MJ Melendez drove in three runs, Bobby Witt Jr. recorded his first three-hit night of the season and the Kansas City Royals snapped a three-game losing streak with a 10-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday in Arlington, Texas.

Kansas City starter Brad Keller (2-1) impressed, limiting Texas to just one run on three hits with seven strikeouts and one walk over 6 2/3 innings. The only blemish on the night for Keller was giving up a solo homer to Nathaniel Lowe in the first inning.

After that, KC controlled the game. The Royals scored three runs in the second inning to take a 3-1 lead, the last two coming on a two-run double by Melendez off Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi.

The Royals extended their lead to 4-1 on a solo homer by Vinnie Pasquantino in the third. They added two more runs to make it 6-1 in the fourth on run-scoring hits by Melendez and Witt.

KC poured it on with four runs in the seventh, including a two-run single by Michael Massey. The 10 runs were the most the Royals have scored this season, and their most since a 13-12 victory over Seattle on Sept. 25, 2022.

Eovaldi (1-2) allowed six runs on 10 hits with no walks and seven strikeouts over five innings. Rangers reliever Taylor Hearn gave up the four runs in the seventh.

Texas was playing its first game without star shortstop Corey Seager in the lineup. Seager (hamstring) exited Tuesday’s game early and is expected to miss at least four weeks, Rangers general manager Chris Young said before the game.

Josh H. Smith, who is the Rangers’ top option at shortstop with Seager sidelined, went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. Outfielder Leody Taveras, who took Seager’s spot on the 26-man roster, was 0-for-3 with three strikeouts.

The Rangers and Royals are both off on Thursday.

–Field Level Media

Eddie Rosario hit a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning to spark the Atlanta Braves to a 5-4 win over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday to sweep the three-game series.

Rosario greeted reliever Buck Farmer (0-3) with a fly ball that carried 398 feet and just cleared the fence in right-center field. Rosario went 2-for-4, scored two runs and hit his first homer of the season.

It was Atlanta’s first three-game series sweep of Cincinnati since 2014. The Braves improved to 6-0 against teams from the National League Central this season.

Kirby Yates (1-0), who pitched one inning of scoreless relief, earned the win. A.J. Minter, who blew the save in the first game of the series, pitched a perfect ninth and picked up his second save.

Neither starting pitcher factored into the decision. Cincinnati’s Hunter Greene worked six innings and allowed three runs on seven hits to go along with a season-high 10 strikeouts. Greene retired 12 of the last 13 batters he faced and did not issue a walk.

Atlanta’s Spencer Strider pitched five innings and allowed three runs on four hits and two walks with nine strikeouts. Strider has fanned nine-plus in each of his last seven regular-season starts.

The Reds jumped on Strider in the first thanks to Tyler Stephenson’s two-run single.

The Braves tied the score with two runs in the second inning on a two-out, two-run single by Ronald Acuna Jr., who went 3-for-4 with three RBIs.

Cincinnati scored again in the third on Wil Myers’ infield grounder that glanced off the glove of second baseman Ozzie Albies, but the Braves tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom half of the inning on Sean Murphy’s RBI double.

Cincinnati took the lead in the seventh on TJ Friedl’s two-out single that scored Luke Maile, but Atlanta evened it in the bottom of the inning on Acuna’s RBI single that drove in Sam Hilliard.

Friedl finished with three hits for Cincinnati.

–Field Level Media

George Springer singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th, and the Toronto Blue Jays came back to defeat the visiting Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Wednesday night.

Toronto scored two in the ninth to tie the game, two innings after Kerry Carpenter hit a two-run home run that gave Detroit a 3-1 lead in the seventh. Nick Maton had a solo shot in the fourth for the Tigers, who have lost six in a row.

Detroit left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez allowed one run, seven hits and one walk in six innings, striking out three.

Toronto right-hander Kevin Gausman allowed three runs and five hits while striking out 11 in eight innings, as neither starter factored into the decision.

