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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jake Arrieta dominated the Pittsburgh Pirates yet again, scattering two hits in seven shutout innings as the Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh, 7-1.

Seven months after shutting the Pirates down in the NL wild card playoff, Arrieta allowed only singles to Sean Rodriguez in the second and Francisco Cervelli in the seventh. Arrieta (6-0) struck out five and walked two while lowering his ERA to 0.84. He became the second six-game winner in the major leagues after Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox.

Kris Bryant had three hits for the Cubs, who have won seven of eight and moved five games ahead of Pittsburgh in the NL Central.

Jon Niese (3-1) gave up six runs and nine hits over five innings while losing for the first time since the Pirates acquired him from the New York Mets in an offseason trade.

Royals 7, Nationals 6

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lorenzo Cain capped a three-run ninth inning with a two-out single to left, bringing home Mike Moustakas and giving Kansas City a victory.

Tanner Roark lasted into the eighth inning for Washington, but he was relieved by Felipe Rivero with runners on the corners and one out. Eric Hosmer grounded into a fielder’s choice to make it 6-4.

Rivero got through the rest of the inning and turned the lead over to Jonathan Papelbon (1-1), who served up back-to-back singles to start the ninth. After Omar Infante struck out, Moustakas came on to pinch hit and guided a single through the left side to knot the game 6-all.

Braves 3, Mets 0

NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Wisler wiped out New York with eight innings of one-hit ball and Mallex Smith hit a rare Atlanta homer off a scuffling Matt Harvey.

Asdrubal Cabrera’s clean single to center field with one out in the fifth was the lone hit for the defending NL champions. Wisler (1-2) walked two, struck out four and beat the Mets for the third time in his two-year career.

Phillies 1, Cardinals 0

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Aaron Nola threw seven innings and Ryan Howard homered to lead Philadelphia to a victory.

Philadelphia has won seven of eight while St. Louis has lost five of six.

Jeanmar Gomez recorded his ninth save in as many opportunities after Hector Neris struck out the side in the eighth inning.

Nola (2-2) allowed two hits and struck out seven in an 111-pitch stint. He has a string of 20 consecutive scoreless innings dating to April 22. Nola, who retired the last 10 batters, has given up one run or fewer in four of six starts this season.

Howard, a St. Louis native, drilled a first-pitch offering from Michael Wacha (2-2) over the wall in right in the sixth inning.

Astros 6, Twins 4

HOUSTON (AP) — Jason Castro and George Springer hit homers and Houston held on for a victory.

Castro hit his first homer of the year to lead off the three-run third inning, and Springer hit a shot that bounced off the railroad tracks in left field and out of the stadium to cap the three run fourth.

Orioles 4, Yankees 1

BALTIMORE (AP) — Mark Trumbo hit two home runs, Chris Tillman scattered five hits over seven innings and Baltimore extended New York’s losing streak to six games.

Trumbo hit a solo shot in the second inning and his eighth of the season with a runner on in the fifth. Both homers were off Luis Severino (0-4), who yielded only two long balls in his previous four starts.

Tillman (3-1) allowed one run, matched his career high with nine strikeouts and walked four. The right-hander also fanned nine in his last start, against Tampa Bay.

Blue Jays 3, Rangers 1

TORONTO (AP) — Justin Smoak’s first two home runs of the season, a tying drive in the ninth inning and two-run shot in the 10th, led Toronto over Texas.

Rougned Odor homered on Marco Estrada’s second pitch of the game, the first leadoff home run of Odor’s big league career.

The lead stood until Smoak connected on Shawn Tolleson’s third pitch of the ninth inning, a drive over the scoreboard in left centerfield.

Edwin Encarnacion singled against Phil Klein (0-1) leading off the 10th, Troy Tulowitzki struck out and Smoak homered to left. Toronto won despite going 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position.

Indians 7, Tigers 3

CLEVELAND (AP) — Francisco Lindor hit a three run homer, scored three times and fell a triple short of the cycle, leading Cleveland to a victory.

Lindor singled in the first inning when Cleveland scored three times, doubled and scored in the third and homered in the fifth as the Indians ended Detroit’s five-game winning streak.

Dodgers 10. Rays 5

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Trayce Thompson, Joc Pederson and Yasiel Puig homered as Los Angeles pulled out of an offensive funk with a victory over Tampa Bay.

Howie Kendrick had four hits, including a two-run double that broke a fifth-inning tie, to help left-hander Scott Kazmir (2-2) get his 100th win. The RBIs were the first of the season for Kendrick, coming in his 59th at-bat.

Giants 3, Reds 1

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jeff

Samardzija went eight innings to win his third straight start — a career first — and San Francisco rallied for two runs in the eighth inning against Cincinnati’s historically bad bullpen.

Cincinnati’s bullpen gave up at least one run for the 21st consecutive game, surpassing the 2013 Colorado Rockies for the major league record, according to information provided by the Reds from the Elias Sports Bureau.

Marlins 7, D-Backs 4

MIAMI (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki’s two-run pinch-hit single put Miami ahead in the sixth inning to rally past Arizona.

Miami trailed 4-1 before scoring four runs in the sixth, when three Arizona pitchers combined to give up three walks and a hit batsman.

Suzuki’s one-out single put Miami up 5-4 and improved his career average with the bases loaded to .383.

Brewers 5, Angels 4

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Chris Carter hit two long home runs and drove in three, Junior Guerra won his first career major league start, and Milwaukee rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat Los Angeles.

With the Brewers trailing 4-0, Carter’s two-run homer in the third caromed off the black batter’s backdrop in center. His solo shot in a three-run fifth to deep left center off starter Nick Tropeano (1-1) put Milwaukee up for good.

Mariners 8, A’s 2

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Robinson Cano, Kyle Seager and Leonys Martin hit home runs and Hisashi Iwakuma pitched seven solid innings for Seattle.

Iwakuma (1-3) took a shutout into the sixth inning and allowed four hits to end a career-worst, four-game losing streak dating to last September. He walked two and struck out three.

Padres 6, Rockies 3

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Kemp and Brett Wallace hit back-to-back home runs and Andrew Cashner recovered from a shaky first inning to lead San Diego.