Gabriel Arias went 2-for-4 and helped key a seventh-inning rally that allowed the visiting Cleveland Guardians earn a 3-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday afternoon.

After hitting a solo home run in the fifth to tie the game at 1-1, Arias doubled in the seventh following a Will Brennan single, putting runners on second and third with one out.

With the infield drawn in, Brayan Rocchio hit a chopper to shortstop Tim Anderson, who couldn’t field the ball cleanly. Anderson’s mishap allowed Brennan to score, and Cam Gallagher followed with a base hit to plate Arias and give Cleveland a 3-1 lead.

Relievers Nick Sandlin and Trevor Stephan held the White Sox at bay until Emmanuel Clase worked around a single in the ninth to record his major-league-leading 15th save.

Sandlin (2-1) earned the win with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.

Chicago starter Dylan Cease (2-3) took the loss after surrendering three runs on five hits in 6 1/3 innings. He walked one and fanned three.

Luis Robert Jr. doubled and singled for the White Sox, who won the first two games of the three-game set. Seby Zavala drove in Chicago’s only run with a single in the fourth.

Zavala broke a scoreless tie when he lofted a soft line-drive single to center to score Andrew Benintendi, who had doubled with one out.

It didn’t take long for Cleveland to respond, though, as Arias drilled a first-pitch fastball from Cease 406 feet to right center to level things in the fifth.

Chicago looked poised to break the game open in the second. The Sox loaded the bases with no outs, but Guardians starter Logan Allen got Hanser Alberto to pop out before recording a pair of strikeouts to get out of the jam.

Allen ended up lasting 5 2/3 innings, allowing one run on seven hits. He walked one and struck out five.

White Sox reliever Garrett Crochet pitched a perfect ninth in what was his first appearance since Oct. 1, 2021. Crochet missed all of last season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.

–Field Level Media

Eury Perez recorded his first major league win as the host Miami Marlins swept the Washington Nationals with a 5-3 victory on Thursday afternoon.

Perez (1-0) — who debuted on May 12 as the youngest player in Marlins history at 20 years, 27 days — lasted five innings in his second big-league start, allowing three hits, one walk and one run.

The consensus top-10 major league prospect struck out six batters and lowered his ERA to 2.79 as the Marlins earned their second three-game sweep of the season. They also swept the Cubs last month.

Dylan Floro pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn his fourth save and second in two games.

Jeimer Candelario led Washington by going 2-for-4 with two RBIs, one homer and one double.

Trevor Williams (1-2) took the loss, allowing three runs on five hits with one walk.

Bryan De La Cruz extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a solo homer, which opened the scoring for the Marlins in the second. On a 1-2 count, he got a high fastball clocked at 92 mph, driving it 402 feet over the fence in center.

The Marlins made it 2-0 in the third on a pair of opposite-field hits — Xavier Edwards’ double over third base and Jean Segura’s single to right.

Candelario hit a 443-foot bomb in the fourth to cut Washington’s deficit to 2-1. He hit a 3-1 fastball clocked at 95 mph.

Miami padded its lead to 4-1 by getting RBI singles from Edwards in the fourth and Garrett Cooper in the seventh.

Washington cut its deficit to 4-3 in the eighth as one-out singles by Luis Garcia and Lane Thomas set up the rally. The Nationals cashed in with Candelario’s RBI double and ex-Marlins outfielder Corey Dickerson’s run-scoring infield single to third.

But Marlins reliever Huascar Brazoban got out of the jam by inducing Keibert Ruiz to bounce into an inning-ending double play.

Washington again played without DH Joey Meneses, who’s on paternity leave.

–Field Level Media

Tommy Pham delivered the tie-breaking RBI single in the sixth inning Thursday as the host New York Mets edged the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 to win their first series in five tries this month.

The Mets also entered 0-5-2 in their last seven series dating to Apr. 17-19, when they took two of three from the Los Angeles Dodgers. New York went 8-15 in between series wins against six opponents, with only the Atlanta Braves holding a winning record through Wednesday’s games.

Josh Lowe had two hits and an RBI for the Rays, who still have the best record in baseball at 32-13 but finished 4-6 on a season-long 10-game road trip.

