The visiting Chicago White Sox will be going against a familiar foe Tuesday night when they face Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios.

Berrios (1-3, 6.23 ERA) will attempt to help the Blue Jays clinch the three-game series after they took the opener 5-2 on Monday night.

In 22 career starts against the White Sox, Berros is 12-6 with a 3.43 ERA. Most of those starts came when Berrios was with the Minnesota Twins, who are American League Central rivals with the White Sox.

The White Sox will start right-hander Mike Clevinger (2-1, 3.26 ERA), who is 3-1 with a 3.86 ERA in five career games (four starts) against the Blue Jays.

The White Sox, who have lost five straight, struck out six times on Monday. That was an improvement over their three weekend road losses to the Tampa Bay Rays when they struck out 33 times, including 11 times on Friday.

White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said the team’s hitters have been chasing too many pitches.

“We need to make adjustments on those,” Grifol said before the game on Monday. “We feel like we’re headed in the right direction with that. Guys are putting in the work. They’re learning the pitchers, they’re learning their strike zone. They’re learning where they can do damage. It needs to translate out there.

“When you chase, you’re not getting pitches that you can do damage with. That’s just a part of the game. You stay in the strike zone, you’re going to get a good pitch to hit, you’re going to do some damage. You come out of the strike zone, you’re not going to put good wood on the baseball. That’s no secret. … We just have to execute those things here against Toronto.”

The White Sox led 2-0 on Monday, but the Blue Jays took over with a four-run fourth inning that included Cavan Biggio’s three-run homer.

Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt left in the seventh inning due to tightness in his lower back.

Bassitt said he felt sore warming up in the bullpen but that it was not a problem.

“I never felt any threat of an injury the whole game,” he said. “Won’t even miss a bullpen session.”

Toronto put right-hander Adam Cimber (right rhomboid strain) on the injured list Monday and recalled right-hander Nate Pearson from Triple-A Buffalo.

Pearson, once the team’s top pitching prospect, has overcome illness and injury to get another chance in the majors.

“I’ve been through some stuff, so it’s good to just be able to be here early in the year and help the team,” Pearson said on Monday. “I’ve definitely grown mentally, just more at peace with whatever outcome as long as I’m competing.”

Pearson has been used primarily as a one-inning reliever. He produced a 2.16 ERA with 16 strikeouts and five walks over 8 1/3 innings with Triple-A Buffalo this season.

“I feel great,” said Pearson, who did not appear in the game on Monday. “It’s always great to be back here in the Rogers Centre.”

Chicago reinstated right-hander Joe Kelly (right groin strain) from the IL Monday and placed right-hander Lucas Giolito on the bereavement list. Kelly did not pitch on Monday.

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Whether they are ahead or trailing on the scoreboard, the Tampa Bay Rays are rolling and have the feeling that they will win on any given night.

Even against the reigning World Series champions.

The Rays opened their three-game series against the Houston Astros with an 8-3 victory on Monday. Tampa Bay will look to clinch the series on Tuesday in the second game in St. Petersburg, Fla.

There were contributions all around as the Rays set a modern-era record (since 1901) with 14 straight home wins to start a season. The all-time mark of 21-0 to start a home campaign was set by the 1880 Chicago White Stockings, the precursor to the Cubs.

Tampa Bay went 6-for-17 (.353) with runners in scoring position. Five Rays had multiple hits while six drove in runs as the club outhit the Astros 14-6. Tampa Bay has outscored the opposition 157-64 through 23 contests — 20 of them wins.

Five of the first seven batters in Tampa Bay’s order are hitting .313 or higher, though the team’s major-league-record run of 22 straight games with a homer to start the season came to a close.

Wander Franco stole the show on Monday, going 4-for-5 with two doubles, two runs, an RBI and a stolen base. The shortstop also made an amazing catch — barehanded while running in foul territory to snare a pop fly, a la Kevin Mitchell in 1989.

Franco, 22, boosted his average to .318 and moved into a tie for third in the majors with 15 extra-base hits.

