Andy Pages hit a go-ahead home run in the fifth inning, right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto had nine strikeouts over six innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 3-1 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.

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Yamamoto (12-7) gave up one run on four hits with two walks as the Dodgers moved back to within a game of the National League-leading Brewers. Milwaukee won the series opener Thursday.

Tommy Edman added a home run and Mookie Betts drove in a run as the Dodgers improved to 4-1 to open a seven-game homestand. Right-hander Edwin Diaz finished off his seventh save despite loading the bases in the ninth on a hit batter and two walks.

Left-hander Robert Gasser (3-5) gave up three runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings as the Brewers lost for the fourth time in five games on a seven-game California road trip.

Joey Ortiz had an RBI for Milwaukee, which played without second baseman Brice Turang (knee) for a second consecutive game, while setup man Abner Abreu (forearm) was placed in the injured list earlier Friday.

The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Pages, Teoscar Hernandez and Betts delivered consecutive one-out singles against Gasser. Pages scored on Betts’ hit.

Milwaukee tied it 1-1 in the fifth inning on an Ortiz sacrifice fly. Los Angeles responded immediately for a 2-1 advantage when Pages homered to left field, his 20th of the season.

Edman hit a home run to left-center in the sixth inning for a 3-1 lead. It was the fourth home run for the switch hitter and second while batting right-handed.

Christian Walker’s walk-off HR caps Astros’ 10th-inning rally vs. Seattle

Christian Walker blasted a three-run, walk-off homer as the Houston Astros answered a three-run rally by the Seattle Mariners with a five-run 10th inning en route to a wild 10-7 victory on Friday.

Mariners closer Andres Munoz (5-5) was handed a two-run lead after Victor Robles capped a three-hit game with an RBI triple in the top of the 10th and scored on Brock Rodden’s sacrifice fly.

Munoz surrendered RBI singles to Isaac Paredes and Daulton Varsho before Walker crushed his 23rd home run 405 feet to left field.

Three Seattle relievers combined to work 4 1/3 perfect innings before the Astros got to Munoz.

Robles plated automatic runner Brendan Donovan and snapped a 5-5 deadlock with his drive to the left-center-field gap off Astros reliever Enyel De Los Santos (2-3).

Yordan Alvarez cut the Mariners’ 2-0 lead in half with his American League-leading 36th homer with one out in the bottom of the first off Seattle starter George Kirby.

Houston jumped on top with a two-out rally in the second.

Six consecutive batters reached with two outs, starting with a Walker single. Cam Smith followed with a game-tying triple, Nelson Velazquez walked, and Jeremy Pena added an RBI single. After a balk, Alvarez was intentionally walked before Paredes produced a two-run infield single that gave Houston a 5-2 lead.

Josh Naylor keyed the Mariners’ rally with a leadoff double off Astros reliever Bennett Sousa in the sixth. Robles plated Naylor with a two-out single that cut the margin to 5-3.

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In the eighth, Seattle pulled even against Bryan Abreu. Julio Rodriguez walked and eventually scored on a groundout by Donovan. Rodden later delivered a ground-rule double for his first career hit and RBI in his major league debut.

Astros starter Peter Lambert recovered nicely from a rough opening frame. The right-hander allowed three hits in the first, including doubles by Randy Arozarena and Rodriguez sandwiching an RBI single by Dominic Canzone. Naylor drove home Canzone with a sacrifice fly to right for a 2-0 lead.

Lambert completed five innings, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks with six strikeouts.

Veen homers again, Rockies ride Freeland past Giants

Zac Veen splashed a home run into the San Francisco Bay, Kyle Freeland threw eight innings of four-hit ball, and the Colorado Rockies opened a three-game road series with a 5-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.

Troy Johnston chipped in with an RBI triple for the Rockies, who have won at least three straight for just the fourth time this season.

Johnston produced the game’s first run with his fourth-inning triple against Giants starter Landen Roupp (7-12). TJ Rumfield, who had singled with two out, scored the run.

Bryce Eldridge got the Giants even in the last of the fourth with a leadoff homer, his 13th of the season, before the Rockies regained the advantage for good on a double by Brett Sullivan and two infield outs in the fifth. Mickey Moniak got the RBI on a grounder to shortstop.

Veen’s homer, his second in two starts since being promoted from Triple-A Albuquerque, followed a one-out walk to Connor Norby in the sixth. The blast sailed well over the right field wall and into the water.

After picking off Osleivis Basabe to end the fourth inning, Freeland (4-10) retired 11 of the last 12 batters he faced. The only baserunner — a one-out walk drawn by Andrew Knizner in the fifth — was erased on a Christian Koss double play grounder.

Freeland walked one and struck out two in his eight innings. He faced just two batters with runners in scoring position all night.

Brennan Bernardino worked the ninth, allowing a run on a triple by Jonah Cox and a double by Rafael Devers.

Jeff McNeil
collects 4 hits, 3 RBIs as A’s pull away from Rangers

Jeff McNeil had a season-high four hits and three RBIs, including a tiebreaking homer, as the Athletics notched an 8-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday in West Sacramento, Calif.

Lawrence Butler also went deep and Carlos Cortes laced a three-run double as the A’s won for just the fourth time in the past 19 games. McNeil contributed two doubles and a single as the Athletics halted an eight-game home losing streak.

Jake Burger slugged a three-run homer for Texas, which lost its fourth straight contest and fell for the fifth time in six games. Ezequiel Duran had two of the Rangers’ four hits.

Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson exited in the bottom of the second inning with a left hand contusion.

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