American League

Blue Jays 5, Rays 1

Teoscar Hernandez and Danny Jansen homered in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 Saturday to end a five-game skid.

Hernandez, who missed three weeks with a sore left oblique, hit his second homer of the season leading off the eighth in a 1-1 game.

“We all know that we needed a big hit like that. It came from my bat, but I know the other guys are going to keep hitting and we’re going to get into a winning streak now,” said Hernandez, who had 32 homers and 116 RBIs last season. "It’s been a long time for me without hitting a ball like that, especially since I was injured, but it’s just about time."

Jansen was activated Saturday after being sidelined for more than a month with a strained left oblique and hit his third homer in only his ninth at-bat this year. He reached base three times and lined out to the warning track in center field.

“He hasn’t missed a beat,” manager Charlie Montoyo said. “He looked really good at the plate.”

Both homers came off Ryan Thompson (1-2), who also gave up singles to Santiago Espinal and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the decisive four-run inning that served as a sigh of relief for the Blue Jays.

“To have a four-run lead, that hasn’t happened very often,” Montoyo said. “It was great to see the two-out hits. That’s who we are. When you add on runs, then you don’t have to play tight games.”

Tim Mayza (2-0) got the win in relief after striking out two of his three batters in the seventh.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled in the first inning off Rays starter Ryan Yarbrough, extending his hitting streak to 11 games, and scored on Espinal's sacrifice fly.

Manuel Margot and Randy Arozarena had two hits each for Tampa Bay. Margot stretched his career-high hitting streak to 11 games, during which he is hitting .486.

Yandy Diaz led off the Rays first with an opposite-field, 333-foot home run off left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu for the Rays' only run. It was Diaz's third of the season.

Ryu, pitching for the first time since April 16 due to an inflamed left forearm, gave up one run on four hits in 4 2/3 innings, striking out three.

“I just wanted to make sure I went deep into the game,” Ryu said through a translator. “I regret the walk I gave up in the fifth inning more than the home run. If I didn’t give up the walk, I could have finished the fifth.”

He threw 71 pitches.

“Besides the great win, it was great to see Ryu do what he did today,” Montoyo said. “What he did was perfect. That’s what we needed. We’ll go from there.”

Before Hernandez's homer in the eighth, the Blue Jays had four balls caught at the warning track.

“Everybody knows how hard it is to hit a ball out of the park right now because of things that they’ve been doing to the baseball. It’s obvious that they’ve changed the baseballs,” Hernandez said. “It’s been hard, but I got that one pretty good."

Blue Jays centerfielder George Springer, who sprained his left ankle Friday night, did not play. Montoyo said Springer will play Sunday if the ankle feels better.

Athletics 4, Angels 3, first game

Angels 9, Athletics 1, second game

Shohei Ohtani hit his 100th career home run, Taylor Ward hit a grand slam and Los Angeles salvaged a split of a day-night doubleheader by beating the Oakland in the nightcap.

The A’s won the opener when Luis Barrera overcame a couple of earlier blunders by hitting a walk-off, three-run shot for his first career home run.

The Angels took little time to rebound in the second game with Ward hitting his second slam of the season in a five-run second inning against Adam Oller (0-3).

Ohtani then got in on the action in the fifth inning when he followed Mike Trout’s RBI double with his seventh homer of the season to make it 8-1. That made Ohtani the third Japanese-born player with at least 100 homers in the majors, trailing only Hideki Matsui with 175 and Ichiro Suzuki with 117.

That was more than enough support for Michael Lorenzen (4-2), who allowed one run and five hits in seven innings.

The A’s trailed the opener 3-1 with two outs in the ninth before rallying against closer Raisel Iglesias (1-1). Lou Trivino (1-2) won the opener.

Tigers 3, Orioles 0

Tigers starter Michael Pineda exited early after being hit in the hand by a line drive and the Detroit bullpen did the rest, teaming on a four-hitter to beat Baltimore.

Pineda retired all four hitters he faced, but the righty had to leave after Ramon Urias’ liner hit him in the pitching hand in the second inning. Wily Peralta replaced him, with the game delayed giving him time to warm up. Peralta (1-0) set down eight batters and four more relievers finished. Gregory Soto pitched the ninth for his fifth save.

Eric Haase and Willi Castro homered.

Bruce Zimmermann (2-2) allowed two earned runs in six-plus innings.

Guardians 3, Twins 2 (10 innings)

Andrés Giménez ripped a go-ahead double in the 10th inning and scored after a collision on the bases in Cleveland’s victory over Minnesota.

Giménez scored the automatic runner but ran into Minnesota first baseman Jose Miranda as he turned the corner toward second. He was shaken up and met with an athletic trainer but remained in the game. Umpires awarded him second base, and he then scored on Myles Straw’s single. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli argued the decision to award Giménez second base and was ejected.

Nick Sandlin (3-1) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief for Cleveland. Emmanuel Clase allowed the automatic runner to score, but still earned his seventh save.

Jharel Cotton (0-1) was the loser.

