Oakland 6, Minnesota 1
Josh Donaldson homered and had three RBIs and Dan Straily pitched seven strong innings as visiting Oakland defeated Minnesota for the ninth consecutive time.
Pittsburgh 5, Chi. Cubs 4
Pedro Alvarez and Travis Snider homered to account for all the scoring in a five-run seventh inning as visiting Pittsburgh erased a 4-0 deficit to hand Chicago its seventh straight series loss.
Washington 7, Miami 1
Stephen Strasburg struck out 12 in 6 2/3 innings, Ian Desmond belted a grand slam and Jayson Werth homered for the second straight game as host Washington swept Miami.
NY Yankees 4, Boston 1
Michael Pineda outdueled Clay Buchholz and Dean Anna hit his first career home run as host New York took the first meeting of the season from rival Boston.
Milwaukee 6, Philadelphia 2
Khris Davis drove in a pair of runs and Ryan Braun completed a terrific series as visiting Milwaukee wrapped up a three-game sweep.
Houston 6, Toronto 4
Dallas Keuchel tossed seven strong innings while Robbie Grossman, Jonathan Villar and Jason Castro all went deep as Houston avoided a three-game sweep in Toronto.
NY Mets 6, Atlanta 4
Eric Young Jr. and Daniel Murphy combined for six hits, six runs scored and four stolen bases as visiting New York rallied to take the decisive game of a three-game series.
Chi. White Sox 7, Cleveland 3
Jose Abreu hit two home runs for the second time in the last three days as host Chicago opened a four-game series by defeating Cleveland.
Arizona 6, San Francisco 5
Tony Campana’s fourth hit of the game scored Cliff Pennington from second with two outs in the top of the 10th and Arizona held on to win the rubber game of the three-game series.