Toronto had two hits and a walk in the first inning but did not score. Springer’s leadoff single was erased when Bo Bichette grounded into a double play. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. walked but was thrown out at home on Matt Chapman’s double to right.

Gausman retired the first 10 batters he faced, striking out six, before Maton hit his second home run in as many games.

Toronto tied the game in the bottom of the fourth. Guerrero singled with one out and took second on Daulton Varsho’s two-out single. Guerrero was awarded home on Whit Merrifield’s infield single to shortstop when it was ruled that third baseman Ryan Kreidler had impeded him as he rounded the bag.

Detroit then took a 3-1 lead in the seventh. Riley Greene singled with one out and Carpenter hit his first homer of the season with two outs.

Jason Foley replaced Rodriguez and pitched a perfect bottom of the seventh before Alex Lange pitched a perfect bottom of the eighth with two strikeouts.

Trey Wingenter allowed a single to Guerrero before walking Chapman to open the bottom of the ninth. A wild pitch moved the runners to second and third and Varsho was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs. Chasen Shreve (0-1) took over but gave up back-to-back sacrifice files to Merrifield and pinch hitter Alejandro Kirk to blow the save.

Jordan Romano (2-0) allowed only a walk in the top of the 10th.

With Shreve still on the mound, Kevin Kiermaier bunted automatic runner Danny Jansen to third to start the bottom of the 10th before Jose Cisnero replaced Shreve and gave up Springer’s single.

–Field Level Media

Taj Bradley won his major league debut with five solid innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays extended their winning streak to a dozen games with a 9-7 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Fla.

The Rays’ run of 12 consecutive victories to start the season is the third-best mark in modern-era major league history, trailing the 13-win streaks turned in by the Milwaukee Brewers (1987) and Atlanta Braves (1982).

Randy Arozarena stroked a three-run homer and had four RBIs for Tampa Bay, and Wander Franco had three doubles, two runs, two RBIs and a stolen base. Christian Bethancourt and Vidal Brujan each went 2-for-3.

With starting pitcher Zach Eflin on the injured list, Tampa Bay turned to Bradley, a 22-year-old right-hander who is the organization’s top-ranked prospect.

Bradley (1-0) allowed three runs and five hits while whiffing eight and walking one.

Rays closer Pete Fairbanks tossed a scoreless ninth for his second save.

In his third start of the season, Boston’s Chris Sale (1-1) was hit hard, yielding six runs (five earned) on seven hits. He fanned six and walked two.

Rafael Devers hit a three-run homer for the Red Sox, and Reese McGuire had three hits and two runs. Alex Verdugo, Justin Turner and Enrique Hernandez each went 2-for-4.

In his second career start at shortstop, Boston’s Bobby Dalbec booted Franco’s grounder with one out in the first. Franco then stole second base after a poor throw from catcher McGuire.

Following a walk to Isaac Paredes, Arozarena drove a shot to right field for a three-run homer — his third long ball and the Rays’ majors-leading 30th.

In the fourth, Turner put Boston on the board with a liner to left to score Verdugo, who had doubled.

The Rays answered with their second three-run frame for a 6-1 lead, getting a bases-loaded sacrifice fly from Yandy Diaz and a two-run double from Franco.

In the top of the fifth, Hernandez’s RBI double and Verdugo’s run-scoring single cut the deficit to 6-3 against Bradley.

For the second time, the home side immediately tallied again, managing a run-scoring double by Bethancourt and an RBI single by Brujan for an 8-3 edge against Zack Kelly.

With two outs, the right-handed Kelly hit Diaz with a pitch, then squatted and grabbed his right elbow. Grimacing, he left and was replaced by Ryan Brasier.

An RBI groundout by Raimel Tapia in the sixth and Devers’ fifth homer, down the left field line in the seventh, got Boston within 8-7.

Arozarena added a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

–Field Level Media

Carlos Perez had three hits, including a home run, and the visiting Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-4 Wednesday night to snap a six-game losing streak.

Brent Rooker homered, singled and had three RBIs for Oakland, which plated eight runs for the second straight game.

