American League

Orioles 2, Braves 1 (11)

Playing at home for the first time since the All-Star break, Baltimore honored a part of its past and pulled out a victory it hopes will influence its immediate future.

Matt Wieters homered leading off the 11th inning, and the Orioles beat Atlanta on Monday on the night Nick Markakis returned to Baltimore.

After taking two from Tampa Bay over the weekend, the Orioles rallied in the ninth inning and put the game away in the 11th when Wieters connected on the second pitch from Luis Avilan (2-4).

It was Wieters' fourth home run, the first since June 25, and his teammates celebrated by dousing him with a bucket of water at the plate.

Brad Brach (4-2) worked the 11th for the Orioles, who climbed back to .500 (49-49).

"To win the last three games, it's been a challenge for us, so I think it's coming at a good time," manager Buck Showalter said.

The defending AL East champions trail division leader New York by seven games but are in the thick of the wild-card hunt.

"Right now being where we are, cherishing a win is big," Wieters said. "To be able to keep piling up wins is what we need to do."

Markakis played nine years with the Orioles before signing a four-year, $44 million contract with Atlanta during the offseason. Many in the crowd of 26,256 acknowledged his run with the Orioles with a lengthy standing ovation before he stepped into the batter's box to begin the game.

The team also saluted their former right fielder with a video montage before the bottom of the first.

"Tonight just shows what type of fans they are and how loyal they are," Markakis said.

His former teammates feel the same way

"Obviously we all love him and respect him," Orioles starter Kevin Gausman said. "Just one of those guys that did everything the right way."

Markakis went 2 for 5. Rookie Adonis Garcia homered for the Braves, who have dropped 11 of 15.

Atlanta starter Alex Wood allowed three hits and two walks in 7 1-3 innings. The right-hander was replaced by Jason Frasor, who struck out Manny Machado on a 3-2 pitch with two on and two outs.

"It's one of those things where, if you throw absolutely terrible but you win the game, you feel all right," Wood said. "And then you throw really good and you get a loss, it still feels like a loss."

Garcia went deep against All-Star reliever Zach Britton in the ninth inning to break up a scoreless duel, but Baltimore rallied in the bottom half against former Oriole Jim Johnson.

Playing in his fifth major league game, Garcia drove a 1-0 pitch over the right-field scoreboard. Garcia, a 30-year-old Cuban native, has two homers since making his debut on Saturday night.

Looking for his 10th save, Johnson promptly gave up singles to Adam Jones and Wieters to put runners on the corners with no outs for J.J. Hardy, who delivered a sacrifice fly.

Rays 5, Tigers 2

Curt Casali homered twice for Tampa Bay, and Nathan Karns took a one-hit shutout into the seventh inning.

Casali's first homer came on the first pitch of the third inning by Anibal Sanchez, who lost for the first time in nine starts since June 3. Casali added a towering two-run homer, his fifth of the season, off Bruce Rondon in the eighth.

Detroit lost for the seventh time in 10 games.

Consecutive doubles by Steven Souza Jr. and Kevin Kiermaier made it 2-0 in the fourth, and Logan Forsythe had a two-out RBI single off Sanchez (10-8) in the fifth.

Karns (6-5) gave up one run and three hits in six-plus innings, winning six days after a 1-0 victory at Philadelphia in which he hit a home run. Brad Boxberger pitched the ninth for his 25th save.

Royals 9, Indians 4

Eric Hosmer drove in four runs, Kendrys Morales added three RBIs and the Royals opened a 10-game road trip with a victory over the spiraling Indians.

Hosmer connected for a three-run homer in the first inning off rookie Cody Anderson (2-2) as the Royals rolled to their AL-leading 60th win and improved to 15-5 in their last 20 games.

Edinson Volquez (10-5) worked into the seventh inning for Kansas City, which will welcome newly acquired ace Johnny Cueto on Tuesday.

Rookie Francisco Lindor hit a three-run homer and Carlos Santana had a solo shot for the Indians, who have dropped five straight.

National League

Cubs 9, Rockies 8

Kris Bryant's two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning lifted the Cubs to the win.

Colorado had taken an 8-7 lead in the top of the ninth on a two-run drive by Carlos Gonzalez for his second homer of the game. But Bryant drove the second pitch he saw from John Axford (3-4) over the wall in left-center to snap a three-game skid for Chicago.

Rafael Soriano (1-0) got the win.

Gonzalez had four hits and four RBIs for the Rockies. The slugger is batting .459 with 10 homers and 23 RBIs in his last 15 games.

Cardinals 4, Reds 1

Kolten Wong hit a grand slam, powering Lance Lynn and the Cardinals to the victory.

Wong connected on a 3-2 fastball from rookie Raisel Iglesias (1-3) with two outs in the fourth, putting St. Louis ahead 4-1. Wong's second career grand slam easily cleared the right- field wall, landing in the home bullpen.

The Cardinals have won six of seven and lead the NL Central by 6 1/2 games.

Lynn (8-5) allowed five hits in seven innings, improving to 7-3 against the Reds. Trevor Rosenthal earned his 31st save in 33 chances after getting two days off.

Jay Bruce hit a sacrifice fly for the Reds, who have lost seven of 10.

Giants 4, Brewers 2

Brandon Crawford hit a two-run homer to help rookie Chris Heston win his fifth consecutive decision, and San Francisco beat Milwaukee for its sixth straight victory.

Heston (11-5) allowed two runs and five hits over seven innings as the defending World Series champions moved a season-high 11 games over .500 with their seventh home victory in a row and 12th in 13 overall.

Milwaukee outfielder Carlos Gomez was ejected in the ninth after tossing his helmet following a replay reversal of what had been a stolen base. He later threw a batting glove.

Brewers manager Craig Counsell came out to argue and also got tossed, his first career ejection as a player or manager.

Interleague

Diamondbacks 4, Mariners 3 (10)

Paul Goldschmidt hit his 22nd homer of the season in the first inning and scored the go-ahead run in the 10th on Jake Lamb's sacrifice fly as Arizona beat Seattle.

The Diamondbacks won their third straight despite blowing a 3-2 lead in the ninth inning. They took advantage of control issues by Seattle closer Carson Smith (1-4) in the 10th to regain the lead.

Andrew Chafin pitched the 10th for his second save, striking out Seth Smith for the final out with the tying run at second base.

Arizona was one out from winning in the ninth, but Mike Zunino lined an RBI single on a 0-2 pitch off reliever Oliver Perez (2-1) to score pinch-runner Chris Taylor with the tying run.