“Wander is just a very talented player,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “The catch, the amount of ground that he covered. … He was excited.”

The Astros played without Yordan Alvarez, who returned to Houston for an examination of his ailing neck. General manager Dana Brown told the media he expects Alvarez to play this weekend at home against the Philadelphia Phillies.

A pair of right-handers will take the mound as the series continues on Tuesday.

In what will be his fifth start, Houston’s Luis Garcia (1-2, 5.14 ERA) will be looking to regain the form that helped him record a career-high 15 victories in 2022.

The 26-year-old Venezuelan’s most recent outing against the high-powered Toronto Blue Jays has manager Dusty Baker and the rest of the coaching staff encouraged.

In the Astros’ 8-1 win on Wednesday, Garcia fired seven shutout innings and yielded just two hits. He struck out nine and walked one over a season-high 92 pitches in Houston’s first series-clinching win at home thus far.

“Garcia was excellent,” Baker said. “He minimized his pitches. Him and (catcher Martin Maldonado) work good together. It was much needed for us.”

Against the Rays in his career, Garcia is 2-1 with a 3.94 ERA in three starts.

Drew Rasmussen (3-1, 2.01) gets the ball for Tampa Bay on Tuesday.

In all three of his victories, the 27-year-old Puyallup, Wash., native has held the opposition scoreless — six innings against the Washington Nationals, seven against the Oakland A’s and five his last time out in Cincinnati against the Reds on Wednesday.

Rasmussen holds a 2-1 record with a 3.00 ERA in three lifetime starts versus the Astros. Alex Bregman is 3-for-8 with a homer against Rasmussen.

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The Atlanta Braves will try to continue their rediscovered power surge when they host the Miami Marlins in the second game of a four-game series on Tuesday.

The Braves hit five home runs in Monday’s 11-0 win over Miami in the series opener. It was a positive turnaround for the team that had managed just three homers during a four-game losing streak that saw them muster all of nine runs.

“It feels good,” said center fielder Sam Hilliard. “Takes a little frustration out. Hopefully we can ride this momentum the rest of the week.”

Hilliard hit two home runs, the second-multi homer game of his career, and Sean Murphy, Eddie Rosario and Austin Riley also went deep. It was the second five-homer game for Atlanta, which has 35 longballs this season.

“Every day you go out there you have a chance to do something special,” Hilliard said. “We were able to get some pitches to drive and put some swings on them.”

On Tuesday, the Braves will send veteran right-hander Charlie Morton (2-2, 3.22 ERA) against Miami rookie Bryan Hoeing, who will make his season debut.

Morton will make his fifth start of the season. He is coming off a strong performance against San Diego on April 19, when he took a loss despite allowing only one run over six innings. Morton has been a consistent arm, throwing at least five innings in each outing and not allowing more than three runs in a game.

Morton has made 21 career appearances, all starts, against Miami, going 11-5 with a 3.96 ERA over 122 2/3 innings. He was 2-0 with a 3.27 ERA in two starts against the Marlins in 2022.

Hoeing had a 2.08 ERA with 20 strikeouts in 17 1/3 innings for Triple-A Jacksonville. He is taking the place of Trevor Rogers (biceps) in the rotation.

Hoeing struggled last year, going 1-1 with a 12.08 ERA in eight appearances, one start, over three different stints. He worked two games against Atlanta and posted an 11.57 ERA in 2 1/3 innings.

The Marlins managed just two hits off Atlanta starter Spencer Strider on Monday, but both hits came in the eighth inning. Miami has 68 hits in the seventh inning or later.

“He made it tough on our guys,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. “It was like facing a closer for eight innings. He was making really good hitters look really bad sometimes. Right now, it seems like we’re getting everyone’s ace, but that’s part of the big leagues.”

It will help when the Marlins get second baseman Luis Arraez back in the lineup. He missed his second straight game with a bruised left knee suffered Saturday when he banged a foul ball off it.

He was available to pinch hit on Monday and is listed as day-to-day. Arraez has 32 hits and 10 multi-hit games.

