American League

■ Twins 8, Royals 5 — At Kansas City, Mo., Eddie Rosario homered, hit a two-run single and had a sacrifice fly for Minnesota, which pulled within 1 1/2 games of New York for the top AL wild card. Ian Kennedy (4-11) is winless in a Kansas City-record 18 straight home starts.

■ Red Sox 9, Rays 3 — At Boston, Drew Pomeranz (15-5) held Tampa Bay hitless until the fifth inning and ultimately allowed two runs on two hits and struck out seven over six innings, and Mookie Betts hit a three-run homer as Boston won its third straight.

■ Rangers 11, Yankees

5— At Arlington, Texas, Elvis Andrus had three hits, including a tiebreaking two-run single in the fifth, as Texas erased an early four-run deficit and Martin Perez (12-10) won hits seventh straight start.

■ Tigers 5, Blue Jays 4

— At Toronto, rookie Jeimer Candelario started a 5-4-3 triple play, Detroit’s first triple play since 2001, and Nicholas Castellanos hit a third-inning grand slam off Marcus Stroman (11-7).

■ Athletics 9, Astros 8 —

At Oakland, Calif., Jed Lowrie hit a walk-off RBI single in the ninth after Boog Powell’s tying home run as Oakland snapped Houston’s seven-game win streak. Josh Reddick hit a go-ahead RBI double in the top of the ninth after an earlier two-run homer and another run-scoring double.

■ Mariners 4, Angels 3 — At Seattle, Ben Gamel hit a goahead three-run homer in the second, and Mike Leake (9-12) held Los Angeles to two earned runs over six innings as Seattle halted a three-game skid. two-run homer off John Lackey (11-11) in the first for his 300th career home run, and Jimmy Nelson (12-6) struck out seven over five innings while combining with three relievers on a five hit shutout.

■ Rockies 5, Dodgers 4 — At Los Angeles, pinch hitter Raimel Tapia hit a two-run double in the fifth, which was followed by consecutive RBI doubles by Charlie Blackmon and D.J. Lemahieu, as Colorado sent Los Angeles to its eighth straight loss and 13th in 14 games.

■ Padres 10, Diamondbacks 6— At Phoenix, Manuel

Margot had a two-run triple in San Diego’s six-run fourth and finished 3-for-4 with four RBIS as Arizona’s 13-game win streak ended. Rey Fuentes and J.D. Martinez each hit a two-run homer for the Diamondbacks.

■ Mets 5, Reds 1 — At New York, Jose Reyes homered twice off Findlay Prep product Amir Garrett (3-7), and Travis Taijeron added his first career home run to back Seth Lugo (6-4), who shut out Cincinnati on four hits over six innings.

■ Nationals 11, Phillies 10 — At Washington, Michael A. Taylor hit an inside-the-park grand slam and totaled five RBIS and a career-best four hits, and Trea Turner added a home run and three RBIS for Washington, which won its fifth straight.

■ Marlins 7, Braves 1 — At Atlanta, Jose Urena (13-6) held Atlanta to one run on three hits over 6 1/3 innings and added his first career RBI, and Ichiro Suzuki hit his 2,500th career single in Miami’s four-run ninth as the Marlins halted a five-game slide.

■ Cardinals 4, Pirates 1 — At St. Louis, Luke Weaver (5-1) shut out Pittsburgh struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings and drove in a run as St. Louis won for the seventh time in nine games and dealt the Pirates their third straight loss.