Holliday’s first hit helps O’s avert sweep

BALTIMORE — Jackson Holliday delivered his first big league hit in the seventh inning, then scored the tiebreaking run to help the Baltimore Orioles avoid a sweep with a 6-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.

Holliday, baseball’s top-ranked prospect, struck out in his first two at-bats and was 0 for 13 with nine Ks since his call-up before he came up with the Orioles down 4-3 in the seventh. With a man on first and no outs, Holliday pulled a 99 mph offering from Abner Uribe (1-1) into right field for a single. Then the rookie infielder flashed his speed, barely making it from first to third on Gunnar Henderson’s RBI single.

That was an important extra base, because it enabled Holliday to score and put the Orioles up 5-4 when Adley Rutschman bounced into a double play. Colton Cowser went deep the following inning for Baltimore’s third solo homer of the day. Holliday stranded two runners that inning with a groundout.

Yennier Cano (2-1) got four outs for the win, although he allowed a solo homer in the seventh by Blake Perkins that put the Brewers up 4-3. Danny Coulombe finished the eighth, and Craig Kimbrel allowed two singles in the ninth but struck out three for his third save.

BLUE JAYS 5, ROCKIES 0

José Berríos and two relievers combined on a two-hitter, Justin Turner had three hits and three RBIS and host Toronto earned its second shutout victory of the season.

TIGERS 4, TWINS 3

Mark Canha’s two-run double highlighted a four-run eighth inning for host Detroit as it rallied to avoid a sweep. The Tigers trailed 3-0 after seven innings, but took the lead against Caleb Thielbar and Griffin Jax.

PIRATES 9, PHILLIES 2

Andrew Mccutchen hit his 300th home run, Jack Suwinski had a grand slam and visiting Pittsburgh gained a split of the four-game series. Phillies star Bryce Harper was 0 for 4 and is in a 2-for-30 slide that has dropped his average to .190.

RAYS 9, GIANTS 4

In St. Petersburg, Fla., Tampa Bay’s Amed Rosario and René Pinto homered off Blake Snell in his return to Tropicana Field.

BRAVES 9, MARLINS 7

Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run homer off Tanner Scott with two outs in the ninth inning as visiting Atlanta took two of three from Miami.

RED SOX 5, ANGELS 4

Masataka Yoshida hit his first homer of the season, one of three home runs by host Boston.

GUARDIANS 8 YANKEES 7 (10)

Andrés Giménez’s sacrifice fly capped host Cleveland’s wild, threerun rally in the 10th inning as it salvaged the finale of a three-game series.

REDS 11 WHITE SOX 4

Christian Encarnacion-strand tied a career high with four RBIS as visiting Cincinnati completed the three-game sweep.