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Wednesday’s other MLB games

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Giants 4, Brewers 2

SAN FRANCISCO

Jarrett Parker hit a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh, Buster Posey hit a sacrifice fly, and San Francisco beat contending Milwaukee. Hunter Strickland (3-3) pitched the seventh for the victory as San Francisco took the series against a Milwaukee club that had hoped to grab some momentum going into a tough weekend ahead on the road against baseball’s best Dodgers. Mets 4, Diamondbacks 2

NEW YORK

Chris Flexen pitched six effective innings, rookie Dominic Smith homered and New York ended a three-game skid. The Mets won for just the second time in 10 games. Making his sixth big league start, Flexen (3-2) gave up two runs and six hits.

Phillies 8, Marlins 0

PHILADELPHIA

Mark Leiter Jr. allowed one hit over seven innings, Rhys Hoskins homered and drove in five runs and Philadelphia rode that rookie tandem to a victory over Miami. Leiter (2-3) didn’t allow a hit until Miguel Rojas doubled to lead off the sixth with a hard chopper that bounded over the head of drawn-in third baseman Maikel Franco. He struck out five and walked two to help the Phillies rebound from a doubleheader sweep Tuesday in which the Marlins homered six times while scoring 19 runs.

Cubs 9, Reds 3

CINCINNATI

Kyle Schwarber hit a three-run homer in the ballpark near his home, Tommy La Stella added a two-run shot while subbing for Kris Bryant, and Chicago kept its second-half surge going.

Cardinals 6, Padres 2

ST. LOUIS

Rookie Luke Weaver struck out 10 in seven scoreless innings, and Kolten Wong had three hits and three runs to help St. Louis.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Orioles 8, Athletics 7

BALTIMORE

Zach Britton’s AL-record run of converting 60 straight save attempts ended amid the evening shadows of Camden Yards, when the Orioles closer blew a two-run lead and failed to get out of the ninth inning.

Yankees 10, Tigers 2

DETROIT

Gary Sanchez homered and drove in three runs, and Luis Severino pitched impressively into the seventh inning to lead New York to another lopsided win over Detroit.

Blue Jays 7, Rays 6

ST. PETERSBURG

Kevin Pillar hit Toronto’s sixth home run of the game in the eighth inning, lifting Toronto. Pillar snapped a 6-6 tie with a homer off Tommy Hunter (2-5) to help the Blue Jays end a four-game losing streak.

White Sox 4, Twins 3

CHICAGO

Tim Anderson singled with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to score Avisail Garcia from second base and give Chicago a comeback victory.

INTERLEAGUE

Mariners 9, Braves 6

ATLANTA

Taylor Motter replaced an injured Robinson Cano and gave Seattle the lead with a two-run single in the eighth inning, lifting Seattle over Atlanta. Cano had two doubles before leaving with tightness in his left hamstring in the third. Kyle Seager added a three-run homer in the eighth inning off Dan Winkler.

Astros 6, Nationals 1

HOUSTON

Alex Bregman hit a three-run homer and Jake Marisnick and Max Stassi added solo shots to help Houston beat Washington. The victory snaps a nine-game losing streak to the Nationals and is just Houston’s second win in the last 15 games against Washington. Houston starter Mike Fiers (8-8) yielded four hits and one run in seven strong innings to get his first win since July 21. Fiers was in command from the start of this one, looking much better than he had in his last four starts when he allowed a combined 24 hits and 20 runs. Royals 6, Rockies 4

KANSAS CITY

Eric Hosmer hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning off former Kansas City teammate Greg Holland, lifting Kansas City over Colorado.Hosmer’s 21st home run of the season was the first game-ending shot of his career. Holland (2-5) fell to 0-4 with one save in four opportunities in his past six games, allowing 10 hits, three home runs and 12 runs over five innings. The former Royals closer issued a leadoff walk in the ninth, gave up a two-out single to Melky Cabrera and then was tagged by Hosmer on a 1-1 pitch. Brandon Maurer (2-1) pitched the ninth.

Charlie Blackmon and Nolan Arenado homered for the Rockies in a matchup of playoff contenders.

Associated Press