AROUND THE MAJORS

American League

■ Royals 10-4, Yankees 5-5 — At New York, Greg Bird homered to open a tworun eighth for New York, which recovered after a shaky outing by newly acquired reliever Zach Britton to notch a split. Kansas City tagged All-Star Luis Severino (14-4) for six runs in 4⅓ innings in the opener.

■ Orioles 11, Rays 2 — At Baltimore, Bishop Gorman product Joey Rickard had a home run among his three hits and matched his career high with five RBIs, and Trey Mancini had a homer among his four hits on his bobblehead day.

■ Rangers 7, Astros 3 — At Houston, Rougned Odor went 5-for-5 with two home runs, including one inside the park, to back rookie Ariel Jurado (1-1), who allowed one run on two hits over six innings to beat Justin Verlander (10-6).

■ Red Sox 10, Twins 4 — At Boston, J.D. Martinez hit his majors-best 32nd home run, and Mookie Betts had two RBI doubles to raise his majors-best average to .346 in Boston’s 17th win in 21 games.

■ Tigers 2, Indians 1 — At Detroit, JaCoby Jones hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the third to back Blaine Hardy (4-3), who held the majors’ second-highest scoring team to one run over five innings.

■ White Sox 9, Blue Jays 5 — At Chicago, pinch hitter Daniel Palka hit a go-ahead two-run single and Leury Garcia a three-run triple in a six-run eighth for Chicago, which overcame a 5-1 deficit.

National League

■ Dodgers 5, Braves 1 — At Atlanta, Yasiel Puig homered and totaled three RBIs in his return from the disabled list, and Alex Wood (7-5) pitched 5⅔ scoreless innings to win his sixth straight decision.

■ Cardinals 6, Cubs 2 — At St. Louis, Marcell Ozuna hit a grand slam in a sixrun, 51-pitch first inning off Jose Quintana (9-7) to back Miles Mikolas (11-3), who allowed two runs over six innings.

■ Reds 6, Phillies 2 — At Cincinnati, Joey Votto drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth with a sharp single off second baseman Cesar Hernandez’s glove, and Philadelphia totaled four hits off five pitchers.

■ Pirates 5, Mets 0 — At Pittsburgh, Trevor Williams (9-7) blanked New York on five hits over six innings to outduel Jacob deGrom (5-6), and Colin Moran had two hits and two RBIs.

■ Marlins 2, Nationals 1 — At Miami, J.T. Realmuto looped a bases-loaded walkoff RBI single to right with no outs in the 10th as Miami snapped a streak of eight straight home losses to Washington.

■ Brewers 7, Giants 1 — At San Francisco, Lorenzo Cain had four hits to back Jhoulys Chacin (10-3), who allowed one run on three hits over seven innings while notching his fourth straight win.

■ Diamondbacks 9, Padres 4 — At San Diego, Jon Jay hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth and totaled three hits and three RBIs against his former team, lifting Arizona.

Interleague

■ Rockies 4, Athletics 1 — At Denver, Nolan Arenado homered and Carlos Gonzalez added three doubles for Colorado, which halted Oakland’s 11-series (10-0-1) unbeaten streak.