Greinke earns win No. 200 as Astros stop slide

Mets’ Alonso belts 40th home run to break NL rookie record

OAKLAND, Calif. — Zack Greinke threw seven smooth innings for his 200th win, pitching the first-place Houston Astros past the Oakland Athletics 4-1 on Sunday to avoid a four-game sweep.

Alex Bregman had a three-run homer among his four hits to back Greinke, who won his third straight start since joining the Astros from the Arizona Diamondbacks at the July 31 trade deadline.

Greinke (13-4) went nine up, nine down on 25 pitches to start the game before giving up Marcus Semien’s 21st homer. The right-hander allowed four hits with three walks and six strikeouts. He became the 115th pitcher in major league history to reach 200 career wins, and the second in Houston’s rotation along with Justin Verlander.

METS 11, ROYALS 5: In Kansas City, Mo., Pete Alonso hit his 40th home run to break the National League rookie record, capping a late outburst by New York against Kansas City.

Alonso went deep in the ninth. He snapped a tie with Cody Bellinger, who hit 39 home runs for the Dodgers in 2017 on the way to winning Rookie of the Year honors.

BRAVES 5, DODGERS 3: In Atlanta, with All-Star outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. benched for not hustling, Rafael Ortega stepped up with a sixth-inning grand slam to lift Atlanta over Los Angeles.

Acuña was pulled before the fifth after

failing to run out a drive off the right field wall in the third.

CUBS 7, PIRATES 1: In Williamsport, Pa., José Quintana pitched seven crisp innings, Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs beat Pittsburgh in the MLB Little League Classic.

INDIANS 8, YANKEES 4: In New York, Mike Clevinger struck out 10 in five shutout innings to win his seventh straight decision, Mike Freeman had three extrabase hits and Cleveland tamed New York for a four-game split between AL pennant contenders.

RED SOX 13, ORIOLES 7: In Boston, Rafael Devers went 4 for 5 with a homer, two doubles and four RBIs as Boston rallied from an early six-run deficit to complete a three-game sweep of Baltimore.

CARDINALS 5, REDS 4: In Cincinnati, Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer, Tommy Edman added a solo shot among his three hits and St. Louis held off Cincinnati to split their four-game series.

RAYS 5, TIGERS 4: In Tampa, Fla., Ji-Man Choi’s two-run single in the bottom of the ninth completed a rally from a late three-run deficit, and Tampa Bay kept itself in the AL’s second wild-card spot and avoided a series loss to woeful Detroit.

NATIONALS 16, BREWERS 8: In Washington D.C., Juan Soto hit two of Washington’s team record-tying eight homers in a rout of Milwaukee.

TWINS 6, RANGERS 3: In Arlington, Texas, Jorge Polanco cleared the bases with a tiebreaking triple in the eighth inning, helping Minnesota to its firstever four-game sweep of Texas.

MARINERS 7, BLUE JAYS 0: In Toronto, Yusei Kikuchi pitched his first shutout in the major leagues, throwing a two-hitter that led Seattle over Toronto.

PADRES 3, PHILLIES 2: In Philadelphia, Austin Hedges had four hits, including a tiebreaking homer in the seventh, and Joey Lucchesi pitched six strong innings to lead San Diego past Philadelphia.

ROCKIES 7, MARLINS 6, 10 INNINGS: In Denver, Garrett Hampson hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 10th inning, and Colorado rallied to complete a three-game sweep of Miami.

Nolan Arenado homered twice for Colorado, which has won four straight.

DIAMONDBACKS 6, GIANTS 1: In Phoenix, Wilmer Flores and David Peralta homered, Merrill Kelly held San Francisco to one run in 5⅔ innings, and Arizona avoided a four-game sweep.

ANGELS 9, WHITE SOX 2: In Anaheim, Calif., Shohei Ohtani, Kole Calhoun, Matt Thaiss and Anthony Bemboom all homered to lead Los Angeles over Chicago.