Bryan Reynolds went 2-for-3 and drove in the go-ahead run for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who defeated the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 to sweep a doubleheader on Saturday.

Starting pitcher Bubba Chandler struck out six while limiting Milwaukee to two runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings for the Pirates, who won the first game 7-6.

Shane Drohan (4-3) allowed three runs on five hits and fanned six in 6 1/3 innings for the Brewers, who have lost three of their past four games after going 8-2 in their previous 10.

Pittsburgh went ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth.

Brandon Lowe connected for a one-out double, knocking a fly ball to center field. He then scored when Reynolds followed with a single to right.

Milwaukee threatened to take the lead in the top half of the frame against reliever Johan Ramirez (6-2). Joey Ortiz doubled and Christian Yelich was hit by a pitch, but a pop-out ended the inning.

Held to one baserunner on just one hit through the first three innings, the Pirates finally connected for more in the fourth. With one out, Reynolds lined a double down the right field line. Esmerlyn Valdez then followed with a home run to left field to give the hosts a 2-0 lead.

It was Valdez’s 10th homer of the season and third straight game sending one out of the park. The 22-year-old rookie also had two in the opener of the doubleheader, including the go-ahead grand slam that gave Pittsburgh the win.

The Brewers tied it in the top of the fifth inning.

Joey Ortiz and Christian Yelich connected for back-to-back one-out ground-ball singles before Jackson Chourio grounded into a forceout that took out Yelich. Brice Turang then knocked a double off the wall in left field that drove in Ortiz and Chourio.

That ended Chandler’s outing, with reliever Brandon Eisert stepping in for his Pittsburgh debut. The Pirates acquired the left-hander, along with infielder Jacob Gonzalez, in a trade with the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.

–Field Level Media

Andruw Monasterio and Masataka Yoshida each belted two-run homers Saturday and five pitchers combined on a three-hit shutout as the visiting Boston Red Sox blanked the New York Mets 4-0 for their eighth straight win.

Reliever Jovani Moran (2-2) got the win with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless work. Fill-in starter Eduardo Rivera fired 3 2/3 scoreless innings in just his second major league appearance. Rivera gave up one hit, walked two and struck out three.

Freddy Peralta (5-8) absorbed the loss after working 4 1/3 innings and allowing two runs off three hits and five walks. Peralta whiffed six.

Monasterio gave Boston the only runs it would need when he pounced on a fastball right down the middle in the top of the fourth with one out and Caleb Durbin aboard after a walk. Monasterio pulled it an estimated 378 feet into the seats in left field for his fifth homer of the year.

Yoshida supplied insurance in the top of the eighth following a leadoff single by Durbin. Yoshida laced a cutter from reliever Tobias Myers an estimated 360 feet just inside the right field foul pole for his third homer of the season.

Most of the game’s remainder was an exhibition of futility for New York, particularly when it got runners into scoring position. Carson Benge walked and stole second to start the second but never even got to third as Rivera sandwiched two strikeouts around a popup.

The biggest blown chances came in the seventh and eighth. The Mets filled the bases with two outs in the seventh via walks by Eric Wagaman and Bo Bichette sandwiched around a single from Francisco Alvarez. But Justin Slaten slipped a called third strike by A.J. Ewing to quash the threat.

In the eighth, walks by Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor started the inning. Benge’s fly ball to right pushed Soto to third but Jorge Polanco bounced into a 5-4-3 double play to end the threat.

New York went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position, stranding nine for the day.

–Field Level Media

Jonathan Aranda recorded three hits and drove in the go-ahead run, and the Tampa Bay Rays claimed their final home series before the All-Star break in a 6-1 win over the struggling Seattle Mariners on Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Aranda went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run, including his first two-bagger in the third that scored Yandy Diaz to break a 1-1 tie.

Pinch hitter Ryan Vilade stroked a three-run homer in the seventh that created separation.

On a career-best day, Ben Williamson went 4-for-4 with a double, an RBI, a run and a stolen base to help the Rays improve their majors-best home record to 35-14.

Starter Griffin Jax (5-6) turned in a strong outing over five innings, yielding one run on four hits with three strikeouts and three walks.

Seattle’s Logan Gilbert (7-6) tossed 6 2/3 innings and surrendered four runs on nine hits with five strikeouts and two walks as the club lost its fifth straight.

Cole Young’s double was one of Seattle’s six hits. He scored its only run.

After franchise great Evan Longoria was inducted into the Tampa Bay Rays Hall of Fame in a pregame ceremony, Jax kept the home enthusiasm up by extricating himself from a bases-loaded, one-out mess in the first with a pair of strikeouts.

Two batters after Young’s leadoff double in the second, Colt Emerson produced a sacrifice fly, but Williamson tied it for the Rays on an RBI double that scored Chandler Simpson in the home half.

Tampa Bay went up in the third on consecutive doubles by Diaz and Aranda to open the inning, but Gilbert recorded three straight outs to escape the jam. He did so again in the fourth when the Rays put a runner on third with one out.

In the seventh, Mariners manager Dan Wilson appeared to come out to remove Gilbert with two outs, but the pitcher made his case to stay in and did. Aranda then ripped a double.

Following an intentional walk to Junior Caminero, Vilade greeted left-handed reliever Gabe Speier with a three-run blast to left on the first pitch, making it 5-1.

Rays reliever Garrett Cleavinger fanned pinch hitter Mitch Garver looking with two runners on in the eighth to maintain the four-run lead.

The home side added an unearned run in the eighth on reliever Michael Rucker’s throwing error.

–Field Level Media