Blue Jays, unstoppable at home

Addison Barger hit a two-run homer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer hit a solo home run, and the Blue Jays beat the San Francisco Giants 8-6 on Sunday.

With this win, Toronto completed a three-game sweep and tied a franchise record with its tenth consecutive home win.

The Blue Jays also won 10 straight at home from July 21 to August 3, 1985. Their current streak began with a four-game sweep of the Yankees from June 30 to July 3, which saw them surpass New York for the AL East lead. The Blue Jays followed with a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels.

Venezuelan Eugenio Suarez hit two home runs for the second consecutive day and Merrill Kelly allowed two runs in six innings to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3.

Suárez has had six multi-homer games this season, including a four-homer on April 26, and leads the majors with 20 home runs since June 1.

Suárez hit a three-run shot off starter Miles Mikolas (5-7) in the first inning and a solo shot in the third on Sunday. The slugger leads the National League with 35 home runs, one more than Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, and his 85 RBIs are the best in MLB, two more than Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh.

Abner Uribe retired Mookie Betts with the bases loaded for the final out, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 for their tenth consecutive victory.

Shohei Ohtani hit a two-run homer for the Dodgers, but Isaac Collins broke a tie in the sixth inning with a two-run single as the Brewers went 6-0 this season against the defending World Series champions. They extended their longest winning streak since 2021 by sweeping the NL West leaders for the second time in two weeks.

CHRISTIAN WALKER hit a go-ahead solo home run in the sixth inning and the Houston Astros rallied from an early three-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 11-3 to avoid a series sweep.

MATT VIERLING hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth and the Detroit Tigers snapped a season-worst six-game losing streak by beating the Texas Rangers 2-1.

In Chicago, Venezuelan Wilyer Abreu hit two home runs and drove in three runs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 6-1 to avoid a sweep.

Royce Lewis homered twice — his first multi-homer game — Joe Ryan struck out 11 in seven innings, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Colorado Rockies 7-1 to avoid a sweep. — AP