Mickey Moniak homered and singled, Ryan McMahon also went deep, and the Colorado Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-4 in Denver on Tuesday night.

Bradley Blalock (1-2) pitched into the sixth inning, Brenton Doyle had three hits and Adael Amador doubled twice for Colorado. The Rockies have won three of five coming out of the All-Star break.

Willson Contreras, Jordan Walker, Brendan Donovan and Alec Burleson had two hits each for St. Louis, which has lost 12 of its last 17.

Colorado jumped on Cardinals starter Erick Fedde early. Moniak hit a solo homer in the first inning, his 15th of the season, and the Rockies added two more in the second.

McMahon walked, Doyle singled and Amador hit a two-out double to right to drive in both runners and make it 3-0. Colorado extended the lead in the third when Moniak and Jordan Beck singled and McMahon hit his 16th home run to make it 6-0.

Fedde (3-10) allowed six runs on seven hits in three innings.

St. Louis got a couple back in the fourth. Burleson singled, went to third on a double by Contreras and scored on Nolan Arenado’s groundout. Contreras came home on Masyn Winn’s single off the glove of first baseman Michael Toglia.

The Rockies tacked on another run in the fifth on Ezequiel Tovar’s double and Doyle’s RBI single. The Cardinals threatened in the sixth when they had runners at the corners with no outs, but Blalock retired Arenado and reliever Jake Bird came in to get the next two batters and strand the runners.

Blalock (1-2) allowed two runs on eight hits, walked one and didn’t have a strikeout in 5 1/3 innings.

St. Louis got a run in the seventh on Donovan’s run-scoring double, but didn’t cash in for any more runs despite having two on with one out. The Cardinals did score in the eighth when Walker and Yohel Pozo hit two-out doubles.

Moniak walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth to give Colorado an insurance run.

–Field Level Media

Corey Seager’s three-run home run in the seventh broke open a close game and assured Texas ace Jacob deGrom the win as the Rangers outlasted the Athletics 6-2 on Tuesday in Arlington, Texas.

The Rangers have taken the first two games of the three-game series to assure their third straight series victory. Texas has won five of its past six contests and is 52-50 for the season, marking the first time since May 19 the Rangers are two games over .500.

deGrom (10-2) gave up one run on three hits and a walk over six innings while striking out nine. He has won six consecutive decisions over his past nine starts, snapping a two-game streak without a decision. deGrom hasn’t lost a game since surrendering two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays on May 26.

Athletics starter J.T. Ginn matched deGrom for his five-inning appearance, giving up one run on five hits and a walk while striking out two. Sean Newcomb (2-5) entered to start the sixth when he served up a home run to Marcus Semien in his lone frame.

Texas out-hit the Athletics 10-7, as eight of nine starters recorded hits. The A’s took their third loss in a row.

The Athletics shook deGrom early on as Lawrence Butler homered to open the game. That run held up until the fourth, when Texas tied the game on Adolis Garcia’s solo home run.

The Rangers then took the lead when Semien clanged a fly ball off the left field foul pole with one out in the sixth.

Texas broke open the game in a four-run seventh, initiated by an RBI single from Josh Smith that plated Josh Jung. Seager followed with a booming three-run homer, his 14th of the season, over the right field fence.

The Athletics got one run back in the eighth when Shea Langeliers’ single off Texas reliever Robert Garcia plated Jacob Wilson, who had reached on an error.

But that’s a close as the visitors would get as Garcia got the final out of the eighth and Shawn Armstrong struck out three in the ninth.

–Field Level Media

Matthew Boyd pitched seven scoreless innings and the Chicago Cubs spoiled 45-year-old Rich Hill’s return to the major leagues with a 6-0 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.

Boyd (11-3) extended his scoreless streak to 23 innings while allowing four hits with one walk and six strikeouts.

Nico Hoerner, Dansby Swanson and Matt Shaw each had two hits for the Cubs, who bounced back after losing the opener of the three-game series 12-4 on Monday.

Hill (0-1) began his 21st season in the majors by giving up three runs (one earned) on six hits over five innings. The oldest active player in the major leagues, Hill walked two and had one strikeout.

Kansas City committed three errors and was shut out for the 11th time this season.

Chicago took a 2-0 lead in the second inning by capitalizing on a pair of miscues that put runners at the corners with one out.

Shaw drove in a run with an infield single and the Cubs executed a double steal before Justin Turner scored from third on Hoerner’s fielder’s choice.

