Dodgers clobber 5 homers in rallying past Mets

NEW YORK — Yasiel Puig hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning as the thundering Los Angeles Dodgers went deep five times, rallying past the New York Mets 7-4 on Saturday to extend their incredible surge.

Chris Taylor, Justin Turner, Corey Seager and rookie Cody Bellinger also connected for the Dodgers, who are 43-7 since June 7. That’s the best 50-game run by a big league team since the 1912 New York Giants compiled the same mark from May 14 to July 3.

Los Angeles has won all but one of its last 13 games, upping the top record in the majors to a 78-32. That puts the Dodgers at 46 games above .500 for the first time since they were 98-51 on Sept. 15, 1962.

Leadoff man Michael Conforto, Wilmer Flores and Curtis Granderson homered in the first inning off Dodgers lefty Rich Hill, the NL pitcher of the month for July.

Mets starter Seth Lugo held Los Angeles hitless until the fifth, but it didn’t last.

Taylor homered leading off the sixth, connecting in a third straight game for the first time in his career. One out later, Turner singled and Bellinger nearly went down to one knee to lift his 31st homer over the right-center fence, tying it at 3.

Puig hit his 21st of the season leading off the seventh against Paul Sewald (0-4). Turner sent a solo shot to center off Sewald in the eighth and Seager added a two-run drive against Fernando Salas in the ninth.

CUBS 7, NATIONALS 4: In Chicago, Willson Contreras homered and drove in three runs, and Alex Avila homered for his first hit with the Cubs as Chicago beat Washington.

Kris Bryant and Jon Jay each added a run-scoring hits for the Cubs.

BREWERS 3, RAYS 0: In St. Petersburg, Fla., Zach Davies (13-5) gave up one hit in seven innings as Milwaukee remained a half-game behind NL Central-leading Chicago with a victory over Tampa Bay.

It was the second straight shutout for the Brewers, who have given up only one run while winning three straight.

ROCKIES 8, PHILLIES 5: In Denver, Jon Gray pitched seven innings of one-run ball and Pat Valaika homered as Colorado beat Philadelphia.

Gerardo Parra added three hits and two RBIs for the Rockies.

RED SOX 4, WHITE SOX 1: In Boston, Andrew Benintendi and Jackie Bradley Jr. hit two-run homers, and Drew Pomeranz won his fifth straight decision as Boston beat Chicago.

Pomeranz (11-4) gave up Tim Anderson’s homer on the second pitch of the game, but didn’t allow another run before leaving with a 4-1 lead with one out in the seventh.

RANGERS 4, TWINS 1: In Minneapolis, Cole Hamels threw his first complete game in nearly two years in his most efficient start of the season as Texas defeated Minnesota.

With Hamels dominating on the mound, Nomar Mazara’s first-inning, two-run homer off Kyle Gibson (6-9) was all the offense Texas needed to beat the Twins.

BLUE JAYS 4, ASTROS 3: In Houston, Ryan Goins hit a tie-breaking RBI single in the 10th inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied for a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night.

Goins hit the two-out single to left field off Francisco Liriano (6-7), and Rob Refsnyder touched home plate with his left hand just before Brian McCann tagged him.

YANKEES 2, INDIANS 1: In Cleveland, Brett Gardner and Ronald Torreyes made sensational defensive plays in the ninth inning to save Aroldis Chapman from another late-inning meltdown in Progressive Field as New York beat Cleveland.

Chapman (4-2), making his first appearance in Cleveland since Game 7 of last year’s World Series for the Chicago Cubs, allowed a leadoff single in the ninth before Jose Ramirez hit a fly to left Gardner grabbed with a jump on the warning track. Edwin Encarnacion then hit a blooper toward right that Torreyes ran down with a dive. Chapman ended it with a strikeout on a 3-2 pitch to Carlos Santana.

CARDINALS 4, REDS 1: In Cincinnati, Paul DeJong hit a two-run homer and Lance Lynn (10-6) got past Joey Votto’s first-inning home run to win his fourth straight start as St. Louis beat Cincinnati.

BRAVES 7, MARLINS 2: In Atlanta, Mike Foltzynewicz (10-6) had a career-high 11 strikeouts and Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer as Atlanta beat Miami.

ORIOLES 5, TIGERS 2: In Baltimore, Welington Castillo hit a tie-breaking homer in the seventh inning as Baltimore beat Detroit.

PADRES 5, PIRATES 2: In Pittsburgh, rookie Dinelson Lamet allowed one hit in 5⅔ innings, and Wil Myers had a home run and three RBIs as San Diego beat Pittsburgh.

MARINERS-ROYALS, PPD.: The game scheduled for Kansas City on Saturday was rained out and rescheduled for a doubleheader this afternoon.