Astros 3, Athletics 2

Houston: Yordan Alvarez hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth to propel Houston over Oakland.

The game was 2-2 with no outs in the eighth when Alvarez sent a pitch from Richard Lovelady into the seats in right for his team-leading 10th homer this season.

The Athletics have allowed at least one home run in a franchise-record 23 straight games and have given up an MLB-leading 81 homers this year.

Cardinals 6, Dodgers 5

St. Louis: Nolan Gorman hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer off Victor González, boosting St. Louis over the Los Angeles Dodgers and out of the NL Central cellar.

After the Dodgers closed with two runs in the ninth, Mookie Betts took a called third strike from Giovany Gallegos on a full-count fastball on the outside corner, stranding the potential tying run on second.

St. Louis has won 10 of 13 following an eight-game losing streak.

Diamondbacks 4, Pirates 3

Pittsburgh: Pavin Smith hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Smith’s third homer of the season came off Robert Stephenson and helped the Diamondbacks overcome a 3-2 deficit after Pirates ace Mitch Keller was pulled following six strong innings.

Ketel Marte also homered for Arizona, which won for the sixth time in its last eight games.

Nationals 5, Tigers 2

Washington: Patrick Corbin won consecutive starts for the first time since last summer and Lane Thomas had a go-ahead, two-run single in the fifth that led Washington over Detroit and stopped a four-game losing streak.

Corbin allowed two runs and six hits in six innings against the Tigers, the only big league team he had never faced. He struck out three, reaching 1,500 in his career when he fanned Jonathan Scoop.

Phillies 12, Cubs 3

Philadelphia: Aaron Nola struck out 10 in seven sharp innings, Kyle Schwarber hit a grand slam and Philadelphia snapped a five-game losing streak.

Kody Clemens also went deep in Philadelphia’s six-run first, and Bryce Harper singled, doubled, walked twice and had an RBI for the defending NL champs. The Phillies had scored a total of 11 runs in losing seven in a row to the Cubs .

Dansby Swanson and Christopher Morel homered for Chicago.

Marlins 1, Giants 0

San Francisco: Braxton Garrett and three relievers combined on a three-hitter, and Miami scored an unearned run in the eighth on a single to beat San Francisco.

Miami (24-22) improved to 15-2 in one-run games but has been outscored 211-159 this season. The Marlins won for the fifth time in six games and stopped the Giants’ four-game winning streak.

Garrett allowed one hit in 6 1/3 innings.

Rays 8, Brewers 4

St. Petersburg, Fla.: Harold Ramírez, Yandy Díaz and Christian Bethancourt homered, and the major league-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Milwaukee Brewers.

Tampa Bay leads the major’s with 90 homers and 286 runs.

Zach Eflin (6-1) allowed three runs, four hits and struck out eight for the Rays (34-14), who improved to 21-3 at home this season. It’s the best home mark through 24 games since the 1978 Boston Red Sox.

Mariners 7, Braves 3

Atlanta: Right-hander Logan Gilbert recovered from a rocky first inning to retire 15 consecutive hitters, Eugenio Suárez hit a two-run homer, and Seattle beat Atlanta.

Gilbert (2-2) gave up three consecutive hits, including Matt Olson’s two-run homer, to open the game. Gilbert also issued his only walk in the first inning but didn’t give up another hit until Austin Riley singled to right field with two outs in the sixth.

White Sox 5, Royals 1

Chicago: Jake Burger hit a threerun double in the sixth, helping Lucas Giolito and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals.

Yoán Moncada had two RBIs as Chicago won four out of five. Andrew Benintendi and Luis Robert Jr. each scored two runs.

Burger has hit safely in six games since returning from a strained left oblique, going 11 for 22 with three homers and nine RBIs. He came through again in this one, breaking open a tight game.

Yankees 7, Reds 4

Cincinnati: Aaron Judge had a go-ahead single in the 10th inning for his fourth hit of the game, and New York beat Cincinnati.

New York overcame a 4-1 deficit in a three-run fifth inning against Luke Weaver on Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s homer, Judge’s RBI double off the left-field wall and Anthony Rizzo’s run-scoring single.

Judge also had a run-scoring single against the left-field fence in the third as part of a 4-for-4 afternoon with three RBIs.

Orioles 6, Blue Jays 5

Toronto: Ryan Mountcastle scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning when third baseman Matt Chapman’s throw hit him in the back on Austin Hays’ grounder, and Baltimore became the second team to reach 30 wins.

Ryan O’Hearn tied his career high with four RBIs, including a threerun homer in the eighth off Jordan Romano that tied the score.

Yankees cut Aaron Hicks, owe the outfielder $27.6M

Cincinnati: The New York Yankees cut Aaron Hicks before Saturday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds and owe the struggling outfielder about $27.6 million from more than 2 1/2 seasons remaining in a $70 million, seven-year contract.

Hicks was designated for assignment to make room for outfielder Greg Allen, acquired in a trade with Boston on Friday.

The 33-year-old Hicks was batting .188 with a homer and five RBIs in 28 games this season.