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Michael Conforto celebrates with hit Mets teammates after his sacrifice fly in the ninth inning drove home the winning run, giving New York a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Noah K. Murray/Associated Press

NEW YORK — Mets ace Jacob deGrom gave up two runs for the first time this season but New York rallied after he exited, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 Saturday on Michael Conforto’s sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.

DeGrom’s bid to set the team record for the longest scoreless-inning streak fell just short. His run ended at 31 innings on rookie Nick Maton’s RBI single in the second inning. R.A. Dickey set the team shutout mark of 32 2/3 innings in 2012.

DeGrom allowed three hits in six innings, striking out five and walking one while throwing 88 pitches, his most since tossing 93 against Boston on April 28 in a 1-0 loss.

The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner saw his ERA rise from 0.50 to 0.69. It’s the lowest by any pitcher through 13 starts since earned runs became a statistic in 1913.

DeGrom also got another hit. His single in the fifth was his 12th this year and raised his average to .414.

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CARDINALS 3, PIRATES 1: Adam Wainwright pitched into the seventh inning, Paul Goldschmidt and Paul DeJong hit solo home runs and St. Louis ended a five-game losing streak, beating visiting Pittsburgh.

Wainwright allowed one run and six hits, and was pulled after giving up a leadoff single in the seventh. He struck out eight and walked one.

MARLINS 3, NATIONALS 2: Rookie Zach Thompson struck out 11 in six innings, helping Miami win at home.

REDS 4, BRAVES 1: Luis Castillo pitched seven scoreless innings and Jesse Winker homered before departing because of a hip injury, leading Cincinnati past visiting Atlanta.

BREWERS 10, ROCKIES 4: Christian Yelich hit a two-run homer during a six-run rally in the bottom of the eighth inning for Milwaukee.

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TIGERS, ASTROS SPLIT: Yordan Alvarez and Carlos Correa hit back-to-back homers in the sixth inning and Houston rallied at Detroit for a 3-2 win and a doubleheader split.

After winning the opener 3-1 and ending the Astros’ 11-game winning streak, the Tigers took a 2-0 lead into the sixth of the seven-inning nightcap.

Jose Altuve led off the Astros sixth with a double against reliever Michael Fulmer (4-4). With two outs, Alvarez hit a tying drive into the Houston bullpen.

Two pitches, Correa hit a ball over the Tigers bullpen for the lead.

In the first game, Zack Short’s first home run in the majors for Detroit broke a fifth-inning tie.

BLUE JAYS 12, ORIOLES 4: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his major league-leading 26th home run, Teoscar Hernández and Randal Grichuk also connected and Toronto breezed to a win in Buffalo, New York.

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Guerrero homered during a four-run burst in the third inning that also included Bo Bichette’s RBI double and Hernández’s homer.

Grichuk hit a three-run homer in the fifth. Toronto scored four runs apiece in the third, fifth and sixth innings en route to its sixth win in seven games.

Grichuk, who drove in four runs, and Bichette each had three hits of Toronto’s 15 hits.

Pedro Severino and Cedric Mullins each had two RBI for Baltimore, which lost for the 15th time in 17 games. The Orioles snapped a 20-game road losing streak on Friday.

RAYS 13, ANGELS 3: Shane McClanahan pitched six effective innings, Brett Phillips drove in three runs and host Tampa Bay got its fourth straight win.

Manuel Margot and Mike Zunino homered for Tampa Bay. Ji-Man Choi had four hits and drove in two runs as the Rays improved to 6-0 against the Angels this season.

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The Angels have lost five in a row.

RANGERS 8, ROYALS 0: Kyle Gibson had a season-high 10 strikeouts over seven scoreless innings, Joey Gallo hit two massive homers and Texas won at home, ending a more than monthlong stretch without winning a series – or even consecutive games.

Gibson (6-0) allowed only three base runners, on consecutive singles and a walk to start the fifth, before getting out of that bases-loaded jam.

NOTES

BRAVES: Right-hander Mike Soroka is facing season-ending surgery after again tearing his right Achilles tendon.

The Braves said Soroka suffered the new tear on Thursday while walking to the clubhouse at Truist Park, where he was continuing his rehabilitation while the team is at Cincinnati.

Soroka now faces his third surgery on the Achilles. The team says the procedure will be scheduled within a week.

There was no timetable for Soroka’s return prior to this latest setback, although Snitker said he was hopeful that Soroka could return by the end of this season. Soroka had not yet started throwing off the mound.

Soroka, who was Atlanta’s opening day starter in 2020, first tore the Achilles in a game against the New York Mets on Aug. 3, 2020. He had season-ending surgery and was working to return this season when he suffered a setback in May which led to a follow-up procedure.

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