ChiSox hold off Rays

José Abreu homered for the first time this season, closer Liam Hendriks left the bases loaded in the ninth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 Saturday.

Michael Kopech threw five solid innings, and Yasmani Grandal singled away from the shift to put Chicago ahead in the sixth. Eloy Jiménez and Tim Anderson added two hits apiece for the White Sox, who have won six of seven and are off to a 6-2 start for the first time since 2016 despite several key injuries.

Athletics 7, Blue Jays 5 — Cristian Pache hit a goahead home run in the ninth inning, Sean Murphy also connected and Oakland

snapped a six-game losing streak against Toronto.

Facing Julian Merryweather, Pache hammered a 1-0 pitch into the right field bullpen for his first home run of the season and second of his career.

Angels 7, Rangers 2 — Shohei Ohtani hit his third home run in two games, Noah Syndergaard won a matchup of local pitchers and Los Angeles defeated

Texas.

Syndergaard allowed two runs and five hits over six innings. Hearn gave up three runs in 3 2/3 innings.

Royals 3, Tigers 1 — Hunter Dozier homered to break a tie in the sixth and lead Kansas City over Detroit.

National League

Braves 5, Padres 2 — Ian Anderson pitched one-run ball into the sixth inning, Matt Olson hit one of Atlanta’s three homers and the Braves beat San Diego.

Anderson allowed two hits and struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings. Kenley Janson pitched the ninth for his second save.

Cardinals 2, Brewers 1 —

Steven Matz pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings and combined with three relievers on a five-hitter as St. Louis edged Milwaukee.

Paul DeJong hit a two-out RBI double in the fourth and Corey Dickerson singled home an insurance run with two outs in the eighth.

Diamondbacks 3, Mets 2 —

Sergio Alcantara snapped a scoreless tie with a two-run homer in the seventh inning,

Ketel Marte added an RBI double and Arizona beat New York.

Arizona ended an 11-game skid at Citi Field with its first victory in Queens since Aug. 24, 2017. New York won that series finale the next day and swept three-game sets in 2018, 2019 and 2021 before winning Friday’s opener.

Phillies 10, Marlins 3 —

Bryce Harper doubled in two runs, walked twice and stole home for Philadelphia.

Alec Bohm had two hits and three RBIs, and Nick Castellanos added two singles and an RBI for the Phillies, who snapped a fourgame losing skid.

Pirates 6, Nationals 4 — Michael Chavis capped a three-hit night with a leadoff triple in the eighth inning, and Pittsburgh beat the Washington.

Interleague

Giants 4, Guardians 2 — Brandon Belt scored the goahead run on a bases-loaded grounder by Wilmer Flores in the eighth inning for San Francisco.