THURSDAY’S MLB ROUNDUP

NATIONAL LEAGUE BREWERS 3, MARLINS 2

MIAMI — Ryan Braun hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the third inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins to complete a four-game sweep that extended their winning streak to seven.

Milwaukee, which matched its longest winning streak this season, began the day tied for the second NL wild card with the Chicago Cubs, who played later at San Diego. At 78-68, the Brewers are 10 games over .500 for the first time since mid-June.

METS 11, DIAMONDBACKS 1

NEW YORK — Juan Lagares hit a career grand slam and a two-run shot as the New York Mets set a team record with six home runs, routing the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-1 Thursday for a four-game sweep.

Michael Conforto hit his 30th homer, Todd Frazier connected for the third time in the series and Robinson Cano and Tomas Nido also went deep. The Mets outscored Arizona 26-4 this week.

PIRATES 4, GIANTS 2

SAN FRANCISCO — Joe Musgrove pitched five shutout innings and hit a triple, Jacob Stallings homered and Pittsburgh beat San Francisco.

The Pirates took three of four in the series and have won 14 of their last 20 games in San Francisco dating to 2014. Musgrove ( 10- 12) struck out seven, gave up four hits and walked none. Felipe Vázquez worked around a first-and-third, no-outs situation in the ninth for his 28th save in 31 attempts.

Evan Longoria homered for the Giants. Jeff Samardzija (10-12) was the loser.

PHILLIES 9, BRAVES 5

PHILADELPHIA — Cesar Hernandez hit one of four Philadelphia home runs and added an RBI single to help the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Atlanta Braves.

J.T. Realmuto, Jean Segura and Adam Haseley also went deep for the Phillies, who remained two games behind the Cubs and Brewers for the second NL wild-card spot.

AMERICAN LEAGUE ROYALS 6, WHITE SOX 3

CHICAGO — Hunter Dozier hit a tie-breaking, three-run home run in the sixth, Jorge Soler had his third homer in two days and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox.

Whit Merrifield walked and Soler singled off Chicago starter Lucas Giolito in the decisive inning for Kansas City, which won for the eighth time in the last 11 games. Then Dozier drove a 1-2 pitch into the left-field bleachers for a 5-2 lead. He doubled two innings later.

YANKEES 10, TIGERS 4, 1ST GAME YANKEES 6, TIGERS 4, 2ND GAME

DETROIT — All-Star catcher Gary Sanchez became the Yankees’ latest injury concern when he left the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader with left groin tightness as New York beat Detroit 6-4 to complete a sweep.

Sanchez exited in the fourth, an inning after he was thrown out in his first stolen base try this year. He has been on the injured list three times in the past two seasons because of groin strain.

Yankees slugger Edwin Encarnacion left the first game with an oblique issue. The AL East leaders won that one 10-4.

RED SOX 7, BLUE JAYS 4

TORONTO — Xander Bogaerts became the latest Red Sox slugger to record 50 doubles, Marco Hernandez drove in two runs and Boston beat the Toronto Blue Jays to avoid a three-game sweep.

J. D. Martinez reached base three times as the Red Sox won for the first time in six games.

INTERLEAGUE DODGERS 4, ORIOLES 2

BALTIMORE — Dodgers left-hander Rich Hill struggled with his control during his first start since June 19, and Los Angeles broke a sixth-inning tie by scoring two runs on a passed ball in a victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

After spending 12 weeks on the injured list with a strained left forearm, Hill was supposed to go two innings in his first step toward becoming a postseason contributor for the NL West champions. Instead, the 39-year-old failed to make it out of the first.

Hill opened by striking out Hanser Alberto with a 75 mph curveball and getting Jonathan Villar to swing through a third strike.