The Marlins made some roster changes, designating right-hander Jeff Lindgren for assignment, recalling left-hander Sean Nolin from Triple-A Jacksonville and demoting right-hander George Soriano. Nolin pitched three innings of relief on Monday and allowed two homers and six runs.

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The Cincinnati Reds look to maintain the momentum from their first walk-off win of the season when they try to pick up a series-clinching victory against the visiting Texas Rangers on Tuesday.

TJ Friedl’s walk-off single in the ninth inning ended Cincinnati’s six-game losing streak with a 7-6 win on Monday, capping a rally that came after the Reds trailed 6-4 with two outs in the eighth inning.

After tying the game by drawing two bases-loaded walks off Jose Leclerc (0-1) in the eighth, the Reds won it in the ninth. Friedl’s single off Will Smith scored Jonathan India, who had drawn a leadoff walk off Leclerc and advanced to second on a passed ball.

Spencer Steer went 2-for-4 with a two-run triple and two runs, while Friedl went 2-4 with an RBI and a run and India went 1-for-3 with three runs for the Reds.

The Rangers’ bullpen collapse wasted a night in which Josh Jung went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs. Ezequiel Duran went 3-for-4 with a double and a run for Texas, which led 5-1 after its third at-bat.

Cincinnati’s Alexis Diaz (1-1) pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up the win to culminate a stellar performance by the Reds’ bullpen, which allowed just one hit over the final five innings. Reds starter Nick Lodolo allowed six runs on nine hits, including two homers, with six strikeouts and two walks.

Cincinnati looks to take the three-game series on Tuesday behind Luke Weaver (0-1, 6.00 ERA). The right-hander got off to a rough start in his Reds debut last Thursday against the Pittsburgh Pirates after missing the first three weeks of the season with a right elbow flexor strain.

Weaver allowed four first-inning runs before following with five shutout innings in a 4-3 loss. He finished with eight strikeouts against two walks and four hits.

“First one out there, it’s kind of tough to gauge the emotion and kind of feel like you’re grounded and able to attack,” said Weaver, who joined the Reds on a one-year deal during the offseason.

“It was coming out real good, but just felt like I was just missing down or in or out. Once I got past the nitpicking and just started going after them, I felt like the stuff started to play better.”

Texas, which is coming off just its second loss in its past eight games, will turn to left-hander Martin Perez (3-1, 3.38). He allowed three runs on eight hits with three strikeouts and no walks over 5 2/3 innings in a 12-3 win over the host Kansas City Royals last Wednesday.

Perez will pitch against the Reds for the first time in nearly a decade and for just the second time in his 12-year major league career. Perez threw 6 2/3 shutout innings, allowing just six hits with three strikeouts and a walk, in a 4-0 win in June 2013.

The Rangers are averaging 8.75 runs per game over their past eight contests.

“We did a lot of good things in the game offensively, put some runs up,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said of Monday’s loss. “But we just had trouble throwing strikes.”

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The Baltimore Orioles will attempt to extend their seven-game winning streak when they face the visiting Boston Red Sox on Tuesday in the middle game of a three-game series.

Baltimore won its seventh game in a row by rallying from a four-run deficit to beat Boston 5-4 on Monday. It was Baltimore’s 11th victory in its last 13 games.

“It kind of feels like last year’s team a little bit,” Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde said. “We just don’t blow a lot of people out. A lot of tight games. I think our players are better for it with how many tight games we played last year.”

The Orioles have limited their opponents to 11 runs during the seven victories. Boston failed to score in the final six innings Monday after scoring four runs in the first three.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Baltimore pitchers changed their game plan after first baseman Triston Casas hit a solo home run in the second inning.

“They were throwing a lot of fastballs early on and then after that (the home run) it was breaking balls and changeups,” Cora said. “And then they switched the script again.”

Kyle Bradish (1-0, 0.00 ERA) is expected to start for Baltimore on Tuesday.

Bradish made his first start of the season April 3 against Texas, but left the game in the second inning after he was hit in the foot by a line drive. In his only start since then, he pitched six scoreless innings to earn the win in a 4-0 victory over Washington last Wednesday. He allowed five hits, struck out six and walked one.

