Lowe hits two HRs as Rays get sixth straight win
Brandon Lowe homered twice and Mike Zunino also hit a homer, helping Tampa Bay beat Toronto 5-2 on Saturday for its sixth straight win.
Ryan Yarbrough (6-3) pitched five innings of two-run ball, improving to 5-0 in his last 12 appearances. Diego Castillo finished the six-hitter for his 13th save.
Lowe has four career multihomer games, including May 21 against the Blue Jays. He opened the scoring with his 19th homer, connecting on the first pitch leading off the first.
Randy Arozarena added an eighth-inning RBI single for the Rays.
Marcus Semien hit his 22nd homer for the Blue Jays, who have lost four of five. Ross Stripling (3-5) allowed four runs and four hits in 3 2/3 innings.
BRAVES 5, MARLINS 4 >> Freddie Freeman had a two-run homer and an RBI single, while Dansby Swanson and Austin Riley ripped doubles as the first three Braves reached base off AllStar pitcher Trevor Rogers (7-6) in the fourth inning. Atlanta has won three straight over Miami.
PHILLIES 11, RED SOX 2 >> Jean Segura and Alec Bohm homered, and Philadelphia snapped Boston’s nine-game home winning streak. PIRATES 6, METS 2, 1ST GAME; METS 4, PIRATES 2, 2ND GAME >> Pete Alonso homered and Jeff McNeil drove in two runs as New York won the second game for a doubleheader split.
Tyler Anderson pitched five innings and hit a tiebreaking homer, leading Pittsburgh past New York in the first game. Bryan Reynolds also connected for the Pirates. John Nogowski had two hits and two RBIs.
TWINS 9, TIGERS 4 >> Jorge Polanco hit a goahead three-run homer in the seventh inning and Minnesota rallied from a four-run deficit to beat Detroit.
WHITE SOX 8, ORIOLES 3 >> Brian Goodwin had four hits, including a solo homer, and drove in three runs as Chicago beat Baltimore for its fourth straight win.
INDIANS 14, ROYALS 6 >> César Hernández and Óscar Mercado each hit a three-run homer as Cleveland beat struggling Kansas City.