Ozzie Albies hit a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning and Raisel Iglesias pitched around a leadoff triple in the ninth as the Atlanta Braves posted a 4-3 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday.

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Shohei Ohtani began the ninth with a deep drive that bounced off left fielder Lane Thomas’ glove, allowing the Los Angeles superstar to reach third. Iglesias then struck out Freddie Freeman and got Mookie Betts to ground out.

After Max Muncy was intentionally walked, Tommy Edman flied out to center field, preserving Atlanta’s second straight win and Iglesias’ 28th save in 31 tries.

Braves starter Bryce Elder threw six innings of three-run, eight-hit ball, striking out five and walking none.

Dylan Dodd (4-1) had a two-pitch outing, getting the last out of the eighth.

Making his first start since May 6, having recovered from lower back spasms, Los Angeles’ Tyler Glasnow went five innings and allowed three runs on six hits. He struck out seven and issued no walks as the Dodgers’ six-game winning streak ended.

Olson began the bottom of the eighth with a double off Tanner Scott (1-4). Dubon’s groundout advanced Olson to third, and the runner held when Michael Harris II grounded back to the mound. Albies then lined a single to center, putting Atlanta on top.

In the first, Atlanta’s Drake Baldwin and Olson singled to put runners on the corners with one out. Mauricio Dubon and Harris then laced consecutive RBI singles, and Albies’ sacrifice fly gave the Braves a 3-0 lead.

After Muncy and Kyle Tucker singled in the second, Alek Thomas and Hunter Feduccia both had RBI base hits to pull the Dodgers within one.

Los Angeles tied the score in the fourth. Edman singled and stole second before scoring on Alex Call’s single.

The Dodgers threatened in the sixth, as Edman was hit by a pitch and went to third on Call’s one-out single. Elder escaped, though, striking out Lane Thomas and Feduccia to finish his start.

Los Angeles reliever Evan Phillips entered with runners at first and second and two outs in the seventh, but he got Ronald Acuna Jr. to ground out sharply and keep the game tied.

Dodd faced the same challenge in the top of the eighth, and he stranded two runners by getting pinch hitter Miguel Rojas to fly out.

Duran’s slam in the 11th carries Red Sox past Marlins

Jarren Duran slugged a grand slam in the 11th inning as the Boston Red Sox defeated the host Miami Marlins 7-3 on Tuesday night.

Mickey Gasper homered twice for the Red Sox, who have won five straight games.

Gasper, waived by the Nationals in January and demoted by the Red Sox to the minors in late May, has five homers in his past eight games. Prior to that, he had no homers in 109 at-bats in the majors this season.

Boston, leading 3-2, nearly won the game in the 10th inning. Rookie reliever Wyatt Olds, pitching with two outs and runners on second and third, struck out Javier Sanoja. However, catcher Connor Wong couldn’t corral the wild pitch, and Brian Navaretto scored from third.

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Boston scored in the top of the 10th inning on a cross-up passed ball.

The Marlins, who have lost two straight, were led by Heriberto Hernandez, who slugged a solo home run. It was his team-high 20th homer of the season.

Neither starter earned a decision. Boston’s Payton Tolle struck out seven and allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings.

Miami’s Tyler Phillips lasted 4 2/3 innings, allowing one run and tying his career high with seven strikeouts.

In fact, Phillips struck out the side in the first inning before allowing Gasper’s first homer in the second inning. Phillips didn’t throw a bad pitch — 96 mph at the bottom of the zone — but Gasper slugged it 394 feet to center.

Miami loaded the bases with one out in the fifth as Xavier Edwards doubled, Griffin Conine singled and Esteury Ruiz walked. Navarreto, Miami’s third-string catcher, then fouled off six pitches before lofting a sacrifice fly to cap a 10-pitch plate appearance, tying the score 1-1.

Both teams scored a run in the sixth as Gasper homered on a 418-foot bomb off reliever Tyler Zuber and Hernandez went deep on a 3-2 cutter from Tolle.

That blast was measured at 403 feet.

Miami nearly went ahead in the seventh as pinch hitter Jakob Marsee singled and advanced on Navarreto’s sacrifice bunt, but was thrown out at home by first baseman Willson Contreras on Otto Lopez’s infield single.

Astros battle
past Yankees in back-and-forth affair

Yainer Diaz homered twice, Yordan Alvarez hit a tiebreaking RBI triple with two outs in the eighth inning Tuesday night and the visiting Houston Astros outlasted the New York Yankees for a 9-7 victory.

Houston won for just the sixth time in its past 15 games by scoring three runs off Brent Headrick (7-3) in the eighth.

Diaz started the rally by lifting Headrick’s fastball into the right field seats for a 6-6 tie with one out. After a single by Jeremy Pena, Alvarez roped a first-pitch slider to the warning track in right-center field.

After getting his seventh career triple, Alvarez scored what became the game-winning run on a single by Isaac Paredes.

Spencer Jones doubled and Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled him home to kick off the bottom of the eighth for the Yankees and make it 8-7, but Bryan Abreu (5-3) got Austin Wells to ground into a double play. Two batters later, Josh Hader struck out Trent Grisham.

Hader easily notched the final four outs for his 19th save in 19 chances.

Diaz also hit a solo shot in the second inning before adding his third RBI of the night on a ninth-inning single. Houston finished with 14 hits and scored six runs off New York’s relievers.

Pena homered and Daulton Varsho had a pair of RBI singles for the Astros, who tied the contest three times before taking the lead against Headrick.

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