Acuna leads Braves over Reds, 7-4

CINCINNATI — Ronald Acuna Jr. and Ozzie Albies, the two youngest players in the major leagues, both homered and combined for five RBIs to lead Atlanta over the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 Thursday and give the Braves a split of the four-game series.

A day after the 20-year-old Acuna made his big league debut, he homered into the left-field upper deck leading off the second inning, singled in the sixth and hit a tiebreaking double off Wandy Peralta (1-1) in the eighth following Freddie Freeman’s third double.

YANKEES 4, TWINS 3

In New York, Gary Sanchez hit a three-run homer in the ninth off Fernando Rodney (1-2), extending New York’s winning streak to six and completing an 8-2 homestand. The Yankees were held hitless through five innings and trailed 3-0 before Aaron Hicks’ sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Minnesota completed an 0-7 trip and has lost eight straight to New York, including last year’s AL wildcard game.

PIRATES 1, TIGERS 0

In Pittsburgh, Corey Dickerson hit the first game-ending home run of his major league career, a disputed one-out drive in the ninth inning off Alex Wilson, (0-1). A fan reached over the 21-foot wall and caught the ball, and the home run was upheld in a video review.

Felipe Vazquez (1-0) escaped a bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the ninth when James McCann grounded into a forceout, Victor Martinez popped out and Jose Iglesias bounced into a forceout.

CARDINALS 4, METS 3

In St. Louis, Dexter Fowler hit a winning single in the 13th off Paul Sewald (0-1), and Tommy Pham had four hits and scored twice.

John Gant (1-0), recalled from Triple-A Memphis before the game, pitched three perfect innings of relief for his second big league win.

In Philadelphia, Jarrod Dyson, Nick Ahmed and David Peralta homered as Arizona improved to 17-7 and matched the 2008 Diamondbacks for the best 24-game start in franchise history

Dyson hit a two-run homer in the first and Chris Owings added an RBI double off Ben Lively (0-2) for a 3-0 lead.

RED SOX 5, BLUE JAYS 4

In Toronto, J.D. Martinez hit a three-run homer, and Chris Sale (2-1) won for the first time in three starts, allowing three runs and four hits in six innings to improve to 5-1 in eight games at Toronto.

Andrew Benitendi had two hits and an RBI for the Red Sox, who rallied from a 3-1 deficit. The Red Sox are a major league-best 19-5, including 7-1 in one-run games.

MARINERS 5, INDIANS 4

In Cleveland, Nelson Cruz and Kyle Seager hit consecutive doubles in the eighth off Nick Goody (0-1), who relieved with the score 4-4 because regular setup man Andrew Miller is on the disabled list.

Dan Altavilla (2-2) got the last two outs in the seventh. Edwin Diaz pitched around a ninth-inning walk for his major league-leading 11th save.

RAYS 9, ORIOLES 5

In Baltimore, C.J. Cron and Wilson Ramos homered as Tampa Bay won its sixth straight game, the Rays’ longest since a nine-game run from July 12-26, 2014.

CUBS 1, BREWERS 0

In Chicago, Kyle Hendricks (2-1) allowed four hits in seven innings to outpitch Chase Anderson (2-2), who allowed Kyle Schwarber’s sixth-inning homer, and Chicago stopped Milwaukee’s eight-game winning streak.

WHITE SOX 6, ROYALS 3

In Kansas City, Mo., Matt Davidson hit two of Chicago’s five home runs, leading the White Sox to their second win in 11 games.