Nationals 8, Phillies 7

Washington: Lane Thomas singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth and Washington sent Philadelphia to its fifth straight loss, winning after blowing a six-run lead.

The defending NL champion Phillies have just five victories in their last 18 games and are tied with the Nationals at the bottom of the NL East at 25-32.

Alex Call drew a two-out walk against Connor Brogdon (2-1) in the eighth, stole second and scored on Thomas’ single to right center.

Kyle Finnegan (3-2) pitched 1 2/3 innings for the victory, stranding the tying run on second in the ninth.

Astros 6, Angels 2

Houston: Yordan Alvarez hit a tworun homer off Shohei Ohtani for a major league-best 50 RBIS, backing a strong start by Framber Valdez in Houston’s win over Los Angeles.

Valdez (6-4) scattered five hits across seven scoreless innings to extend his winning streak to four games. The left-hander, who fanned seven, has allowed just one run combined in his last three starts to lower his ERA to 2.16.

There was one out in the first when Alvarez connected on his team-leading 15th home run to make it 2-0. Rookie Corey Julks added a two-run shot off Ohtani (5-2) in the sixth to push the lead to 5-0.

Twins 1, Guardians 0

Minneapolis: Jorge Polanco hit an RBI double in the seventh and Jhoan Duran finished a combined eight-hitter for Minnesota.

Polanco’s drive off Nick Sandlin (23) went high off the right-field wall, scoring Kyle Farmer from second base. The teams went a combined 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position before Minnesota broke through.

Brock Stewart (2-0) got three outs for the win, stranding a pair of runners in the seventh after Jovani Moran allowed two hits. The Twins have won the first two games of the series and four of five overall.

Brewers 5, Reds 4

Cincinnati: Victor Caratini drove in the go-ahead run with an infield grounder in a two-run 11th inning, and Milwaukee beat Cincinnati following the ejection of Brewers starter Corbin Burnes.

With the score was 3-3, Burnes made a sliding, over-the-shoulder catch of Stuart Fairchild’s blooper to end the sixth and celebrated by spiking the ball. Burnes and plate umpire D.J. Reyburn exchanged words, bu and Reyburn ejected the pitcher after Burnes had returned to the dugout.

Burnes allowed three runs and two hits with seven strikeouts while tying his season high with four walks.

White Sox 3, Tigers 0

Chicago: Mike Clevinger and four relievers combined on Chicago’s fourth shutout, Tim Anderson scored a run and drove in one, and Chicago won.

Clevinger pitched three-hit ball over five innings in first start since May 17. He struck out six and walked one after being sidelined because of inflammation in his right wrist.

Keynan Middleton (1-0), Reynaldo López and Joe Kelly each gave up a hit while working a scoreless inning. Kendall Graveman got his fifth save and the White Sox came away with the win after losing four of five. Miami: Edward Cabrera struck out 10 in six innings and the Miami Marlins beat the Oakland Athletics.

The 25-year-old Cabrera (4-4) gave up four hits and walked one. He had his second double-digit strikeout game of the season after fanning 12 against the Chicago Cubs on April 29.

JT Chargois, Andrew Nardi and Tanner Scott followed Cabrera, each throwing an inning to complete the five-hitter. Jesús Sánchez homered and singled twice, and Bryan De La Cruz had two hits.

The major league-worst Athletics lost their 12th straight on the road to drop to 12-47 overall.

Pirates 7, Cardinals 5

Pittsburgh: Ke’bryan Hayes hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh and Pittsburgh rallied.

Hayes finished off a three-hit night by sending the first pitch he saw from Giovanny Gallegos (1-3) into the left-field bleachers to give the Pirates the lead. Josh Palacios followed two pitches later with his first career home run as Pittsburgh won its third straight.

Carlos Santana had three hits for the Pirates, including a two-run double during a six-run seventh. Andrew Mccutchen singled twice to boost his career hits total to 1,998.

Yohan Ramirez (1-0) earned the win after striking out Tommy Edman with the bases full in the top of the seventh.

Blue Jays 3, Mets 0

New York: Chris Bassitt took the mound after a 91-minute rain delay, ready to rush back to Toronto as his wife went into labor, and shut down his former team on three hits to lead the Blue Jays over New York.

Bassitt’s wife Jessica was due to give birth to their second child after daughter Landry.

The game was scheduled to start at 7:10 p.m. but began at 8:41 p.m. and didn’t end until shortly after 11 p.m. .

Bassitt (6-4) tied his season high with eight strikeouts and walked none, throwing 101 pitches. He began his big league career with Oakland, was traded to the Mets ahead of the 2022 season and left for a $63 million, three-year contract with the Blue Jays.

Rangers 2, Mariners 0

Arlington, Texas: Jon Gray pitched two-hit ball over seven innings to win his fifth consecutive start, Marcus Semien scored the game’s first run after extending his major leaguebest hitting streak to 21 games and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers beat Seattle.

Gray (6-1) struck out five and walked one to win a duel against Luis Castillo (4-3) that took only 2 hours, 5 minutes.

Castillo limited the Rangers to one run over seven innings with six strikeouts and one walk. Texas entered averaging an MLBbest 6.29 runs per game and had scored 11 runs in each of its previous two home games — though those were before a 6-3 trip with series wins in Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Detroit.