SUNDAY’S GAMES
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TIGERS 8, Rays 7 (11): Robbie Grossman drew a bases-loaded walk in the 11th inning, Jeimer Candelario homered twice, and Detroit pulled out a victory over Tampa Bay.
Brewers 11, CLEVELAND 1: Eric Lauer no-hit Cleveland into the sixth inning a day after Milwaukee threw a historymaking no-no, his teammates belted five homers in the Brewers’ victory.
Nationals 6, PIRATES 2: Patrick Corbin gave Washington’s overworked bullpen a bit of a break, working seven strong innings as the Nationals beat Pittsburgh to avoid a three-game sweep.
Blue Jays 22, ORIOLES 7: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Teoscar Hernández each hit a grand slam, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. slugged his 44th homer, and Toronto overpowered Baltimore, finishing two runs shy of the franchise record. The Blue Jays had 19 hits.
Rockies at PHILLIES, late: Zack Wheeler steadied the slumping Phillies with eight strikeouts and Bryce Harper homered to lead Philadelphia to a 6-1 win over Colorado on Saturday night.
Marlins at BRAVES, late: Bryan De La Cruz and Jesús Sánchez hit back-toback home runs in the eighth inning against Richard Rodríguez, lifting Miami over Atlanta 6-4 on Saturday night.
Angels at ASTROS, late: Luis Rengifo homered with three RBIS to lead Los Angeles to a 4-2 win over Houston on Saturday night. David Fletcher and Shohei Ohtani hit consecutive singles to start the game.
Royals at TWINS, late: Jorge Polanco hit two of Minnesota’s five home runs, Michael Pineda pitched five strong innings in his return to the rotation and the Twins beat Kansas City 9-2 on Saturday night.
Red Sox at WHITE SOX, late: Travis Shaw hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning after belting a three-run homer in the third and Boston beat Chicago 9-8 on Saturday night.
Reds at CARDINALS, late: Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer in the eighth and had three RBIS and Paul Dejong had a solo shot to help St. Louis beat Cincinnati 6-4 on Saturday night. St. Louis has won three of four and gained a game on Cincinnati in the NL wildcard race.
Giants at CUBS, late: Tommy La Stella and Brandon Belt each hit three-run homers, and San Francisco pounded Chicago 15-4 on Saturday for its sixth straight win. La Stella finished with three hits, including a double, five RBIS and scored three runs.
Rangers at ATHLETICS, late: Jonah Heim hit a two-run home run with two outs in the eighth to cap a five-run rally, lifting Texas past Oakland, 8-6, on Saturday. Matt Olson, Starling Marte and Mark Canha homered for the A’s.
Padres at DODGERS, late: Mookie Betts hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer with two outs in the fifth inning and Los Angeles held off San Diego 5-4 on Saturday. The Dodgers remained 21⁄2 games behind San Francisco.
D-backs at MARINERS, late: Daulton Varsho homered and drove in four runs and Arizona beat Seattle 7-3 on Saturday night snap a six-game losing streak and deal a blow to the Mariners’ wild-card hopes.
Yankees at METS, late: Aaron Judge tied it with his second homer of the game in the eighth inning, Mets infielder Javier Báez gave away the lead with an error a few at-bats later and the Yankees beat the Mets 8-7 on Saturday night.