Boyd retired the first 11 batters he faced before Maikel Garcia drew a two-out walk in the fourth inning.

The Royals recorded their first hit on Nick Loftin’s leadoff single in the fifth inning. Loftin advanced to third on Freddy Fermin’s one-out single, and John Rave followed with a bunt single to load the bases.

Boyd escaped the jam unscathed when Kyle Isbel lined out to Swanson, and the shortstop tagged Fermin out diving back to second base.

Chicago tacked on a run in the bottom of the fifth when Carson Kelly hit a two-out single and scored on Pete Crow-Armstrong’s double.

The Cubs added three runs in the seventh inning. With the bases loaded and no outs, Seiya Suzuki singled in a run and Kelly followed with a sacrifice fly. After Crow-Armstrong struck out, Chicago pushed another run across when Kyle Tucker swiped home as part of a double steal.

Crow-Armstrong returned after missing one game with a bruised right knee and went 1-for-4 with an RBI.

–Field Level Media

Casey Schmitt and Wilmer Flores homered as the visiting San Francisco Giants ended their six-game losing streak with a 9-0 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.

Schmitt hit a solo homer, his fifth, as part of a four-run rally in the second inning. Flores delivered a three-run shot, his 12th of the year and first since June 7, in the seventh to put the game away and help the Giants even the three-game series. The Giants are 4-1 against the Braves this season.

The victory was the 1,650th for San Francisco manager Bob Melvin, which moves him into a tie with Mike Scioscia for 20th in major league history.

Giants starter Landen Roupp (7-6) threw five scoreless innings and allowed four hits and one walk while striking out six. Over his past six starts, Roupp is 3-1 with a 1.15 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 31 1/3 innings. It was his second victory over the Braves this season.

San Francisco relievers Sean Hjelle and Joey Lucchesi each pitched a frame and Carson Seymour threw the final two innings, striking out three in the ninth to complete the Giants’ fifth shutout of the year.

Atlanta’s Davis Daniel (0-1) pitched five innings and permitted five runs on seven hits with four walks and three strikeouts. It was his second start and third appearance for the Braves.

The Giants scored four times in the second to take command. Willy Adames walked — one of his three for the game — and scored on Matt Chapman’s triple that the yellow line on the center field fence and bounced away from Michael Harris II. Melvin contended the ball left the park, but a video review confirmed the call on the field.

It didn’t really matter. Flores followed with a sacrifice fly and Schmitt hit a 416-foot solo homer into the second deck of the left field seats. The Giants then loaded the bases and Heliot Ramos hit a sacrifice fly to center field.

Adames added a run-scoring single in the fifth inning, giving him 17 RBIs in July.

In the seventh, Rafael Devers hit an RBI single and Flores belted his three-run shot.

Devers played the full game at first base, his first appearance at the position in 1,083 regular-season games. His refusal to play first base for the Boston Red Sox earlier this year helped prompt his trade to the Giants.

–Field Level Media

Francisco Alvarez hit a game-tying two-run homer in the fifth inning and Brandon Nimmo delivered an RBI single two batters later as the host New York Mets earned another comeback win, edging the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Tuesday.

The Mets have won three straight, all in come-from-behind fashion, and they will shoot for a sweep of the three-game interleague series on Wednesday. The Angels lost for the third time in four games.

Los Angeles’ Jorge Soler homered in the second inning off Frankie Montas (3-1). Nolan Schanuel’s RBI double down the first base line in the fifth gave the Angels a 2-0 lead before the Mets mounted a two-out rally against Kyle Hendricks (5-7) in the bottom of the frame.

Brett Baty doubled and Alvarez, playing his second game since being recalled from Triple-A Syracuse on Monday, followed seven pitches later with a homer to left. It was Alvarez’s fourth round-tripper of the season and first at home.

Ronny Mauricio singled on Hendricks’ next pitch, stole second and scored on Nimmo’s hit.

The rally put Montas in line for the win. The right-hander, who made his fifth start after missing most of the first half due to a lat injury, gave up the two runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings.

New York relievers Rico Garcia and Reed Garrett combined for 2 1/3 innings of one-hit ball. Ryne Stanek gave up singles to Logan O’Hoppe and Schanuel in the ninth before closing out his third save — and his second in the past three games — by getting Mike Trout to pop out to first baseman Pete Alonso.

Schanuel finished with a career-high four hits. He entered Tuesday with 17 three-hit games.

