Guardians 5, Twins 3

Cleveland: Andrés Giménez hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Cleveland Guardians beat Minnesota for their second straight walk-off win.

Giménez went deep to center on a 3-2 pitch from Tyler Thornburg as Minnesota’s bullpen imploded again.

José Ramírez drew a leadoff walk, the 10th allowed by Minnesota. Josh Naylor’s groundout moved Ramírez to second and Owen Miller flied out. Giménez followed with his game-winner, sending Cleveland’s players pouring out of the dugout in celebration for the second consecutive day. The Guardians lead Major League Baseball with 17 last at-bats wins, including six against the rival Twins.

Six of Cleveland’s last at-bat wins have come against the Twins. The teams don’t play again until September, when they meet seven times.

Phillies 14, Braves 4

Philadelphia: Kyle Schwarber finished off the month with another June homer, Darick Hall went deep twice and Philadelphia avoided a sweep.

Rhys Hoskins and Nick Castellanos also homered for the Phillies, who reached a season high in runs without star Bryce Harper in the lineup for the fourth-straight game. .

Schwarber connected on a three-run shot in the third for his 12th homer in June and 23rd of the season.

The line drive to deep right also was Schwarber’s 47th in 458 career June at-bats. His average of one homer every 9.74 at-bats in June is tops among all players in MLB history with at least 400 career atbats, ahead of Babe Ruth’s mark of a homer every 10.63 June at-bats.

Astros 2, Yankees 1

Houston: Alex Bregman hit a tworun double early and the Houston Astros held on for win New York.

Thursday’s game completes a stretch for the Astros of nine straight games against New York teams.

Houston went 3-2 against the major league-leading Yankees and swept four games with the Mets, who had baseball’s second best record before being overtaken by the Astros.the Yankees were in town for just one game to make up part of a series that was scrapped because of the lockout. They’ll complete the series with a doubleheader here July 21.

Pirates 8, Brewers 7

Pittsburgh: Backup catcher Michael Perez had three home runs, rookies Oneil Cruz and Jack Suwinski hit back-to-back shots and Pittsburgh beat Milwaukee.

It was the first multi-homer game of Perez’s five-year career. He also doubled his season home run total.

Perez hit a two-run blast in the fourth inning off Brent Suter to break a 3-3 tie. The backup catcher added another two-run homer in the sixth to make it 6-4 before connecting again for a solo shot in the eighth to increase the lead to 8-4.

The outburst came one day after the Pirates’ Bryan Reynolds had a three-homer game in a win at Washington.

Blue Jays 4, Rays 1

Toronto: Teoscar Hernández and Santiago Espinal each hit two-run home runs, Yuseki Kukuchi struck out a season-high eight over six innings to snap a seven-start winless streak and Toronto beat Tampa Bay.

Hernández hit his eighth homer in the second, and Espinal went deep in the seventh, his sixth.

Hernández went 3 for 4, also with a double.

Rays left-hander Jeffrey Springs had been set to start against Toronto on Friday but instead left the team and was put on the Family Medical Emergency List.

Right-hander Matt Wisler opened in place of Springs, and Yarbrough, who was recalled from Triple-a on Friday, replaced Wisler in the second. Yarbrough allowed four runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Cubs 15, Reds 4

Chicago: Patrick Wisdom hit a grand slam and a solo homer en route to a career-high six RBIS, rookie Christopher Morel had a career-high five hits and the Chicago Cubs beat Cincinnati.

The Cubs collected 23 hits off five pitchers, tying their season high from a 21-0 rout of the Pirates on April 23. Seven of those hits came in the eighth against outfielder Max Schrock, who allowed a two-run homer to P.J. Higgins and a solo shot to Morel.

Wisdom’s slam off Graham Ashcraft capped a five-run second, and he also connected against Dauri Moreta in the sixth. It was his fifth multihomer game.

He hit his other grand slam on Sept. 15, 2018 against the Dodgers while a member of the St. Louis Cardinals.