Brewers 3, Indians 0

Cleveland: Milwaukee ace Corbin Burnes combined with reliever Josh Hader to pitch baseball’s record ninth no-hitter this season, breaking a mark set when pitchers began throwing overhand in 1884 as the Brewers beat the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night.

Burnes (10-4) struck out 14 with 115 pitches over eight innings, taking a perfect game into the seventh while overpowering the Indians, who were no-hit for a record third time in 2021. All of those came with starter Zach Plesac on the mound.

This time, Cleveland was stymied by Burnes — who has become a Cy Young contender as the Brewers run away with the NL Central — and Hader, one of the game’s top closers.

“Anyone would want to keep pitching in that situation, but if there was anyone I would want out there for the ninth, it would be Josh Hader,” Burnes said. “There were no nerves with him. It was more like a done deal when he came in.”

Giants 15, Cubs 4

Chicago: Tommy La Stella and Brandon Belt each hit three-run homers, and the San Francisco Giants pounded the Chicago Cubs for their sixth straight win.

La Stella finished with three hits, including a double, five RBIS and scored three runs for surging San Francisco, which improved to a major-league best 92-50. The Giants entered 2½ games ahead of the Dodgers in the NL West.

Rangers 8, Athletics 6

Oakland, Calif.: Jonah Heim hit a two-run home run with two outs in the eighth to cap a five-run rally, lifting the Texas Rangers past the Oakland Athletics.

Trailing 6-2 after being held down by starter Cole Irvin, the Rangers took advantage of the A’s struggling bullpen. DJ Peters hit a two-run home run and Yohel Pozo added an RBI double off Sergio Romo before Heim’s homer on an 0-2 pitch from Andrew Chafin (1-3). The ball traveled an estimated 447 feet.

Blue Jays 11, Orioles 10

Baltimore: George Springer hit a two-out, two-run homer in the seventh inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the first game of a doubleheader.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 43rd home run of the season to move within one of the Angels’ Shohei Ohtani for the major league lead.

Rays 7, Tigers 2

Detroit: Joey Wendle tripled and homered, 30-year-old Dietrich Enns won for the first time in the major leagues and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers.

“We all wanted to see this moment,” Wendle said about Enns.

“He hasn’t always had the best luck, but he keeps going out there and he was electric tonight. We’re thrilled for him.”

Pirates 10, Nationals 7

Pittsburgh: Bryan Reynolds hit his 23rd home run of the season and drove in three runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates surged past the Washington Nationals.

Reynolds hit a two-run shot to right-center field in the fifth and gave Pittsburgh the lead in the sixth when he worked a bases-loaded walk against Washington reliever Andres Machado. The walk was one of 10 issued by the struggling Nationals, who have dropped 12 of 15.

Twins 9, Royals 2

Minneapolis: Jorge Polanco hit two of Minnesota’s five home runs, Michael Pineda pitched five strong innings in his return to the rotation and the Twins beat the Kansas City Royals.

Byron Buxton homered for the second straight day, and Nick Gordon and Max Kepler also went deep for Minnesota,

Angels 4, Astros 2

Houston: Luis Rengifo homered

with three RBIS to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a win over the Houston Astros.

David Fletcher and Shohei Ohtani hit consecutive singles to start the game before Fletcher scored on a one-out double by Jared Walsh. The Angels made it 2-0 when Ohtani scored on a groundout by Rengifo.

Cardinals 6, Reds 4

St. Louis: Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer in the eighth and had three RBIS and Paul Dejong had a solo shot to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds.

St. Louis has won three of four and gained a game on Cincinnati in the NL wild-card race. The Reds, who have lost four of six, started the day percentage points behind San Diego for the second spot.

Marlins 6, Braves 4

Atlanta: Bryan De La Cruz and Jesús Sánchez hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning against Richard Rodríguez, lifting the Miami Marlins to a victory over the Atlanta Braves.

De La Cruz, who went 3 for 4, broke a 3-all tie by going deep with his fourth homer.