Bradish has made five career starts against Boston and is 0-3 with a 7.54 ERA.

Corey Kluber (0-4, 8.50) will be seeking his first win of the season for Boston. He has a 6-5 record and a 4.26 ERA in 17 career starts against the Orioles.

In his last outing, Kluber gave up seven runs, including two home runs, in five innings of a 10-4 loss to Minnesota last Wednesday. He walked two, hit two batters and struck out four.

Boston shortstop Yu Chang left Monday’s game in the seventh inning with a wrist injury.

“He’s in pain,” Cora said. “He’s going to get tested (Tuesday), see where we’re at. Right now it’s sore. That’s what we can say right now. He’ll get tested (Tuesday) here in Baltimore and we’ll know more.”

Hyde said despite the save situation, he wanted to rest reliever Felix Bautista on Monday. Yennier Cano recorded the final three outs to earn his first major league save.

“Just because of his workload here as of late and just wanted to give him a night off,” Hyde said of his decision to rest Bautista.

Bautista had pitched on two of the previous three days and threw a total of 37 pitches between those outings.

Before Monday’s game, the Red Sox optioned right-hander Brayan Bello to Triple-A Worcester and recalled left-hander Brennan Bernardino, who allowed four hits in two scoreless innings during Monday’s loss.

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Alex Cobb threw the second shutout of his 12-year career and the San Francisco Giants opened a four-game home series against the St. Louis Cardinals with a 4-0 victory on Monday.

J.D. Davis capped a four-run seventh inning with a three-run home run.

Activated off the injured list before the game to make his Giants debut, Mitch Haniger contributed a sacrifice fly to the seventh-inning uprising.

The big inning, combined with Cobb’s pitching, sent San Francisco to its third consecutive win. St. Louis lost for the third time in four games to continue its 10-game West Coast road trip.

Cobb (1-1) allowed six hits and one walk while striking out four in just the fifth complete game of his career. He threw 109 pitches.

His only other shutout came for the Tampa Bay Rays in August of 2012, a 5-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics.

Cardinals left-hander Jordan Montgomery had matched Cobb zero for zero through six innings before second baseman Tommy Edman misplayed Mike Yastrzemski’s routine grounder leading off the bottom of the seventh.

Drew VerHagen came on and served up a double to Joey Bart before walking pinch hitter Joc Pederson intentionally to load the bases with no outs.

VerHagen struck out Thairo Estrada, but Haniger then lifted a fly ball deep enough into right field to allow Yastrzemski to easily score the game’s first run.

Davis then crushed his fifth homer of the season.

Montgomery (2-3) took the loss because he was charged with the first of the four runs, which was unearned. He gave up five hits and one walk in his six-plus innings, striking out six.

St. Louis had a golden opportunity to put up the game’s first runs, loading the bases in the fifth on singles by Tyler O’Neill and Brendan Donovan and a walk by Edman. Cobb got Lars Nootbaar to ground out to third to end the threat.

Davis, Yastrzemski and Austin Slater, also activated from the injured list before the game, had two hits apiece for the Giants, whose three-game winning streak is their longest of the season.

Donovan collected two hits for the Cardinals, who began their trip by losing two of three in Seattle over the weekend.

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Geraldo Perdomo and Pavin Smith each collected two hits and the Arizona Diamondbacks scored the go-ahead run on an eighth-inning error in a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday in Phoenix.

Arizona had lost four of its five previous games. Kansas City fell for the ninth time in 10 games.

With one out in the bottom of the eighth, Christian Walker walked and Gabriel Moreno singled, moving Walker to third against Kansas City reliever Aroldis Chapman (0-1).

Nick Ahmed followed with a ground ball to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino, whose errant throw to home plate allowed Walker to score.

Kansas City had rallied to tie the game at 4 in the top of the eighth after Andrew Chafin (2-0) came in to replace Miguel Castro, who left after allowing a one-out single to Michael Massey.

