Torres, Pérez and Greene go deep to back Flaherty as Tigers beat Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Gleyber Torres hit a leadoff homer, Wenceel Pérez and Riley Greene also went deep and the Detroit Tigers routed the Tampa Bay Rays 8-0 on Tuesday night.

Jack Flaherty (1-7) struck out six in five-plus innings for his first win since last September. Matt Vierling tripled, doubled and drove in two runs.

The Tigers, who hit five homers Monday to open the three-game set with a 10-9 victory, had lost eight consecutive series — their longest such streak since dropping nine straight in 2019. Detroit has won back-to-back games for the first time since May 2 and 3.

Detroit also won its first road series since taking two of three games at San Diego to begin the season. The team had gone nine road series in a row without winning one (0-8-1).

PHILLIES 3, PADRES 2

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper hit his 377th career home run and Jhoan Duran struck out the side in a perfect ninth for his 13th save to lead Philadelphia to a win over San Diego.

Alec Bohm grounded into a double play against Jeremiah Estrada (2-2) in the sixth that brought home a run for the 3-2 lead.

The Phillies got some help in the eighth inning on a baserunning blunder by Fernando Tatis, on first base with two outs after his third hit of the game. Miguel Andujar hit a light chopper to third baseman Alec Bohm, who faked a throw to first and Tatis was tagged out in a rundown to end the inning.

Harper bailed out Phillies starter Aaron Nola when he connected in the fourth on a two-run shot that made it 2-2 off Padres starter Randy Vásquez over the 374 sign in left-center. Harper, who said he would be open to competing in the Home Run Derby this season in Philadelphia, if elected an All-Star, hit his 14th of the season.

Harper passed Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk on baseball’s career home run list. Up next, Matt Williams and Paul Goldschmidt with 378.

ORIOLES 4, RED SOX 2

BOSTON (AP) — Pete Alonso hit a two-run homer and Shane Baz pitched seven solid innings as Baltimore beat Boston.

Coby Mayo also homered for Baltimore, which won its third straight and ended a three-game road skid.

Baz (3-5) pitched seven innings for a second straight start, allowing four hits and striking out six as he picked up consecutive wins for the first time this season. After giving up a leadoff triple to Jarren Duran in the first, Baz held Boston without another hit until the fifth and had a stretch of retiring 10 straight batters.

Rico Garcia struck out two in the ninth for his fourth save.

MARLINS 7, NATIONALS 3

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Mack, Heriberto Hernández and Otto Lopez hit successive home runs in the fifth inning to power Miami past Washington.

Hernández added a two-run shot in the ninth for the Marlins, who didn’t give up a hit until Drew Millas singled leading off the sixth against Ryan Gusto, the third Miami pitcher.

Luis García Jr. had an RBI groundout later in the inning and Washington scored twice in the seventh to cut it to 4-3. But the Marlins tacked on three insurance runs in the ninth when Mack drove in his third run of the night with a sacrifice bunt and Hernández connected off Mitchell Parker for his third home run in two games.

Mack’s two-run shot to center field off Miles Mikolas (1-5) in the fifth was the first home run of his career. Hernández went deep four pitches later, and Lopez followed with a longball of his own.

It was the third time in Marlins history they hit back-to-back-to-back home runs and the first since August 2023 in a 5-1 win over the Astros.

REDS 4, ROYALS 3, 10 INNINGS

CINCINNATI (AP) — Blake Dunn hit a single in the 10th inning to drive in automatic runner Spencer Steer and give Cincinnati a win over Kansas.

Steer homered twice and Will Benson hit a tying solo shot in the ninth for the Reds, who only had four hits in the game.

The Royals led 3-2 when pinch-hitter Benson homered off Royals closer Lucas Erceg.

The Royals had runners on first and third with one out in the 10th, but Jac Caglianone lined out to short and Brock Burke (2-2) struck out Kyle Isbel to end the threat.

Royals left-hander Noah Cameron allowed one hit — Steer’s solo home run in the fifth — and struck out eight with no walks in seven innings.

Kansas City had lost eight of Cameron’s 10 starts this season but he was dominant on Tuesday, tying career highs with seven innings pitched and eight strikeouts.

BRAVES 4, BLUE JAYS 3

ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Olson hit a tiebreaking homer, Bryce Elder bounced back from his worst start of the season and Atlanta defeated Toronto.

Olson’s towering shot barely cleared the right-field wall, snapping a 3-all deadlock in the sixth inning. It was his 17th homer of the season.

Elder (5-3) went 6 2/3 innings, allowing six hits and three runs. It was a big improvement over his last appearance, when he was rocked for nine hits and six runs in 3 1/3 innings of an 8-0 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

Kazuma Okamoto hit a two-run homer for Toronto.

Kevin Gausman and the Blue Jays kept Ronald Acuña Jr. in the park after the Atlanta slugger hit five homers over the four previous games. But Olson’s longball pushed baseball’s best record to 41-20.

Gausman (4-4) took the loss despite another deep start. He surrendered five hits and four runs with eight strikeouts in six innings — the 12th time in 13 starts that he’s lasted at least five.