Andrew Heaney and a trio of relievers combined on an eight-hit shutout as the Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Guardians 2-0 on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.

Heaney (6-6) allowed six hits over 5 1/3 scoreless innings. Grant Anderson and Will Smith followed before Aroldis Chapman worked around a two-out single in the ninth for his third save and first since being acquired by the Rangers on June 30.

After winning just three of their final 11 games before the All-Star break, Texas has opened the three-game series against Cleveland with back-to-back victories.

Cleveland outhit the Rangers 8-5, but it left eight runners on base and was shut out for the ninth time this season.

Texas loaded the bases after its first three batters of the game reached base safely against Cleveland starter Gavin Williams (1-2), who was making his fifth career start.

Marcus Semien scored on Adolis Garcia’s fielder’s-choice groundout, but Williams escaped further damage when Josh Jung grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Texas was primed for a big inning in the second after Leody Taveras walked to load the bases with one out. Semien’s fly ball was caught in foul territory, but Jonah Heim was able to score on right fielder David Fry’s throwing error.

After Corey Seager walked to load the bases, Williams struck out Nathaniel Lowe to end the inning.

Williams settled in and retired nine of his final 10 batters faced. He was lifted after giving up two runs on four hits with four walks and four strikeouts over five innings.

Heaney bounced back with a solid performance after giving up eight runs (seven earned) over three innings against the Washington Nationals in his last outing.

Heaney was lifted in the sixth inning with two runners on after Josh Bell drew a one-out walk. Anderson relieved Heaney and induced an inning-ending, double-play grounder from Tyler Freeman to keep the Guardians off the board.

Chapman struck out Myles Straw with a runner at first to end the game. He has retired 15 of 17 batters faced in five appearances with the Rangers since being acquired from the Kansas City Royals.

–Field Level Media

Whit Merrifield hit a tiebreaking homer and fill-in starter Chris Bassitt pitched six solid innings as the Toronto Blue Jays notched a 5-2 victory over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday afternoon.

Bo Bichette also homered, and George Springer had a two-run single for the Blue Jays, who beat Arizona for the second straight day and have won seven of their last eight games. Merrifield and Springer each had two hits and two RBIs.

Geraldo Perdomo had three hits, Jake McCarthy had two hits and two RBIs and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also had two hits for the Diamondbacks, who have lost seven of their past nine contests.

Bassitt (9-5) started for the Blue Jays after All-Star Kevin Gausman was scratched earlier Saturday due to left side discomfort. He gave up two runs and seven hits while striking out five and walking none.

Arizona’s Zac Gallen (11-4) labored through much of his five innings after starting for the National League in the All-Star Game on Tuesday. Gallen allowed three runs, six hits, three walks and struck out five before departing after 94 pitches.

Toronto All-Star closer Jordan Romano (back) was unavailable for the second straight game. Yimi Garcia finished up and allowed two hits in the ninth before retiring Evan Longoria and Alek Thomas to record his second save of the season.

Merrifield led off the bottom of the fourth with a blast that hit off the top of the left-center field wall and bounced into the stands to give the Blue Jays a 3-2 lead. It was his sixth homer of the season.

In the eighth, Bichette led off against Arizona’s Scott McGough and homered over the wall in left. It was his 16th blast of the season.

Merrifield added a sacrifice fly later in the inning to make it a three-run margin.

Toronto loaded the bases in the second inning on singles by Merrifield and Alejandro Kirk and a walk to Cavan Biggio. Springer came up with one out and delivered a two-run single to left to break the scoreless tie.

The Diamondbacks tied the contest in the fourth. Gurriel reached on an infield single with two out and Emmanuel Rivera followed with a double. McCarthy then narrowly beat out an infield single to the right side as Gurriel and Rivera both scored.

–Field Level Media

Jose Siri homered twice in support of six strong innings from Tyler Glasnow as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the host Kansas City Royals, 6-1, in the first game of a split doubleheader on Saturday.

Siri opened the scoring, driving the first pitch of the third inning into the left field bullpen for his team-leading 17th home run. Siri also capped the scoring with a 410-foot drive to center in the ninth for his second career multi-homer game. The Rays are 13-4 when Siri homers.

Glasnow (3-3) surrendered one run on six hits and two walks, fanning seven over six innings to collect his first win since June 14. He’s struck out at least six in each of his nine starts.

Mired in a 1-for-22 slump, Francisco Mejia gave Tampa Bay a 2-0 lead with two out in the fifth, hitting his fourth homer down the right field line.

In the bottom half of the inning, Bobby Witt Jr. hit his 15th homer 424 feet to center, cutting the deficit to 2-1. Salvador Perez followed with a fan-interference double, his 500th career extra-base hit, but was stranded when Glasnow struck out Kyle Isbel to end the threat.

Perez also added three singles for his 11th career four-hit game and first of the season as he broke out of a 4-for-43 slump dating back to June 24.

Royals starter Alec Marsh (0-3) struck out a career-best 11 over six innings, allowing two runs on five hits and one walk.

Opening the eighth inning, reliever Collin Snider missed with 13 straight pitches to load the bases before Luke Raley’s single plated two runs and Josh Lowe brought in another with a sacrifice fly for a 5-1 advantage.

Tampa Bay relievers Jason Adam and Javy Guerra shut out the Royals over the final three frames as Kansas City managed just one single over the final four innings.

The Rays have won back-to-back games after losing seven straight prior to the All-Star break.

–Field Level Media