Chafin walked Nicky Lopez on four pitches and then gave up an RBI single to Kyle Isbel.

Arizona left-hander Tommy Henry made his first appearance of the season, taking veteran Madison Bumgarner’s scheduled start.

Bumgarner, owed $34.4 million by the Diamondbacks, was designated for assignment on Thursday after going 0-3 with a 10.26 ERA in four starts this season.

Henry is in his second major league season after being drafted by the Diamondbacks in 2019.

Edward Olivares belted a solo home run with one out in the first inning off Henry, who lasted 4 1/3 innings and allowed four hits and three runs. Henry walked four while striking out one.

Pasquantino doubled with two outs in the third inning and Salvador Perez followed with an RBI single to tie the game at 2.

After walks to Corbin Carroll and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the bottom of the third, Smith hit a single to score Carroll. Gurriel then came home on a groundout to third base by Moreno to put Arizona ahead 4-2.

Henry was relieved by Kyle Nelson after walking Bobby Witt Jr. and Olivares to start the fifth inning. Witt was caught stealing before Henry’s exit.

Pasquantino, who finished 3-for-4, greeted Nelson with a single, moving Olivares to second. Perez followed with a double that drove Olivares home and cut the deficit to 4-3.

Perez and Massey each had two hits for Kansas City. Royals starter Brad Keller yielded four runs on four hits and six walks in four innings. He struck out two.

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Spencer Strider struck out a season-high 13 batters in eight scoreless innings and Sam Hilliard hit a pair of home runs to help the Atlanta Braves end their four-game losing streak with an 11-0 win over the visiting Miami Marlins on Monday.

Strider retired the first 18 batters he faced. The perfect-game bid ended in the seventh when Jazz Chisholm Jr. reached on an error, rolling a routine grounder through the legs of first baseman Matt Olson. Jean Segura snapped the no-hitter with a line-drive single to left with one out in the eighth.

Strider (3-0) allowed two hits in his longest stint of the season and did not walk a batter. He has pitched 16 consecutive scoreless innings and has allowed three hits during that span. Joe Jimenez pitched a scoreless ninth inning to finish the game.

Edward Cabrera (1-2), who allowed a season-high four runs on four hits, took the loss. He yielded two homers and four walks with six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.

Rays 8, Astros 3

Wander Franco went 4-for-5 with two runs and an RBI as Tampa Bay continued to reach milestones by rallying past the Houston in St. Petersburg, Fla., for its 14th straight home win to start the season.

The Rays used a four-run third inning to break a tie with the 2009 Los Angeles Dodgers and claim the longest home winning streak to start a campaign since 1901. The all-time mark is a 21-0 home start by the 1880 Chicago White Stockings, the precursor to the Cubs.

Rookie Taj Bradley (3-0) won in his third career start, allowing three runs on four hits in five innings. He fanned six. Jose Urquidy (1-2) surrendered six runs on seven hits in 2 2/3 innings.

Rockies 6, Guardians 0

Jurickson Profar homered and drove in three runs as Colorado snapped a three-game losing skid with a win at Cleveland.

Mike Moustakas had three hits and Ezequiel Tovar had two RBIs for the Rockies, who had lost 11 of their previous 12 games. Austin Gomber (1-4) allowed three hits over five shutout innings for his first win since July 12, 2022.

The Guardians were limited to four hits and lost for the sixth time in their past eight games. Steven Kwan had three of the hits.

Orioles 5, Red Sox 4

Baltimore overcame a four-run deficit and extended its winning streak to seven games by beating visiting Boston in the opener of a three-game series.

It was a 4-4 game until Austin Hays drove in Jorge Mateo with a single in the fifth inning. Rafael Devers hit his American League-leading ninth home run of the season for Boston, which received a solo home run from Triston Casas and three hits from Masataka Yoshida.

Baltimore starter Dean Kremer (2-0) allowed four runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked one. Yennier Cano pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his first career save.

Reds 7, Rangers 6

TJ Friedl hit a walk-off single as Cincinnati ended its six-game losing streak with a win over visiting Texas.

