Rosario’s 3rd blast a winner

Eddie Rosario hit his third homer of the game, launching a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Minnesota Twins over the Cleveland Indians, 7-5, yesterday in Minneapolis.

Rosario, who began the day with 10 home runs for the season, helped the Twins beat the AL Centralleading Indians for the third straight day.

Indians closer Cody Allen (2-2) walked Brian Dozier to lead off the ninth and Rosario followed with a drive to deep right-center field.

Rosario hit a solo homer in the first inning and another solo home run in the seventh. Brian Dozier also homered for Minnesota.

Athletics 5, Royals 1 — Matt Olson hit a three-run home run in the eighth as visiting Oakland topped Kansas City.

Olson went 5-for-11 with three homers, eight RBI and scored five runs in the set.

Blue Jays 8, Tigers 4 — Justin Smoak’s sixth-inning homer broke a scoreless tie and visiting Toronto ended its five-game losing streak with a win over Detroit.

Mariners 2, Rays 1 — Felix Hernandez was in vintage form, allowing one run in eight innings, and runscoring singles from Denard Span and Dee Gordon gave host Seattle a comeback win over Tampa Bay.

Angels 3, Rangers 1 — Tyler Skaggs pitched six scoreless innings of fourhit ball and Justin Upton homered in Los Angeles’ win over visiting Texas.

Yankees-Orioles, ppd. — New York’s game at Baltimore was postponed because of rain. It will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Aug. 25.

National League

Cardinals 5, Pirates 0 — Michael Wacha lost a nohit bid in the ninth inning when pinch-hitter Colin Moran led off with a single, leaving to a huge ovation and pitching host St. Louis past Pittsburgh.

This was the second time Wacha had a no-hit try broken up in the ninth. As a rookie in 2013, he was one out away from a no-hitter when Washington’s Ryan Zimmerman got an infield single.

Cubs 2, Mets 0 — Jon Lester dominated for seven innings and Javier Baez stole home to break a scoreless tie as visiting Chicago blanked New York, completing a four-game sweep and winning for the seventh time in eight games.

The Mets have lost four straight and 9-of-11.

Braves 4, Nationals 2 — Pinch-hitter Charlie Culberson hit a game-ending two-run homer to lift host Atlanta past Washington.

It was the second time this week that Culberson homered to win a game and marked Atlanta’s ninth win in its last at-bat.

Dodgers 10, Rockies 7 — In Denver, Max Muncy homered twice, Yasmani Grandal also went deep in a three-run ninth inning, and Los Angeles outslugged Colorado.

The Dodgers rallied from five down to sweep the three-game series.

Giants 6, Phillies 1 — Dereck Rodriguez earned his first big league win, giving up a home run to Jake Arrieta but outpitching the ace to lead host San Francisco over Philadelphia for a three-game sweep.

Padres 6, Reds 3 — Hunter Renfroe’s pinchhit, go-ahead grand slam in the fifth inning lifted Tyson Ross and host San Diego over Cincinnati.

Diamondbacks 6, Marlins 1— In Phoenix, Matt Koch allowed three hits over seven scoreless innings and Arizona completed a threegame sweep and extended Miami’s losing streak to a season-long six games.

Interleague

White Sox 6, Brewers 1 — Daniel Palka and Adam Engel hit back-to-back homers in a three-run sixth inning, and host Chicago chopped Milwaukee.