The teams traded runs in the first before Pete Alonso hit a home run for the third straight game to give the Mets the lead in the fourth. It was Alonso’s 16th home run of the season.

Lowe homered in the sixth for the Rays, his 10th, before New York pieced together the go-ahead rally against Zack Littell (0-1) in the bottom of the inning.

Jeff McNeil led off with a single and Alonso flew out before McNeil went to third on a single by Brett Baty. Pham then beat out a slow roller to third for a hit as McNeil scored.

The rally made a winner of starter Tylor Megill (5-2), who allowed two runs on four hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings. Brooks Raley threw a perfect seventh for the Mets and Jeff Brigham gave up a hit in the eighth before David Robertson worked around a one-out ninth-inning double by Randy Arozarena to earn his eighth save.

Baty had an RBI groundout in the first. Pham and McNeil had two hits apiece.

Harold Ramirez hit into a run-scoring forceout in the first for Tampa Bay, while Lowe and Arozarena had two hits each.

Rays rookie right-hander Taj Bradley, who was recalled from Triple-A Durham prior to the game, allowed two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings. It was Bradley’s fourth career start.

-Field Level Media

Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout each homered and drove in two runs to help the visiting Los Angeles Angels earn a split of the four-game series against the Baltimore Orioles with a 6-5 win on Thursday afternoon.

Luis Rengifo had three hits and scored two runs and starting pitcher Tyler Anderson allowed three runs and six hits in five innings. He struck out two and walked two.

Anthony Santander and Adley Rutschman each hit two-run homers and Austin Hays contributed three hits and scored twice for the Orioles, who had won two in a row.

Baltimore starter Tyler Wells also allowed three runs and six hits in five innings, striking out seven and walking one.

Ohtani lifted a changeup over the fence in right for a 1-0 lead in the first inning.

Livan Soto made his season debut for the Angels and led off the third with a nine-pitch walk. One out later, Trout homered for the second straight game to make it 3-0.

Anderson had retired eight in a row heading into the fifth inning when Joey Ortiz led off with a single. Hays followed with a double to put runners on second and third, and Ryan Mountcastle’s sacrifice fly cut the lead to 3-1.

Santander then came through with a two-run blast to tie the score 3-3.

Los Angeles moved back ahead 4-3 in the sixth. Rengifo walked with two outs, stole second and scored on a single by Zach Neto.

Hays had a one-out infield single in the seventh before Rutschman delivered his two-run homer to right off Chris Devenski (1-0) for a 5-4 lead.

After back-to-back batters reached base off Bryan Baker (3-1) with one out in the eighth, Gio Urshela came through with a pinch-hit RBI single off Austin Voth to tie the score 5-5.

Danny Coulombe came in to face Ohtani with the bases loaded and he reached on an infield single to drive in Neto for a 6-5 lead.

Carlos Estevez pitched the ninth for his 10th save.

–Field Level Media

New York Yankees right-hander Luis Severino will come off the injured list to make his season debut Sunday against the Cincinnati Reds on the road.

Severino has been on the shelf with a lat strain sustained in spring training.

Also Thursday, the Yankees placed starting catcher Jose Trevino on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain and recalled catcher Ben Rortvedt from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Trevino, 30, is batting .219 with three home runs and 11 RBIs in 30 games (28 starts) this season, his second in New York. He’s a career .243 hitter.

Severino, 29, has pitched in just 26 regular-season games in the past four seasons because of a variety of injuries. In 2018, he posted a 19-8 record. In seven major league seasons, all with the Yankees, Severino is 50-29 with a 3.39 ERA in 122 games (107 starts) and 638 innings pitched.

Rortvedt, 25, hasn’t appeared in the major leagues since 2021 with Minnesota. He’s hitting .169 in 89 career at bats.

The Yankees also announced that right-hander Tommy Kahnle (biceps tendinitis) will begin a rehab assignment Thursday at Single-A Tampa.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone also announced that right-hander Ian Hamilton (groin) is back in New York having an MRI, left-hander Carlos Rodon played catch at 90 feet and Giancarlo Stanton is “getting real close” to returning.

Rodon is recovering from a left forearm strain, sustained after just one spring start.

The Yankees placed Hamilton on the 15-day IL Wednesday.

Stanton was placed on the IL last month with a left hamstring strain.

–Field Level Media