Spencer Steer went 2-for-4 with a two-run triple and two runs, while Friedl went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run and India went 1-for-3 with three runs for the Reds. Alexis Diaz (1-1) pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up the win to culminate a stellar performance by the Reds’ bullpen, which allowed just one hit over the final five innings.

Josh Jung went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs and Ezequiel Duran went 3-for-4 with a double and a run for Texas, which lost for just the second time in eight games.

Blue Jays 5, White Sox 2

Cavan Biggio hit a go-ahead, three-run home run in the fourth inning and Toronto defeated visiting Chicago in the opener of a three-game series.

It was the fifth loss in a row for the White Sox while the Blue Jays have won two straight. Toronto’s Chris Bassitt (3-2) allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings before exiting because of lower back tightness. Three relievers completed the Blue Jays’ three-hitter, with Jordan Romano earning his eighth save by tossing a 1-2-3 ninth inning.

Chicago right-hander Lance Lynn (0-3) allowed four runs in five innings.

Tigers 4, Brewers 2

Nick Maton hit a three-run homer and visiting Detroit snapped a four-game losing streak by defeating Milwaukee.

Javier Baez reached base three times and scored a run for Detroit in the opener of a three-game interleague series. Matthew Boyd (1-1) gave up two runs on five hits in five innings. He struck out eight and walked one. Alex Lange fanned two in a perfect ninth inning for his second save.

William Contreras and Mike Brosseau hit solo homers for the Brewers. Colin Rea (0-1) allowed four runs in five innings.

Twins 6, Yankees 1

Two ex-New York players came through for Minnesota as Sonny Gray pitched seven scoreless innings and Joey Gallo hit his sixth home run of the season in the Twins’ win at Minneapolis.

Gray (3-0), who posted a 4.51 ERA in 41 games with the Yankees in the final two months of 2017 and all of 2018, held the Yankees to three hits and two walks while striking out eight. He ended the night with a major-league-best 0.62 ERA.

Gallo socked his third homer since returning from a right intercostal strain that prevented him from playing in the teams’ four-game series April 13-16 in New York. The Yankees lost for the third time in four games and were held to three runs or fewer for the ninth time in 11 games.

A’s 11, Angels 10 (10 innings)

Brent Rooker and Jesus Aguilar hit back-to-back homers in both the first and third innings, but it was a two-run double by Ryan Noda in the 10th that snapped a tie and helped lift Oakland past Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif.

After the A’s scored three times in the top of the 10th, the Angels got a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning from Brandon Drury, his second of the game. However, Jeurys Familia was able to post his second save by getting Mike Trout to hit into a force play with the potential tying and winning runs on base.

Adam Oller (1-0) threw two scoreless innings for the win.

Giants 4, Cardinals 0

Alex Cobb threw the second shutout of his 12-year career and San Francisco opened a four-game home series against St. Louis with a victory.

J.D. Davis capped a four-run seventh inning with a three-run home run. Activated off the injured list before the game to make his Giants debut, Mitch Haniger contributed a sacrifice fly to the seventh-inning uprising. Cobb (1-1) allowed six hits and one walk while striking out four in just his fifth career complete game.

Cardinals starter Jordan Montgomery (2-3) took a shutout into the seventh inning and was saddled with the loss because he was charged an unearned run. He gave up five hits and one walk in his six-plus innings, striking out six.

Diamondbacks 5, Royals 4

Geraldo Perdomo and Pavin Smith each collected two hits and Arizona scored the go-ahead run on an eighth-inning error in a win over Kansas City in Phoenix.

With one out in the bottom of the eighth, Christian Walker walked and Gabriel Moreno singled, moving Walker to third against Aroldis Chapman (0-1). Nick Ahmed followed with a ground ball to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino, whose errant throw to home plate allowed Walker to score.

Kansas City had rallied to tie the game at 4 in the top of the eighth against Andrew Chafin (2-0). Arizona starter Tommy Henry made his first appearance of the season, and he allowed three runs in 4 1/3 innings.

–Field Level Media