The day in baseball

A look around the major leagues on the first day of August.

PHILLIES 10, GIANTS 2: J. T. Realmuto hit a threerun homer and fell a triple shy of the cycle, Cesar Hernandez and Roman Quinn also went deep, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants.

MARLINS 5, TWINS 4, 12 INNINGS: Newly acquired Twins reliever Sam Dyson blew a three- run lead without retiring a batter, and Harold Ramirez hit a leadoff homer in the 12th to send the Marlins past Minnesota.

METS 4, WHITE SOX 0: Zack Wheeler tossed seven innings of four- hit ball, Robinson Canó drove in two runs with a homer and double and the New York Mets beat the Chicago White Sox for their seventh straight win.

ATHLETICS 5, BREWERS 3: Matt Chapman hit a two- run home run off struggling closer Josh Hader in the eighth inning to break out of a long slump and the Oakland Athletics beat the Milwaukee Brewers.

CARDINALS 8, CUBS 0: Jack Flaherty struck out nine in seven strong innings and Matt Wieters hit a three- run homer as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 8- 0 Thursday in a matchup of NL Central leaders.

ASTROS 7, INDIANS 1: Gerrit Cole pitched one- run ball over seven innings and extended his winning streak to a career- best nine games as the Houston Astros beat the Indians, spoiling the Cleveland debut of Yasiel Puig and the return of Danny Salazar.

BLUE JAYS 11, ORIOLES 2: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit two of his team’s five home runs to back a solid performance by fellow rookie Trent Thornton and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles.