Cameron Cauley tripled in the seventh inning for his first major league hit in his debut, then scored the go-ahead run on Nicky Lopez’s single as the visiting Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 on Monday night.

Lopez subsequently came home on Justin Foscue’s double as American League West Division-leading Texas scored twice in the seventh to take a 4-2 lead. The Rangers had tied the game in the sixth on Jake Burger’s RBI single.

Robby Ahlstrom (3-0) picked up the win with one scoreless inning of relief and Jacob Latz tossed two clean frames for his 17th save in 19 opportunities. Texas matched its longest winning streak of the year at five.

Cleveland rookie Parker Messick (7-5) lost for the fourth time in five starts, allowing four runs on eight hits in 6 2/3 innings. The left-hander struck out five without a walk, raising his ERA to a season-high 2.85.

Second baseman Cauley went 1-for-3 with an error after being recalled from Triple-A Round Rock. He scored his second run in the ninth, when the Rangers upped their lead to 6-3 on Foscue’s double that also plated Evan Carter, thanks to a Steven Kwan error.

The Guardians narrowed the score to 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh when Jakob Junis’ wild pitch allowed Brayan Rocchio to score. Junis sustained an undisclosed injury while warming up in the eighth, which forced closer Latz to take over.

Cleveland dropped to 2-2 during its 10-game homestand, falling one game behind the first-place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central.

The Guardians took a 2-1 lead in the fifth with a pair of runs, starting with Gabriel Arias’ leadoff homer, a 429-foot drive to left-center off Chris Paddack. Austin Hedges followed with a single, and scored on Chase DeLauter’s double inside the first base line.

Texas opened the scoring in the fourth when Josh Jung led off with a double and came home on Burger’s groundout. A sharp single by Burger in the sixth plated Carter.

Tyler Alexander served as the opener for Texas, giving up one hit in one inning with two strikeouts, and was followed by Paddack. The 31-year-old became the first big league pitcher to record saves in back-to-back contests, then start the next game.

Paddack, who went 0-7 with a 6.69 ERA in 13 appearances for the Miami Marlins and Cincinnati Reds this year, was signed earlier in the day. The right-hander worked four innings, allowing two runs on seven hits.

–Field Level Media

San Diego Padres infielder Jake Cronenworth was activated from the concussion injured list on Monday after an eight-week absence.

The 32-year-old veteran started at second base Monday night against the host Chicago Cubs.

“It’s great to have Crony back,” San Diego manager Craig Stammen said. “We missed him, definitely. A guy that’s been a part of our team for a while, someone that’s just steady, professional at-bat all the time, and then a great second baseman. He’s just a value add when we get him back.”

Cronenworth got hurt when struck in the jaw by a fastball from the Los Angeles Angels’ Yusei Kikuchi on April 18. He struggled over the next two weeks before finally landing on the IL because of concussion-related vision problems.

The two-time All-Star was batting .144 with one homer and four RBIs in 32 games this season when he went on the IL.

Cronenworth began play Monday with a career .244 batting average, a .333 on-base percentage, a .399 slugging percentage, 81 home runs and 373 RBIs in 813 games over seven major league seasons, all with San Diego.

The Padres cleared a roster spot for Cronenworth by optioning infielder Will Wagner to Triple-A El Paso. Wagner, 27, had a .257/.422/.286 batting line with no homers and no RBIs in 16 games for San Diego this year.

San Diego also made a bullpen change, recalling right-hander Bradgley Rodriguez from Double-A San Antonio to replace right-hander David Morgan, who landed on the 15-day injured list because of left knee inflammation.

Morgan, 26, was 2-0 with a 4.50 ERA in 18 relief outings for the Padres this season.

Rodriguez, 22, gave up a hit but struck out two of the four batters he faced in a scoreless outing Monday against the Cubs. In 32 appearances (three starts) for the Padres this year, he is 1-2 with a 2.06 ERA.

–Field Level Media

Joey Ortiz hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the eighth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied to beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds 5-3 in the opener of a four-game series on Monday.

Milwaukee trailed 3-0 after five innings before scoring two runs in the sixth and tying the game on Brice Turang’s home run in the seventh.

Sal Frelick delivered a one-out single in the eighth and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Tejay Antone replaced Sam Moll (1-6) and was greeted by Ortiz’s 412-foot homer over the center-field wall.

Aaron Ashby (11-1) pitched a scoreless eighth inning and leads the majors in wins. Trevor Megill retired the Reds in order in the ninth for his 11th save.

Frelick and Andrew Vaughn had two hits apiece for Milwaukee, which snapped a two-game losing skid. Ortiz’s homer was his second of the season.

Elly De La Cruz slugged a two-run homer for the Reds, who have lost five of their last seven games.

Cincinnati claimed a 1-0 lead with two outs in the first inning against Robert Gasser on Dane Myers’ RBI double.

Myers later exited the game in the fourth inning after making a running catch on Vaughn’s fly ball and crashing into the center-field wall.

The Reds added to their lead with two runs in the fifth inning. Edwin Arroyo hit a one-out single and De La Cruz followed by depositing Gasser’s first offering over the left-center field wall. The 412-foot blast was De La Cruz’s 13th homer of the season.

Reds starter Nick Lodolo limited the Brewers to one hit over five innings while throwing 96 pitches. He walked four and struck out four.

Chase Petty entered to start the sixth inning and gave up a one-out double to Vaughn before walking Christian Yelich. Milwaukee got on the board on Jake Bauers’ single and pulled within a run when Yelich scored on Petty’s wild pitch.

The Reds put two runners on with one out in the seventh inning before Chad Patrick escaped the jam when Sal Stewart flied out and Spencer Steer struck out.

Turang tied the game with a one-out homer in the bottom of the seventh against Petty. The 418-foot shot was Turang’s 12th homer this season.

–Field Level Media