O’s rebound from epic rout with walk-off over Astros

Coming off a 23-2 defeat less than 24 hours earlier, Rio Ruiz hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth to carry Baltimore to an 8-7 victory Sunday, snapping the Orioles’ fivegame skid.

Houston scored three runs in the top of the ninth to go up 7-5 before the Orioles answered in the bottom half against closer Roberto Osuna.

“I knew that I got it,” Ruiz said. “I kind of looked in the dugout, saw everybody going crazy and I went crazy. Pretty awesome feeling.”

Baltimore took the lead in the fifth against Astros ace Justin Verlander, the 2011 Cy Young winner and an eight-time AllStar who gave up four runs and a season-high nine hits.

The loss ended the Astros’ eight-game win streak and was only their fourth loss in 22 games.

BRYANT’S HR CAPS RALLY >> Kris Bryant capped Chicago’s fourrun seventh with a three-run homer, and the Cubs rallied to beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-3 for a split of their four-game series. Ian Happ added a solo drive in the eighth as the NL Central leaders recovered after falling behind 3-0 in the fifth.

SLAM IN 10TH LIFTS INDIANS >> Carlos Santana hit a grand slam in the 10th inning, and the Indians beat the Twins 7-3 to win the four-game series in Minneapolis and forge another tie for the AL Central lead.

TURNER POWERS DODGERS >> Justin Turner hit two of Los Angeles’ four homers and HyunJin Ryu pitched seven scoreless innings of five-hit ball in a 9-3 win over visiting Arizona. NOTES >> Juan Soto has been diagnosed with a right ankle sprain after being pulled from the Nationals’ 7-4 victory over the Mets . ... All-Star infielder Gleyber Torres was back in the Yankees’ lineup vs. Toronto after sitting out the past four games because of an unspecified core injury.