a fourth-inning single for Chicago, which has dropped five of seven.

Reds 4, Rockies 3

Will Benson smacked a triple to left field to plate the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth, then scored the winning run on a fielding error two batters later to help Cincinnati escape with the win over visiting Colorado.

Noelvi Marte homered and Gavin Lux added a single and a double for the Reds, who rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the seventh inning. Austin Hays contributed two hits and an RBI.

Ryan Ritter blasted a two-run home run for the Rockies, who narrowly missed out on their third series win of the season, and Yanquiel Fernandez added an RBI double.

Twins 12, Pirates 4

Byron Buxton became the first player to hit for the cycle at Target Field — and the 12th in Minnesota history — to lead the host Twins to a victory over Pittsburgh in Minneapolis.

Buston went 5-for-5 with two RBIs for his first career cycle and accomplished the feat on his own bobblehead promotional giveaway. Willi Castro was 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs for the Twins, while Kody Clemens added a home run and three RBIs.

Jack Suwinski homered for the Pirates, and Joey Bart doubled and singled while driving in a run.

Braves 7, Cardinals 6

Sean Murphy’s three-run homer in the eighth inning helped visiting Atlanta grab a one-run lead, then Jurickson Profar drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth as the Braves edged St. Louis.

Ronald Acuna Jr. and Marcell Ozuna each had a home run for Atlanta, which won for the third time in four games, while Profar added a double.

Nolan Gorman paced the Cardinals with two hits, including a two-run home run, while Yohel Pozo homered and doubled. Brendan Donavan also had two hits for the Cards, who suffered their third loss in four games.

Marlins 6, Orioles 0

Miami starter Janson Junk held Baltimore scoreless on five hits through seven innings as Miami ended a three-game losing streak with an impressive road win.

Miami’s Derek Hill drove in two runs, and Xavier Edwards hit a two-run homer as the Marlins scored all their runs across the final three innings. Dane Myers matched Hill and Edwards with two hits.

Gunnar Henderson had two doubles for the Orioles, who lost for the second time in their last eight games. Trevor Rogers (2-1), who was traded from the Marlins to Baltimore last summer, allowed only a lead-off single to Myers in the fifth and a two-out single to Myers in the seventh.

Dodgers 2, Giants 1

Shohei Ohtani pitched three scoreless innings, Alex Vesia emerged from a bases-loaded jam in the eighth and visiting Los Angeles snapped a seven-game losing streak with a victory over San Francisco.

Michael Conforto had three hits and scored both Dodgers runs, helping the defending champions end their longest losing skid since 2017.

Conforto singled then scored on a Tommy Edman infield out in the second and also came home on a Hyeseong Kim single in the sixth to produce the only scoring against Giants starter Landen Roupp and three relievers.

The loss was just San Francisco’s third in its past 10 games.

Mets 3, Royals 1

Frankie Montas allowed one run while pitching into the sixth inning, and Juan Soto clubbed a two-run homer, securing New York its first road series win in more than a month with a victory over Kansas City.

Making his fourth start of the season after missing roughly the first three months with a lat strain, Montas (2-1) was quite solid. He survived a 21-pitch first inning without yielding a run. For the game, he gave up four hits and struck out five; his only earned run came on Jonathan India’s RBI double in the sixth.

Kansas City won four straight entering this series, but is 1-for-17 with runners in scoring position the last two days. India’s two doubles accounted for half of the Royals’ hits Saturday.

Brewers 6, Nationals 5

Caleb Durbin’s RBI single in the bottom of the ninth capped a three-run rally that lifted host Milwaukee past Washington.

Andrew Vaughn tied the game by lacing a two-run double to the wall in right-center, giving him 10 RBI in his first five games with the team, before Durbin fisted an inside fastball over first to cap Milwaukee’s sixth straight win.

The Nationals outhit the Brewers 11-9, with rookie third baseman Brady House starring in defeat, belting his first two MLB homers.

Angels 10, Diamondbacks 5

Mike Trout had two hits, including the 395th home run of his career, and drove in four runs to lead Los Angeles over slumping Arizona in Anaheim, Calif.

Nolan Schanuel went 3-for-4 with a walk and an RBI the Angels, who finished with a season-high 15 hits. All-Star Yusei Kikuchi (4-6) picked up the win, allowing three runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out five and left one batter after taking a 105-mph comebacker by Josh Naylor off his left shoulder.

Eugenio Suarez hit two home runs and James McCann had two hits for the Diamondbacks, who lost their third straight game and for the eighth time in 11 contests. Zac Gallen (7-10) suffered the loss, allowing six runs on eight hits over five innings. It was the seventh time this season that Gallen has allowed at least five runs in a game.

Athletics 4, Blue Jays 3

Brent Rooker hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the fifth and drove in three runs to lead the Athletics past Toronto in West Sacramento, Calif., evening the series at one game apiece.

Lawrence Butler also drove and Mason Miller registered his 18th save for the Athletics. Leo Jimenez homered and Ernie Clement and Bo Bichette had two hits apiece for Toronto, which lost for just the second time in 13 games.

Jacob Lopez (3-5) gave up two runs and four hits over five innings for the A’s. He struck out five and walked two. It was a big turnaround for Lopez, who was pounded while lasting just 1 2/3 innings against the Blue Jays in Toronto on May 29. He allowed seven runs and six hits in the 12-0 loss.

–Field Level Media