Tristan Peters punctuated a seven-run fifth inning with a two-run triple and Anthony Kay pitched five strong innings as the surging Chicago White Sox defeated the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 8-2 on Friday.

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American League Central-leading Chicago improved to 3-0 on a five-game homestand against the top two clubs in the National League. The White Sox have won four of five overall and eight straight at Rate Field.

Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani missed the game with left knee inflammation, an injury he sustained during Thursday’s victory in Pittsburgh. Manager Dave Roberts said resting Ohtani was a precautionary move and “not an (injury list) situation.”

White Sox pitchers retired 19 consecutive batters to close the game.

Bryan Hudson, Trevor Richards and Chris Murphy combined for four innings of perfect relief after Kay (6-1) scattered two runs and four hits in five innings. He walked one against seven strikeouts while hitting two batters.

Staked to a lead on Andrew Benintendi’s first-inning solo home run, Kay surrendered the advantage after four batters in the top of the second. Miguel Rojas tied the game with an RBI double and Santiago Espinal’s single drove in Rojas for a 2-1 lead. The Dodgers loaded the bases with one out, but Kay regrouped and retired 11 of the last 12 Dodgers he faced.

Los Angeles starter Roki Sasaki allowed baserunners in each of his first four innings but yielded only one run. Chicago knocked him from the game in the fifth as six of the first seven batters reached base — including three via walk.

Miguel Vargas doubled home the go-ahead run to make it 3-2. After Braden Montgomery worked a bases-loaded walk, Chase Meidroth greeted reliever Blake Treinen with a two-run single. Two batters later, Peters lined a ball into the gap in right center for a two-run triple.

Meidroth and Vargas had three hits apiece for the White Sox, who outhit the Dodgers 10-4.

Sasaki (3-4) lost for the first time since May 2. He allowed seven runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings with three walks and four strikeouts.

Rojas collected two hits for Los Angeles, with his double the only one to go for extra bases.

Dominic Canzone, Bryce Smith push Mariners over Nats

Dominic Canzone homered for the second straight game to go with a two-run triple, Bryce Smith pitched eight strong innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Nationals 10-2 Friday night in Washington.

Colt Emerson and Josh Naylor also homered for the Mariners, who had lost two straight.

Miller (3-0) allowed two runs on four hits and struck out seven without a walk. He has gone five or more innings in each of his six appearances this season and has given up two or fewer runs each time.

James Wood had two hits including his 19th home run of the season and Dylan Crews also homered for Washington, which was looking to bounce back after surrendering a 9-1 eighth-inning lead in an 11-10 loss at the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.

The Nationals fell back to .500 overall and have lost four straight at Nationals Park, where they are 12-21.

Washington starter Zack Littell (6-5) had gone 6-0 with a 2.27 ERA over his past seven starts before today. He allowed five runs on four hits over 1 2/3 innings.

The start of the game was delayed two hours and 11 minutes by rain.

Randy Arozarena singled leading off the second and Luke Raley walked. Canzone scored both runners with a triple off the wall in center. Canzone scored when Miles Mastrobuoni flew out to right to bring the lead to 3-0. Jhonny Pereda singled and Emerson homered to center to cap the second inning onslaught.

Wood homered leading off the bottom of the fourth to cut the lead to 5-1.

In the Seattle fifth, Cole Young singled with one out and Julio Rodriguez walked. With two outs, former National Victor Robles walked to load the bases. Young scored on a wild pitch by Riley Cornelio and Raley followed with a two-run single to make it 8-1.

Canzone led off the eighth with a home run off Paxton Schultz.

Crews homered off Miller in the eighth to make it 9-2, but Naylor got it back with a solo shot in the ninth off of Gus Varland.

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Angels grab early edge, hold off Rays’ comeback attempt

Trey Mancini hit a two-run triple and Logan O’Hoppe had two hits and an RBI to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night in Anaheim, Calif.

Nick Madrigal went 2-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base, an RBI and a run, Denzer Guzman singled and doubled and Mike Trout singled and walked twice for Los Angeles, which won its third straight game.

Angels starter Sam Aldegheri (2-1) allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits over five innings. He walked three and struck out four. Ryan Zeferjahn got the final out with the bases loaded, picking up his second save.

Jonathan Aranda went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and Nick Fortes scored twice for Tampa Bay, which had a three-game winning streak snapped while losing for the seventh time in its past eight road games.

Rays starter Shane McClanahan (6-4) gave up four runs on eight hits in four innings. McClanahan, who had allowed just five hits over 11 shutout innings while striking out 16 in his two previous starts in Anaheim, walked one and struck out seven.

Los Angeles then took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Trout and Jo Adell singled with one out and scored on Mancini’s two-out triple over the head of right fielder Austin Slater.

The Angels extended the lead to 4-0 in the third inning. Oswald Peraza led off with a double, advanced to third on a flyout by Guzman and then scored on Madrigal’s infield single. Madrigal stole second and scored on a single by O’Hoppe.

Tampa Bay halved the deficit in the fifth inning. Chandler Simpson led off with a walk and advanced to second when shortstop Zach Neto mishandled Fortes’ potential double-play grounder for an error. Taylor Walls then loaded the bases with a bunt single, and one out later, Aranda lined a two-run single to left.

The Rays cut the gap to 4-3 in the ninth when Fortes singled with one out, Diaz walked and Aranda delivered an RBI single. Zeferjahn replaced Mitch Farris on the mound and walked Junior Caminero to load the bases before pinch hitter Cedric Mullins struck out to end the game.

The contest was the opener of a three-game series.

Bo Bichette’s six RBIs, grand slam helps Mets beat rival Braves

Bo Bichette had two homers and tied a career-high with six RBIs Friday night for the host New York Mets, who beat the Atlanta Braves 7-5 in the opener of a three-game series between the National League East rivals.

The Mets have won two straight. Dominic Smith and Mike Yastrzemski laced run-scoring singles in the second, and Matt Olson hit a solo homer in the fifth. Ozzie Albies and Eli White each collected an RBI single in the eighth for the Braves, who tied a season-high with their third consecutive loss.

Bichette and Juan Soto went back-to-back in the first off Spencer Strider (4-2) before Bichette capped a two-out rally in the second with his third career grand slam.

Bichette added a sacrifice fly in the fourth for his second six-RBI game and his first since Aug. 4, 2024 when he also had two homers and six RBIs for the Toronto Blue Jays in a 15-1 win over the Colorado Rockies.

Five pitchers combined on a nine-hitter for the Mets. Cionel Perez (3-3) earned the victory by recording four outs in relief of starter Nolan McLean. Devin Williams gave up two hits over the last 1 1/3 innings to notch his 10th save.

McLean was pulled after giving up two runs on three hits and four walks while striking out six and throwing 93 pitches in four innings.

McLean wriggled out of bases-loaded, none-out jam following the RBI hits by Smith and Yastrzemski, The rookie right-hander struck out Austin Wynns and retired Mauricio Dubon on pop-up to first before fanning Michael Harris II.

Strider gave up seven runs on six hits and one walk while striking out three over three-plus innings before he departed due to a sore right arm following a leadoff walk to MJ Melendez in the fourth.

Strider retired four straight batters following Soto’s homer before running into trouble in the second. Melendez doubled and Luis Torrens singled off Strider’s glove before the right-hander plunked Carson Benge. Bichette homered just beyond the right field fence two pitches later.

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