Chad Smith (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings of relief for the win.

Rooker and Jace Peterson opened the Oakland eighth with singles off Keegan Akin (0-1). Cionel Perez replaced Akin and Aledmys Diaz loaded the bases with a bunt single. Jesus Aguilar’s sacrifice fly put the A’s ahead 5-4, and Oakland scored runs on a safety squeeze and Perez’s RBI single to take control for good.

The A’s added a run in the ninth on Esteury Ruiz’s RBI single.

Oakland starter Ken Waldichuk went 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on five hits. He walked three and struck out four while throwing a career-high 107 pitches.

Baltimore starter Dean Kremer allowed four runs in 4 1/3 innings. Kremer has given up four runs or more in each of his first three starts.

Jorge Mateo had two hits for Baltimore.

Oakland leadoff batter Tony Kemp doubled to start the first. With one out, Ramon Laureano was hit by a pitch before Rooker homered to center on an 0-2 breaking ball to give the A’s an early 3-0 lead.

The Orioles got two runs back in the second. Ramon Urias led off with a single and Gunnar Henderson walked. Mateo doubled, scoring Urias. Henderson stopped at third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ryan McKenna, but Waldichuk got Austin Hays to ground into an inning-ending double play to prevent further damage.

Perez increased the lead to 4-2 when he opened the fifth with a homer to left.

The Orioles tied it in the seventh. Adam Frazier singled with one out and Jeurys Familia replaced Waldichuk. Frazier went to second on a passed ball and scored on pinch hitter Cedric Mullins’ base hit. Mullins went to second on a groundout and scored on Adley Rutschman’s line-drive single to right to make it 4-4.

–Field Level Media

The Oakland Athletics placed right-handed pitcher Domingo Acevedo on the 15-day injured list on Tuesday due to a left lower back strain.

Acevedo landing on the IL is retroactive to Tuesday, and fellow right-hander Chad Smith was called up from Triple-A Las Vegas in a corresponding move.

Acevedo, 29, has posted a 13.50 ERA in five relief appearances this season. He is in his third major league season, all of which have been spent with Oakland.

Smith, 27, is 0-1 with a 2.25 ERA in three relief appearances with Las Vegas this season. He has not pitched for the Athletics yet, but he came out of the bullpen in 15 games for the Rockies last season, when he went 0-1 with a 7.50 ERA.

–Field Level Media

Logan O’Hoppe’s RBI single in the sixth inning snapped a 2-2 tie, and four Los Angeles Angels relievers combined for four scoreless innings on the way to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif.

On a team with Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani, Anthony Rendon and Hunter Renfroe, O’Hoppe leads the Angels with 11 RBIs. The rookie catcher also leads the club with four home runs.

Ohtani got the day off, his first of the season.

Griffin Canning made the start on the mound for the Angels, his first major league appearance since July 2, 2021, before a stress fracture of his lower back sidelined him. He got a no-decision but pitched well, giving up two runs and five hits in five innings. He struck out four and did not walk a batter while throwing 69 pitches.

Reliever Matt Moore (1-0) pitched a scoreless sixth to earn the win, and he was followed by Aaron Loup (seventh inning), Ryan Tepera (eighth) and Jose Quijada (ninth, second save).

Brett Phillips started the game in center field for Los Angeles in place of Trout, who got a partial day off as the designated hitter. Phillips went into the game with only one plate appearance (walk) all season but had an impact on Wednesday.

He led off the third inning with a walk against Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore, stole both second and third and scored on catcher Keibert Ruiz’s throwing error.

After the Nationals took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth, the Angels loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the inning. Gore nearly escaped, striking out Gio Urshela and O’Hoppe. But Phillips followed with a walk, driving in a run and tying the game at 2-2.

Phillips also robbed Ruiz of a home run with a leaping catch at the fence in left-center field in the sixth inning.

Nationals reliever Mason Thompson (0-1) gave up O’Hoppe’s game-winning single and took the loss.

–Field Level Media