O’Hoppe went 3-for-4 while Luis Rengifo, batting behind O’Hoppe in the ninth spot, finished 2-for-4.

Hendricks allowed the three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out two in 4 2/3 innings. He retired 13 of the first 15 batters he faced before Baty’s double.

–Field Level Media

Ben Rice blasted a tie-breaking home run in the ninth inning and the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Tuesday night.

Rice launched a first-pitch fastball over the wall in right center against Jeff Hoffman (6-3) with one out.

The loss ended the Blue Jays’ 11-game home winning streak and cut their lead over the Yankees to three games in the American League East.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a three-run home run for the Yankees. Cody Bellinger added two doubles and a solo homer.

Addison Barger had two RBI singles for Toronto.

New York struck early against Max Scherzer. Trent Grisham led off the first with a single and Bellinger doubled to right center. Aaron Judge struck out before Chisholm homered on a full-count fastball to right center.

Toronto came back with one run in the bottom of the inning against Cam Schlittler, who made his second career start. George Springer walked, then Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Barger singled.

The Blue Jays loaded the bases in the second on an infield hit and two walks, but Guerrero popped out to end the threat.

Scherzer retired six batters in a row before Bellinger scooped a low cutter for a homer to right center. Scherzer allowed four runs, five hits and one walk with four strikeouts in five innings.

Toronto answered with a run in the fifth. Springer and Guerrero singled, Bo Bichette grounded into a double play and Barger grounded an RBI single up the middle.

Schlittler allowed two runs, seven hits and three walks with three strikeouts in five innings.

Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe’s second throwing error of the series put pinch hitter Myles Straw at first base to open the home sixth with Tim Hill pitching. Pinch hitter Davis Schneider stroked an RBI double into the left-field corner. Jonathan Loaisiga replaced Hill with two out and Springer singled to right to tie the game.

Ian Hamilton (2-1) replaced Luke Weaver with two out and a runner at first and induced a Springer lineout.

Devin Williams pitched around a single in the ninth with two strikeouts to earn his 15th save.

–Field Level Media

Jose Caballero slapped a two-run single to highlight a four-run second inning, fueling the host Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.

Caballero had two of his team’s five hits and rookie Chandler Simpson stole three bases for the Rays, who snapped a modest two-game skid and evened their three-game series against Chicago at one victory apiece.

Edwin Uceta (7-2) relieved starter Drew Rasmussen and struck out the side in the fifth inning. Uceta allowed one hit and fanned four over two scoreless innings before two relievers bridged the gap to Pete Fairbanks, who retired the side in the ninth to secure his 17th save of the season.

All was not rosy for Tampa Bay on Tuesday as the club placed All-Star second baseman Brandon Lowe on the 10-day injured list with tendinitis in his left ankle.

Colson Montgomery belted his first career homer to lead off the seventh inning for Chicago, which saw its season-high four-game winning streak come to a halt.

The Rays got the early jump on the White Sox after Davis Martin (2-8) walked the bases loaded in the second inning before Junior Caminero came home on a balk.

Caballero reached his bat out and punched a bloop single to center field to score both Jake Mangum and Matt Thaiss. Caballero advanced to third base on a throwing error and came around to score on Taylor Walls’ groundout to stake Tampa Bay to a quick 4-0 lead.

Chicago halved its deficit in the fourth inning after Chase Meidroth had an RBI single down the first-base line and scored on Edgar Quero’s sacrifice fly.

Montgomery deposited a 1-1 fastball from Bryan Baker just inside the right-field foul pole to trim Tampa Bay’s lead to 4-3.

Martin permitted four runs (three earned) on three hits with four walks in five innings.

The start time of the game was moved up a half hour due to anticipated severe weather later in the evening.

–Field Level Media

For the first time since 2021, reliever Tanner Scott will be spending time on the injured list. The Los Angeles Dodgers placed him on the 15-day IL on Tuesday with left elbow inflammation.

The Dodgers recalled reliever Alexis Diaz from Triple-A Oklahoma City in a corresponding move.

Scott suffered the injury Monday evening in a closing opportunity vs. the Minnesota Twins. After missing with a slider in the dirt, the lefty reliever looked uncomfortable. Manager Dave Roberts visited the mound and pulled Scott in favor of Kirby Yates. Yates earned his third save of the year in a 5-2 Dodgers victory.