National League

Phillies 8, Dodgers 3

Bryce Harper homered at Dodger Stadium for the third straight game and finished with three hits and Philadelphia went deep four times in a victory over reeling Los Angeles.

Jean Segura, Kyle Schwarber and Rhys Hoskins also hit home runs off Dodgers starter Julio Urías (2-3). Philadelphia has won four straight and five of six.

Ranger Suárez (4-1) went a season-high seven innings.

Mookie Betts hit a solo shot for Los Angeles. The Dodgers have dropped four straight for the first time since last June.

Braves 6, Padres 5

Marcell Ozuna homered and Austin Riley hit a tiebreaking double during a four-run rally in the eighth inning in Atlanta’s victory over San Diego.

The Braves tagged reliever Steven Wilson (3-1) for Ozzie Albies’ RBI single, Ozuna’s two-run homer and Riley’s go-ahead hit.

The game appeared to turn in San Diego’s favor in top of the eighth when first baseman Matt Olson misplayed Trent Grisham’s grounder for a two-base error with one out. Grisham advanced on Will Smith’s wild pitch and scored on Jorge Alfaro’s single to tie it at 2.

After Jake Cronenworth doubled, Jurickson Profar drew a walk to set the stage for Braves closer Kenley Jansen (2-0) to face Manny Machado with the bases loaded. Machado hit a grounder to Riley at third base, but his throw to second sailed into shallow center field for an error that allowed two runs to score. San Diego added another run to make it 5-2 on Eric Hosmer’s RBI forceout.

The defending World Series champion Braves have won four of six to improve to 16-18.

Pirates 3, Reds 1

Zach Thompson took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Daniel Vogelbach homered to lead Pittsburgh past Cincinnati.

Brandon Drury broke up the no-hit bid by lining a clean single to right field with two outs.

That was the only hit allowed by Thompson (2-3) in six innings. He had three walks and three strikeouts while throwing 76 pitches and combining with Wil Crowe, Chris Stratton and David Bednar on a four-hitter that ended the Reds’ three-game winning streak.

Bednar retired the last four batters for his sixth save in as many opportunities.

Vogelbach’s 433-foot leadoff home run to center in the fourth made it 3-0. It was Vogelbach’s team-leading sixth homer and the game’s lone extra-base hit.

Luis Castillo (0-1) was the loser.

Cardinals 4, Giants 0

Dakota Hudson and four relievers combined for St. Louis' sixth shutout of the season to end San Francisco’s winning streak at six.

Hudson (3-2) worked around five hits and two walks in five innings. Génesis Cabrera, Andre Pallante, Ryan Helsley and Giovanny Gallegos teamed up to pitch the final four innings.

Yadier Molina opened the second with a double off the top of the right-center field wall for his 2,128th career hit, moving him past Mike Piazza for sixth most among catchers.

Tommy Edman homered as the Cardinals won for the second time in seven games. St. Louis has homered in 10 straight games.

Jakob Junis (1-1) was the loser.

Marlins 9, Brewers 3

Jesús Aguilar, Jorge Soler and Brian Anderson homered to help Miami beat Milwaukee.

Miami starter Trevor Rogers pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball. Rogers (2-4) allowed five hits, struck out eight and hit a batter.

A day after leaving early because of stomach discomfort, Avisaíl García singled twice for the Marlins, who snapped a five-game home skid.

Eric Lauer (3-1) was the loser.

Cubs 4, Diamondbacks 2

Yan Gomes hit a solo homer and added a go-ahead single in the ninth inning in Chicago's victory over Arizona.

The Cubs have won three out of their past five games after dropping eight of nine.

Rowan Wick worked the ninth and gave up one run before earning his third save. Mychal Givens (3-0) threw two-thirds of an inning of scoreless relief.

It was another tough outing for D-backs reliever Mark Melancon (0-5), who didn’t record an out and let the first four Cubs batters of the ninth reach base. Arizona signed the veteran to a $14 million, two-year during the offseason.

Interleague

Nationals 13, Astros 6

Yadiel Hernandez and Maikel Franco homered and Washington ended Houston’s winning streak at 11.

Manager Dusty Baker and the Astros fell one game short of matching the franchise record set in 1999 and matched in 2004 and 2018.

Houston starter Cristian Javier (2-1) was tagged for seven runs and eight hits over 3 2/3 innings. Jose Siri had a homer, triple and a single for Houston.

Josh Rogers (2-2) worked one inning for the win.

Rockies 4, Royals 1

Charlie Blackmon, Sam Hilliard and Ryan McMahon hit home runs, Germán Márquez overcame a rough inning for his first victory this season and Colorado beat Kansas City to snap a five-game losing streak.

Salvador Pérez hit a two-run homer in the third, the only frame in which the Royals scored off Márquez (1-3), who went six innings and allowed three runs and three hits. He struck out six and walked one. In his previous six starts, Márquez was 0-3 with a 6.47 ERA.

Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. homered for the second time this season. Royals starter Carlos Hernandez (0-3) went four innings and allowed a career-high nine runs on eight hits.