Cardinals win in interim manager's debut.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter and Dexter Fowler homered to give interim manager Mike Shildt a win in his first game as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-4 on Sunday.

Shildt took over for Mike Matheny, who was fired late Saturday after six-plus seasons at the helm.

Tommy Pham broke out of a 0-for-20 slump with a two-run, go-ahead single for the Cardinals, who snapped a six-game home losing skid.

Cincinnati, which had won four of five, is 35-26 since beginning the season 8-27.

John Gant (3-3) picked up the win with four hitless innings of relief. He struck out four and walked two.

Carpenter began the game with a first-pitch homer, his fifth leadoff home run of the season and 20th of his career. Fowler added a solo shot in the second off Anthony DeSclafani (4-2) for a 2-0 lead.

Pham erased a 3-2 deficit with a two-run single that highlighted a four-run outburst in the fourth. It was Pham's first hit since July 5. He entered the game in the second inning after starter Harrison Bader left with a knee injury.

Adam Duvall tied the game for the Reds with a two-run, bases-loaded single in the fourth. Jose Peraza then put his team in front with a single off the leg of starter Miles Mikolas.

DeSclafani alowed six earned run on five hits over 3 1-3 innings.

Mikolas, who is headed to the All-Star game, surrendered three runs on six hits over four innings in his shortest outing of the season.

Matheny was dismissed after Saturday's 8-2 loss. He fashioned a 591-474 mark in six-plus seasons. The Cardinals made the playoffs in each of his first four seasons but failed to reach the postseason in the last two.

A Gold Glove catcher, Matheny played for the Cardinals from 2000-04.

Reds outfielder Jesse Winker extended his hitting streak to a careerbest 10 games with a third-inning single.

PIRATES 7, BREWERS 6.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Bell hit a game-ending two-run double in the 10th inning to send the Pirates to 7-6 victory over the Brewers on Sunday, giving Pittsburgh a fivegame sweep of Milwaukee and its sixth straight win overall.

With rain falling, Gregory Polanco and Colin Moran singled to put runners on the corners for Bell, who drove a pitch from Dan Jennings (3-3) into the right-center field gap. The relay throw beat Moran home but trickled through the legs of catcher Erik Kratz.

Brett Phillips drove in four runs, including an RBI single in the 10th off Pirates reliever Tanner Anderson (1-0).

The Pirates scored twice in the ninth off Milwaukee closer Corey Knebel. Pinch-hitter David Freese tied the game with an RBI triple to right. It was Knebel's second blown save of the season, while Jennings' blown save in the 10th was his first.

Phillips hit a bases-loaded triple in the eighth to give the Brewers a threerun lead. Starling Marte had an RBI single in the eighth for Pittsburgh.

Milwaukee starter Jhoulys Chacin allowed one hit in 5 1/3 innings, but his throwing error allowed pitcher Joe Musgrove to reach base ahead of Corey Dickerson's homer, which was the only damage against him.

Musgrove threw a career-high 106 pitches over his 7 2/3 innings. He allowed five runs on seven hits, walked four and struck out five.

NATIONALS 6, METS 1.

NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Murphy and Trea Turner each hit a two-run single in Washington's five-run seventh inning, helping the Nationals beat the New York Mets 6-1 on Sunday.

Matt Adams added two hits and scored a run as Washington salvaged a split of its four-game set against New York. A preseason favorite to win the NL East and contend for a World Series championship, the disappointing Nationals hit the All-Star break with a 48-48 record, good for third in the division.

Jeremy Hellickson (4-1) pitched six crisp innings in his second straight win. The veteran right-hander allowed one run and two hits, struck out six and walked two.

Jose Reyes drove in Michael Conforto with a fielder's choice in the second, tying it at 1, but Washington grabbed control in the seventh.

Juan Soto and Anthony Rendon opened the inning with walks against Anthony Swarzak (0-2). Tim Peterson then came in and surrendered singles to Adams and Murphy, who came off the bench to hit for Michael A. Taylor.

Jerry Blevins replaced Peterson with two out and runners on second and third. But he hit Wilmer Difo and Adam Eaton before Turner's single gave Washington a 6-1 lead.

New York wasted a solid start by Corey Oswalt, who allowed two hits in five innings. The Mets got off to fast start this year, but hit the break last in the division with a 39-55 record, percentage point behind fourth-place Miami.

INDIANS 5, YANKEES 2.

CLEVELAND (AP) — With a flight to catch, Michael Brantley quickly dressed and stuffed some batting gloves, cleats and other gear into a redwhite-and-blue duffel bag.

Brantley's headed to the All-Star Game. Before leaving, he again showed why he's going.

Brantley homered leading off the eighth inning, and the Cleveland Indians headed into the break with a 5-2 win over the New York Yankees on Sunday to split the fourgame series between teams that could see each other in October.

One of six Indians selected to play Tuesday in Washington, Brantley broke a 2-2 tie by belting a pitch from Chad Green (5-2) into the seats in right for his 12th homer — and 17th game-tying or go-ahead RBI this season.

"I got a pitch out over the plate, put a good swing on it and was lucky to give us the lead," Brantley said. "At the same time, the guys behind me did a great job putting quality at-bats together and scoring an extra couple of runs. It was nice."

Following Brantley's shot, the Indians added two insurance runs in the inning when Jose Ramirez dashed home on a sacrifice fly by Yan Gomes and Green uncorked a wild pitch.

Neil Walker homered for the Yankees, who are 29 games over .500 but trail the scorching Boston Red Sox by 4½ games in the AL East.

RED SOX 5, BLUE JAYS 2.

BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts homered in his first at-bat a day after hitting a walkoff grand slam and drove in two runs, leading the Boston Red Sox past the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Sunday to enter the AllStar break with their best record since 1949.

Brock Holt also drove in two runs for the AL East-leading Red Sox (6830), who own the major league's best record and have won 12 of their last 13 games.

Boston All-Star Mookie Betts went 0 for 3, lowering his major league-leading batting average to .359, and fellow-All Star J.D. Martinez enters the break with 29 homers and an MLB best 80 RBIs.