It has been an inconsistent first season in LA for Scott, a 9-year veteran. He has 19 saves, but he leads the majors with seven blown saves, and his 4.14 ERA is the highest since his first season in Miami (2022, 4.31).

Scott did not allow an earned run in five postseason appearances for San Diego last season and signed a four-year, $72 million deal with the Dodgers in the offseason.

Diaz, a former closer in Cincinnati, was acquired by the Dodgers in late May. He spent one day with the major league club in July but was sent back to Triple-A when Tyler Glasnow came off the injured list on July 9.

–Field Level Media

Jose Ramirez homered for the second straight game and Kyle Manzardo and Brayan Rocchio drove in two runs apiece as the surging Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Tuesday night.

The Guardians have won 10 of their last 12 games — immediately after dropping 10 in a row — to move back into the American League wild-card hunt and even their season record through 100 games.

Seven-time All-Star Ramirez hit a solo shot in the first inning while Manzardo singled home Angel Martinez in the third and had a sacrifice fly in the fifth. All three runs were allowed by Brandon Young (0-5).

Joey Cantillo (2-0) earned his first win as a starter this season, giving up one run on two hits over five innings. The left-hander struck out five and walked four to beat Baltimore for the first time in four career appearances.

Emmanuel Clase worked the ninth for his 22nd save in 26 opportunities, giving him a league-leading 155 saves since the start of the 2022 season.

Rocchio and Martinez added RBI singles in the sixth off Gregory Soto. Rocchio had a safety squeeze in the seventh that brought home Nolan Jones as Cleveland improved to 4-1 on its seven-game homestand against the Athletics and Orioles.

The Guardians won the series opener 10-5 on Monday after Baltimore took a 5-3 lead.

Ramon Laureano homered for the second evening in a row for Baltimore, giving him five RBIs in the series, and Jackson Holliday singled in Coby Mayo. Ramon Urias had a pair of hits and scored on Jacob Stallings’ second double-play grounder in two at-bats.

Ramirez’s blast was his 920th career RBI, moving him into third place in Cleveland history behind Hall of Famers Earl Averill (1,084) and Jim Thome (937). He moved past another baseball legend, Nap Lajoie, on the list of the franchise that began play in 1901.

Young worked 4 1/3 innings and allowed three runs on four hits. The right-hander struck out three and walked three to remain winless in seven starts interspersed between three stints with Triple-A Norfolk.

–Field Level Media

Cristopher Sanchez matched his career high with 12 strikeouts in a dazzling complete game as the Philadelphia Phillies topped the visiting Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Tuesday evening.

Max Kepler and Kyle Schwarber homered for the Phillies, who have won the first two games of the three-game series. However, the story for the hosts was the continued emergence of Sanchez (9-2), who allowed four hits and did not walk a batter in a 106-pitch masterpiece.

Rob Refsnyder’s homer accounted for the only run for the Red Sox. Boston’s Roman Anthony struck out in all four of his at-bats, while Romy Gonzalez went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.

Philadelphia made some immediate noise against Richard Fitts (1-4) in the bottom of the first inning.

Trea Turner singled to begin the frame and moved to third on Bryce Harper’s one-out hit before Nick Castellanos delivered an RBI single. With two outs and Brandon Marsh at the plate, Harper stole home on a play that was technically scored as catcher’s interference because Carlos Narvaez came across the plate to catch the pitch.

It was the second catcher’s interference in as many nights against Narvaez. The series opener on Monday ended when Edmundo Sosa’s bat made contact with Narvaez’s glove with the bases loaded in the 10th inning.

Philadelphia doubled its lead in the second inning thanks to solo homers from Kepler and Schwarber. Kepler led off the frame with a blast on a 1-0 slider, his 11th of the year. Schwarber tacked on a two-out shot on a 3-1 slider, his 33rd, to make it 4-0.

Refsnyder got Boston on the board in the fourth inning with a leadoff shot against Sanchez, who had retired the first nine batters he faced. The homer was Refsnyder’s sixth.

Sanchez cruised for the bulk of the contest, including a crisp sixth inning in which he struck out all three batters he faced. He allowed a leadoff hit in the eighth but retired the next three batters, including an inning-ending strikeout of Refsnyder.

Sanchez put an exclamation point on his evening with two more strikeouts in the ninth, including Gonzalez’s swing and miss to end the game.

Fitts was charged with four runs and six hits in 3 1/3 innings. He struck out four without walking a batter.

–Field Level Media