MINNEAPOLIS — Logan Morrison hit a two-run double Sunday to give the Minnesota Twins’ offense a much-needed lift, and four relievers worked 3 1/3 scoreless innings in a 3-1 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Morrison’s liner hit high off the right-field wall with one out and the bases loaded in the eighth against reliever Boone Logan. Minnesota was 3 for 18 with runners in scoring position in the series before Morrison’s double.
The Twins salvaged the final game of the series, snapping a three-game skid with an injury-decimated starting lineup.
Addison Reed (1-3) struck out one in one hitless inning. Fernando Rodney struck out the side in the ninth to secure his ninth save in 12 chances.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
METS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 1: Amed Rosario hit his first two home runs of the season and pinch-hitter Asdrubal Cabrera connected for a go-ahead drive, leading New York to a surprising sweep at home.
The Mets hadn’t won back-to-back games in more than a month before rolling past the NL West leaders for their first three-game sweep at home since September 2016 vs. Minnesota. Arizona has lost four straight and 10 of 11, scoring 22 runs in that span.
CUBS 6, REDS 1: Yu Darvish recovered from a shaky start to earn his first win with the Cubs, and Kyle Schwarber hit one of Chicago’s three home runs at Cincinnati.
Schwarber launched a two-run drive, and Javier Baez and Ben Zobrist each had a solo shot to help the Cubs take 3 of 4 in the series. Darvish (1-3) went six innings and allowed only two hits, both in the first, during his eighth start since signing a $126 million, six-year contract with Chicago in the last offseason.
DODGERS 7, NATIONALS 2: Kike Hernandez and Yasiel Puig hit two-run homers, and Los Angeles won at Washington to complete a three-game sweep.
CARDINALS 5, PHILLIES 1: Jack Flaherty struck out a career-high 13 to earn his first major league win and Tyler O’Neill homered as St. Louis won at home.
PADRES 8, PIRATES 5: Freddy Galvis drove in the go-ahead run in a four-run ninth inning with San Diego’s second successful squeeze bunt of the game, and the Padres rallied at Pittsburgh for their third win of the four-game series.
GIANTS 9, ROCKIES 5: Brandon Belt snapped a seventh-inning tie with a three-run homer and San Francisco won at home.
BRAVES 10, MARLINS 9: Dansby Swanson’s two-run single capped a six-run ninth inning as Atlanta rallied at home.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ATHLETICS 9, BLUE JAYS 2: Daniel Mengden allowed two hits over seven shutout innings to win his second straight start and lead Oakland at Toronto to complete a four-game sweep.
YANKEES 10, ROYALS 1: Tyler Austin hit a pair of two-run homers, Sonny Gray pitched eight innings of four-hit ball and New York won at Kansas City, Missouri, to win eight consecutive series for the first time since 1998.
WHITE SOX 3, RANGERS 0: Reynaldo Lopez allowed two hits in a career-high eight innings and Chicago earned its first home series win this season.
MARINERS 3, TIGERS 2: Mitch Haniger hit a tying two-run homer in the ninth inning, and Jean Segura’s RBI single in the 11th gave Seattle a 3-2 victory at home.
ANGELS 5, RAYS 2: Shohei Ohtani struck out nine while throwing 7 2/3 innings of excellent six-hit ball in his seventh career start, and Los Angeles won at Anaheim, California, to stop its five-game skid.
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