Diamondbacks deadly on the road

MILWAUKEE Robbie Ray pitched seven innings of two-hit ball to lower the NL’s second-best road ERA to 0.57, Gregor Blanco and Chris Owings homered, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 Thursday night for their ninth win in 10 games.

Ray (4-3), coming off a dominating performance against San Diego in his last start, did not allow a run for the second straight outing. He struck out nine and walked none to send the Brewers to their seasonworst fourth straight loss.

Arizona is 11 games above .500 for the first time since 2011.

Blanco, who went 3 for 4, hit the second pitch of the game off Milwaukee starter Zach Davies (5-3) for his fourth career leadoff home run. Owings tied his career high with his sixth of the season leading off the second.

CUBS 5, GIANTS 1

CHICAGO — Kris Bryant, Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist hit solo homers, and Chicago won its third straight.

MARINERS 4, NATIONALS 2

WASHINGTON — Nelson Cruz greeted reliever Jacob Turner (2-3) a three-run homer in the sixth inning that overturned a 2-0 deficit, and Seattle stopped a five-game losing streak.

PIRATES 9, BRAVES 4

ATLANTA — Ivan Nova (5-3) allowed four runs and 10 hits in 8 1/3 innings, and Adam Frazier hit a three-run homer.

PHILLIES 2, ROCKIES 1

PHILADELPHIA — Tommy Joseph hit a tying home run in the seventh inning and a winning single against Scott Oberg (0-1) in the 11th after Michael Saunders’ one-out double, stopping Colorado from a four-game sweep.

Jeanmar Gomez (3-1) pitched a hitless 11th is his return from a disabled list stint caused by an elbow injury. Philadelphia ended a five-game losing streak, winning for the fifth time in 25 games. Colorado, which has the NL’s best record, had won four in a row.

RAYS 4, ANGELS 0

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Matt Andriese (5-1) allowed six hits over eight innings, Colby Rasmus drove in four runs and Tampa Bay salvaged a four-game split.

Tommy Hunter got three outs to complete a six-hitter.

Daniel Wright (0-1), recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake to fill in for the injured Alex Meyer, allowed four runs — two earned — and six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

PADRES 4, METS 3

NEW YORK — Dinelson Lamet overpowered the Mets in his major league debut, New York’s Rafael Montero laboured on short notice and San Diego won on a rainy night.

RED SOX 6, RANGERS 2

BOSTON — Drew Pomeranz pitched six strong innings and tied his career high with 11 strikeouts to lift Boston past Texas. Xander Bogaerts and Deven Marrero hit their first home runs of the season helping Boston to their fourth straight win.

Elvis Andrus homered and Nomar Mazara had two hits and an RBI for Texas, which has lost four of five.

ASTROS 7, TIGERS 6

HOUSTON — Jake Marisnick hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning for Houston’s fourth homer of the game, lifting the Astros to a 7-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night.

The Tigers tied it 6-6 in the top of the eighth when Jose Iglesias doubled off reliever Luke Gregerson (21) to drive in Andrew Romine.