ST. LOUIS (AP) — Avisaíl García homered, doubled, and drove in five runs as the Milwaukee Brewers beat St. Louis 9-5 and ended the Cardinals’ four-game winning streak. Keston Hiura hit a three-run homer that capped a five-run burst in the seventh inning that made it 8-2. The Brewers won for the third time in four games. García’s two-run homer off Carlos Martínez gave Milwaukee a 3-0 lead in the fifth. García drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth and added a two-run double in the seventh.
Also in the MLB:
— Riley Smith won his first major league start and Tim Locastro had four hits as the Diamondbacks whipped the Reds, 8-3. Smith gave up just two runs on eight hits against the Cincinnati team that had won six in a row. Stephen Vogt contributed a two-out single for Arizona, which also got homers from Eduardo Escobar and Asdrubal Cabrera (as-DRO’-bul kah-BREHR’-ah).
— Mitch Keller pitched five efficient innings and the Pirates unloaded on Zach Davies in an 8-2 win over the Cubs. Keller struck out seven and held Chicago to one run as Pittsburgh ended a six-game slide. Colin Moran, Bryan Reynolds, and Jacob Stallings all drove in two runs during Pittsburgh’s seven-run second, and Phil Evans hit his team-high third homer.
— Trent Grisham slammed a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning of the Padres’ sixth straight win over the Rangers, 7-4. Grisham put San Diego up 5-4 with his two-run homer off reliever Wes Benjamin. Eric Hosmer and Ha-Seong Kim also homered for San Diego.
— Brandon Crawford delivered the decisive hit for a second straight day, connecting for a three-run homer in the sixth inning as the Giants beat the Rockies, 4-3. Crawford also came through with a bases-loaded, two-run double in the seventh of a 3-1 win in Friday’s home opener. Ryan McMahon had put Colorado ahead 3-1 with a two-run homer in the fifth.
— Freddie Freeman belted a two-run homer and drove in the go-ahead run with a grounder in the seventh inning to lead the Braves to a 5-4 win over the Phillies. Sean Newcomb had strikeouts on four of his six outs in relief of Ian Anderson, who allowed homers by Andrew McCutchen and Bryce Harper. Atlanta has won four straight since an 0-4 start.
— Austin Meadows and Randy Arozarena (ah-roh-zah-RAY’-nuh) homered off Domingo Germán (hehr-MAHN’), helping the Rays extend their mastery over the Yankees with a 4-0 victory. Six pitchers combined to limit the Yankees to five hits. The Rays have won 10 of 12 regular-season games between the AL East rivals since the start of 2020 and knocked off New York in the division series last year.
— Rafael Devers (DEH’-vurz) homered and the Red Sox scored twice in the 10th inning on a wild pitch and an RBI single by Christian Vázquez to beat the Orioles, 6-4. The game was tied at 4 until Michael Chavis scored on a wild pitch by Dillon Tate. Baltimore outfielder Trey Mancini hit his first home run since his return from cancer surgery that caused him to miss the 2020 season.
— Ramón Laureano hit a two-run homer and rookie Seth Brown connected for his big league home run in the Athletics’ 7-3 victory at Houston. Brown sent a homer into the second deck in the eighth inning to give the Athletics five home runs in the last two games after they managed just three in their first eight. Jed Lowrie’s two-run single put the A’s ahead, 6-0 in the seventh.
— Mitch Haniger homered and hit the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Taylor Trammell scored the winning run after homering earlier in the game. Nelson Cruz belted a two-run homer before Minnesota absorbed its third loss of the season, all in 10 innings.
— Aaron Civale (sih-VAH’-lee) allowed just three hits while dominating over 7 2/3 innings of the Indians’ 11-3 thrashing of the Tigers. The right-hander gave up two singles and faced the minimum through six innings before Robbie Grossman homered off him in the seventh. Jordan Luplow (LOOP’-loh) hit one of Cleveland’s five home runs, furnishing a three-run blast and a two-run double to finish with a career-high five RBIs.
— The Royals and White Sox were rained out in Chicago. It will be made up as part of a split doubleheader May 14.
