NEW YORK — Brad Miller snapped Michael King’s impressive scoreless streak with a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh inning that lifted the Texas Rangers over the New York Yankees 4-2 Sunday to salvage a doubleheader split.

The Yankees took the opener, 2-1, on Gleyber Torres’ home run leading off the ninth. New York had three hits in the nightcap after collecting just five in the early game.

King (2-1) had pitched 14 1/3 consecutive innings without allowing a run before Miller smacked a 1-0 fastball over the center-field fence. The Yankees right-hander hadn’t given up a run since an RBI double by Toronto’s George Springer on April 11.

King relieved Jordan Montgomery after Jonah Heim opened the seventh with a double to left. Heim eventually scored the tying run on a wild pitch, one pitch before Miller’s homer.

Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run homer in the second game. New York lost for only the second time in 14 games.

GUARDIANS 4, BLUE JAYS 3: Franmil Reyes lumbered home on Óscar Mercado’s tiebreaking, two-out single in the eighth inning and Cleveland won at home.

Toronto took a 3-2 lead into the eighth, but Owen Miller’s one-out homer off Tim Mayza tied it. Mayza retired José Ramírez, but Miller drove a 2-2 pitch to the left-field bleachers.

Adam Cimber (4-2) relieved with two outs and allowed Reyes’ single and Andrés Giménez’s walk. Mercado lined a 2-2 offering to center, and Reyes slid home ahead of the throw that was cut off.

MARINERS 2, RAYS 1: Abraham Toro hit a tying homer in the ninth inning, Ty France singled home the winning run in the 10th and Seattle won at home, snapping a six-game losing streak.

Manuel Margot hit his third home run of the series for the Rays, who had won six straight overall and eight in a row on the road.

Tampa Bay appeared headed to a four-game sweep before Toro connected off Andrew Kittredge with one out in the bottom of the ninth for his fourth home run. Kittredge was trying for a two-inning save.

ASTROS 5, TIGERS 0: Aledmys Díaz hit a grand slam, Jake Odorizzi threw five innings of one-hit ball and Houston swept a four-game sweep at home for its seventh straight win.

Díaz’s second home run of the season came in the third inning on a 92 mph fastball from Tigers reliever Drew Hutchison (0-3). It went 347 feet to left-center field, scoring José Altuve, Alex Bregman and Yordan Alvarez for a 4-0 lead.

Bregman later padded the lead with a solo homer off Joe Jimenez for his fifth home run of the season.

ROYALS, ORIOLES SPLIT: Bruce Zimmermann threw six effective innings in Game 2 as Baltimore earned a doubleheader split with a 4-2 win over visiting Kansas City.

The Royals won the opener, 6-4, when Michael Taylor hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth after a pair of two-out errors.

In the second game, Zimmermann (2-1) allowed two runs and five hits, with five strikeouts and no walks.

TWINS 4, ATHLETICS 3: Jorge Polanco delivered another key hit and the Minnesota bullpen combined for 6 2/3 innings of shutout work as visiting Oakland lost its ninth straight game.

Polanco, who homered in a 1-0 win Saturday night, hit two-run single in the third inning for a 4-3 lead.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PHILLIES, METS SPLIT: Pete Alonso homered twice, had three hits and drove in five runs to lead New York to a 6-1 victory at Philadelphia in the second game of a doubleheader.

Chris Bassitt (4-2) allowed one run in 5⅔ innings for the NL East-leading Mets. Jean Segura homered for the Phillies.

In the opener, Bryce Harper homered again off Max Scherzer and the Phillies became the first team to beat the new Mets ace, snapping a four-game skid by topping New York, 3-2.

BRAVES 9, BREWERS 2: Adam Duvall and William Contreras homered to help Charlie Morton win for the first time in five starts as Atlanta beat visiting Milwaukee.

Matt Olson hit a two-run double during a four-run second inning. Duvall homered in the third off starter Aaron Ashby, and Contreras added a three-run drive in the fifth off Jandel Gustave.

PADRES 3, MARLINS 2: Jorge Alfaro hit a pinch-hit three-run home run with two outs in the ninth to give San Diego a win at home against his former team.

Alfaro went deep to center field on the first pitch he saw from Cole Sulser (0-1).

GIANTS 4, CARDINALS 3: Mike Yastrzemski hit a tiebreaking home run into McCovey Cove in the sixth inning, and San Francisco struck out only once while beating visiting St. Louis.

San Francisco closer Camilo Doval got slugger Nolan Arenado to strike out swinging with the tying run on second base to complete his fifth save.

DIAMONDBACKS 4, ROCKIES 0: Zac Gallen struck out seven in seven crisp innings, Jose Herrera hit a two-run double for his first big-league RBI and Arizona won at home.

Ketel Marte had three hits and the Diamondbacks took advantage of another shaky start by Colorado’s Germán Márquez (0-3) to win for the ninth time in 12 games.

Gallen (2-0) allowed five hits and Arizona’s bullpen held a day after Mark Melancon gave up four runs in the ninth inning of a 4-1 loss.

REDS 7, PIRATES 3: Colin Moran hit a grand slam and a two-run homer against his former team, powering Cincinnati to a victory at home.

Tyler Mahle pitched five solid innings and the Reds rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the sixth. Cincinnati took two of three in the weekend series, improving the majors’ worst record to 5-23.

DODGERS 7, CUBS 1: Walker Buehler pitched seven sparkling innings in his 100th career start, and Los Angeles won at Chicago for its sixth consecutive victory.

Buehler (4-1) improved to 3-0 with a 0.43 ERA over his last three outings. The right-hander allowed one run and four hits, struck out six and walked two.

Cody Bellinger had three hits for Los Angeles, and Justin Turner and Freddie Freeman each contributed a sacrifice fly. Mookie Betts went 2 for 5 while extending his hitting streak to a team-high nine games.

INTERLEAGUE

ANGELS 5, NATIONALS 4: Shohei Ohtani hit a tying, two-run double in the ninth inning, Anthony Rendon followed with a game-ending single against his former team and Los Angeles won at home.

The Angels trailed 4-2 going into the ninth. Luis Rengifo drew a walk with one out and advanced to third on Taylor Ward’s hit. Mike Trout struck out, but Ohtani lined a double to center off Tanner Rainey (0-1). The reigning AL MVP had been 1 for 11 against Washington during the weekend series.

Rendon then lined a single to center and Ohtani slid to avoid Victor Robles’ throw home.

NOTES

METS: New York released second baseman Robinson Canó, a week after he was designated for assignment despite having nearly $45 million remaining on his contract.

Canó, 39, was hitting .195 (8 for 41) with one home run, three RBI and a paltry .501 OPS in 43 plate appearances for the NL East-leading Mets. He sat out last season while serving his second suspension for performance-enhancing drugs.

CUBS: Chicago scratched Marcus Stroman for Sunday night’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, putting the right-hander on the injured list without a designation.

The move likely means Stroman’s absence is connected to a COVID-19-related issue.

Stroman is 1-3 with a 5.13 ERA in his first season in Chicago after finalizing a $71 million, three-year contract on Dec. 1.

Justin Steele replaced Stroman against the Dodgers, making his first appearance since April 30. Steele was slated to pitch Monday night at San Diego, but Kyle Hendricks will make that start against the Padres instead.

The Cubs also optioned struggling first baseman Frank Schwindel to Triple-A Iowa and promoted right-hander Adrian Sampson from the minors.

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