SATURDAY’S MLB ROUNDUP

AMERICAN LEAGUE ORIOLES 9, RED SOX 4

BOSTON — The Baltimore Orioles are finding reason to celebrate late in a season that’s included little to cheer.

Renato Nunez homered in his second straight game, John Means pitched five solid innings despite a rocky start and the Orioles outslugged Boston in a win over the Red Sox.

“The whole club, they’re playing hard,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “Game 161, 50 games out or whatever we are, we just continue to compete. I’m really excited with how we played today. I thought we played with a ton of energy.”

TWINS 4, ROYALS 3

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Minnesota Twins lost third baseman Luis Arraez to an apparent right leg injury in the seventh inning of their victory over the Kansas City Royals.

Arraez collided with first baseman Willians Astudillo while he was chasing Hunter Dozier’s pop fly at the mound. Astudillo caught the ball and Arraez grabbed the back of his right leg as he tumbled to the ground.

WHITE SOX 7, TIGERS 1, GAME 1 TIGERS 4, WHITE SOX 3, GAME 2

CHICAGO — Pinch-hitter John Hicks connected for a three-run homer in the ninth inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night for a doubleheader split.

Detroit was down 2-1 when Ronny Rodriguez reached on an error on shortstop Tim Anderson leading off the ninth. One out later, Travis Demeritte singled to put runners on the corners.

Hicks, batting for catcher Jake Rogers, then drove a 1-2 pitch from Alex Colome (4-5) deep to left for his 13th homer.

Before Saturday, Colome had been 17 for 17 in converting save opportunities at home.

Anderson, who is looking to become the third White Sox player to win a batting title, went 0 for 2 with two walks after sitting out the opener. He is batting .337.

RANGERS 9, YANKEES 4

ARLINGTON, Texas — Luis Severino was a bit erratic in his third and final start of the regular season, with four walks and a throwing error over three innings, and the AL East champion New York Yankees lost 9-4 to the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.

Rougned Odor had a career-high six RBIs for the Rangers, including his 30th homer that was a grand slam in the sixth to make it 8-1.

NATIONAL LEAGUE PHILLIES 9, MARLINS 3

PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper hit one of three Philadelphia home runs, and Zach Eflin pitched 7 2/3 strong innings as the Phillies beat the Miami Marlins.

Cesar Hernandez and Maikel Franco also went deep for Philadelphia, which evened its season record against the Marlins at 9-9. The Phillies (81-80) will need to complete a three-game series sweep in Sunday’s season finale to clinch their first winning record since going 102-60 in 2011.

METS 3, BRAVES 0

NEW YORK — Pete Alonso hit his 53rd home run to break the rookie record Yankees star Aaron Judge set in 2017, and the New York Mets beat the playoff-bound Atlanta Braves.

A 24-year-old who debuted on opening day, Alonso launched a 93 mph fastball on a 1-2 count from former All-Star Mike Foltynewicz just to the right of straightaway center field. The solo shot in the third boosted the lead to 3-0 and followed a two-run homer earlier in the inning by light-hitting backup catcher Rene Rivera.

DIAMONDBACKS 6, PADRES 5

PHOENIX — Christian Walker hit his first career grand slam and added a solo shot to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the San Diego Padres.

Walker continued a breakout season with his 28th and 29th homers. The 28-year-old came into the year with 88 career at-bats over four seasons, and has found a home in the middle of the Diamondbacks’ lineup.

ROCKIES 3, BREWERS 2 10 INNINGS

DENVER — Milwaukee closer Josh Hader gave up a tying home run with two outs in the ninth inning and the Brewers lost to Colorado in the 10th, preventing them from catching St. Louis atop the NL Central.

The Brewers will go into Sunday’s regular-season finale one game behind the Cardinals, who lost 8-6 to the Chicago Cubs.