Kyle Tucker, Jose Altuve and Jeremy Pena each hit solo home runs as the Houston Astros completed a two-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies with an 8-2 win on Sunday in the Mexico City Series. Yainer Diaz added a two-run double for Houston, which had scored a total of 22 runs over its prior nine games before scoring 20 during the high-altitude international series. The Astros opened with a 12-4 win on Saturday. Framber Valdez

Wyatt Langford hit an inside-the-park home run to highlight a four-run first inning and Adolis Garcia also homered to lead the Texas Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas. It marked the first time since a season-opening series against the Chicago Cubs on March 28-31 that the defending World Series champions won a home series. Langford became the fourth

Mark Vientos hit a walk-off homer in the 11th inning for the host New York Mets, who came back to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Sunday afternoon. The Mets were down to their final strike before Harrison Bader laced the game-tying single off Matthew Liberatore (0-1) to score automatic runner DJ Stewart. Vientos, who was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday, hit a 1-2 pitch over the center-field fence just beyond the reach

Nick Senzel homered twice and drove in five runs as the visiting Washington Nationals rallied from a giant deficit to beat the Miami Marlins 12-9 on Sunday. The Marlins blew a 7-0 second-inning lead and lost their sixth straight game. Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a grand slam that was part of the Marlins’ six-run first inning, but Senzel’s three-run homer in the fifth put the Nationals ahead for good at 9-7. Jacob Young finished 3-for-5

Austin Riley’s one-out single in the 10th inning drove in automatic runner Ronald Acuna Jr. with the winning run to give the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Sunday in the rubber game of a three-game set between two division-leading teams. A.J. Minter (5-1) was the winning pitcher. Emmanuel Clase (1-1) took the loss. Base-running mistakes robbed the Guardians in the 10th. Steven Kwan, the automatic runner, was picked off

Kyle McCann hit a two-run ninth inning homer and the visiting Oakland Athletics rallied past the Baltimore Orioles 7-6 on Sunday to take the rubber game of the series. With Oakland trailing 6-5, Darell Hernaiz walked on four pitches against Craig Kimbrel (3-1) to open the ninth. After Kimbrel, who blew the save in Friday night’s game, threw his fifth straight ball, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde and the team trainer came out to check on

Erick Fedde pitched effectively into the ninth inning and Andrew Benintendi provided key insurance with a two-run single in the eighth as the host Chicago White Sox topped the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Fedde (2-0) dominated the Rays over 8 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits with zero walks. He struck out nine, two off the career high he set Tuesday, while throwing 72 of his

Alejandro Kirk was 3-for-3 with a homer, right-hander Kevin Gausman pitched seven strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 Sunday afternoon. The Blue Jays avoided a three-game sweep and ended a five-game losing streak. Freddie Freeman homered for the Dodgers, who had a six-game winning streak end. They are 5-1 on a nine-game road trip. Gausman (1-3) allowed one run, five hits and no walks with five strikeouts.

Carlos Santana went 2-for-4 with a double, a homer and four RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins cruised to a 16-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif. Santana homered for the third game in a row for Minnesota, which won its sixth straight contest. Edouard Julien went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs, and Max Kepler finished 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs. Jo Adell went 3-for-4 with