NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Carter snapped a ninthinning tie with a colossal three-run homer, extending his second-half power surge and sending the Houston Astros to a 7-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

Marwin Gonzalez knocked in two runs with a pinch-hit single, and the fourth-place Astros (53-73) won for the third time in four meetings with the Yankees this season.

Brian McCann hit a tworun homer, and Martin Prado had three hits for the Yankees.

Cubs 2, Giants 0

CHICAGO (AP) — Anthony Rizzo slammed a two-run homer, Tsuyoshi Wada pitched five strong innings, and the Chicago Cubs beat San Francisco in a game that was halted after 4 1/2 innings because of unplayable field conditions following rain at Wrigley Field.

After a brief but heavy downpour, the game was delayed 4 hours, 34 minutes before it was called off at 1:16 a.m. Fewer than 1,000 fans remained.

Nationals 8, D-Backs 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington scored six runs in the third inning and ran its winning streak to eight games with a rout of Arizona.

Stephen Strasburg (10-10) allowed one run and three hits over a season-high eight innings, and Asdrubal Cabrera’s bases-clearing double blew the game open to give the Nationals a breather in their longest winning streak since August 2012.

Strasburg struck out four to give him an NL-leading 198 for the season, besting his previous single-season high of 197 in 2012.

Braves 11, Pirates 3

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Justin Upton smashed his 24th home run to spoil Andrew McCutchen’s return as Atlanta beat Pittsburgh.

Upton’s three-run homer off Francisco Liriano (3-10) in the third inning broke things open. He added a tworun single off reliever Brandon Cumpton in the fifth as the Braves extended Pittsburgh’s losing streak to a season-high seven games.

Mariners 5, Phillies 2

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hisashi Iwakuma struck out a season-high 11 batters in eight scoreless innings, and Kyle Seager homered to lead Seattle over Philadelphia.

Mike Zunino was 0-for-17 before getting two hits and driving in two runs. The Mariners have won 11 of 14.

Marlins 4, Rangers 3

MIAMI (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton hit an RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning, and Miami beat Texas for its third straight win.

Miami (63-62) surpassed last year’s win total of 62. The Marlins moved over .500 for the first time since June 20.

Orioles 5, White Sox 1

CHICAGO (AP) — Chris Tillman threw eight strong innings, and AL East-leading Baltimore won its third in a row, beating the Chicago White Sox.

Nick Hundley homered, Chris Davis had a two-run double, and Adam Jones and Delmon Young also drove in runs for the Orioles.

Indians 7, Twins 5

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Yan Gomes had three hits including a home run, rookie pinch-hitter Tyler Holt hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the sixth inning, and Cleveland rallied to beat Minnesota.

Brewers 6, Blue Jays 1

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mike Fiers pitched seven dominant innings, and Jonathan Lucroy and Aramis Ramirez each had a pair of doubles as Milwaukee topped Toronto.

In his third start since being recalled from Triple-A Nashville on Aug. 9, Fiers (3- 1) held the Blue Jays to two hits and one run and retired the final 18 batters he faced. Fiers, who posted a careerhigh 14 strikeouts while pitching six innings in a win over the Chicago Cubs in his previous start on Thursday, struck out six and walked one.

Tigers 8, Rays 6

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Victor Martinez drew a tiebreaking basesloaded walk during a threerun 11th inning, and Detroit beat Tampa Bay.

Ian Kinsler opened the 11th with a triple off Grant Balfour (1-5), a flare to right that got past a diving Kevin Kiermaier. Torii Hunter walked and Miguel Cabrera was intentionally walked before Martinez got his free pass.

Royals 7, Rockies 4

DENVER (AP) — Omar Infante had three doubles and drove in four runs to help streaking Kansas City knock off Colorado.

Cardinals 5, Reds 4

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jon Jay was hit by a pitch from J.J. Hoover with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, lifting St. Louis over Cincinnati.

Matt Holliday drew a leadoff walk to start the winning rally. He advanced to third on Matt Adams’ single. After Peter Bourjos ran for Holliday, Jhonny Peralta walked to load the bases. Hoover (1- 10) then plunked Jay to force in Bourjos with the winning run.

Athletics 6, Mets 2

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Coco Crisp hit a tiebreaking three-run triple in the fourth inning to help Scott Kazmir earn his career-best 14th win, and Oakland beat the New York Mets to snap a five-game losing streak.

The A’s, who avoided losing six consecutive games for the first time since 2012, remained a half-game behind the Los Angeles Angels in the AL West.

Dodgers 8, Padres 6

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Turner drove in two runs and scored another pair, helping rally the Los Angeles Dodgers past San Diego and snap a three-game skid.

The Dodgers have won six of seven against the Padres, and improved to 8-3 against their NL West rival this season.