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Atlanta’s Adam Duvall connects for one of his two home runs Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Braves won their 11th in a row, 5-3. Hakim Wright Sr./Associated Press

ATLANTA — Adam Duvall homered twice off José Quintana, William Contreras and Matt Olson also connected, and the Atlanta Braves won their 11th straight game, 5-3 over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.

The defending World Series champion Braves began the day having trimmed five games off the New York Mets’ division lead since the winning streak started June 1. They were 5½ games back in the NL East.

This stretch is the club’s best since it won 14 in a row from July 26 to Aug. 9, 2013. During the streak, Atlanta has outscored opponents 74-30 with 22 homers. The pitching staff has a 2.32 ERA over the same span.

Pittsburgh has lost a season-high six straight games. The Pirates were swept for the fifth time this season.

ROCKIES 4, PADRES 2: Ryan McMahon hit a go-ahead, two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning and German Marquez pitched seven strong innings to lead Colorado to a 4-2 win at San Diego.

The Rockies won consecutive games to split the four-game series with the Padres, who played a second straight game without Manager Bob Melvin, who went into COVID-19 protocols Saturday night along with bench coach Ryan Christenson before the second game of a doubleheader. Quality control coach Ryan Flaherty of Portland managed the Padres again.

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BREWERS 4, NATIONALS 1: Willy Adames homered and drove in three runs, and Milwaukee snapped an eight-game losing streak with a victory at Washington.

Milwaukee’s Craig Counsell tied Phil Garner for the most managerial victories in franchise history with 563 as the Brewers ended their longest skid since September 2015.

DIAMONDBACKS 13, PHILLIES 1: Christian Walker had three hits and three RBI, Jake McCarthy homered and visiting Arizona ended Philadelphia’s nine-game winning streak, giving interim manager Rob Thomson his first loss.

Thomson was beaten for the first time since replacing Joe Girardi on June 3. Thomson’s eight wins to start his managing tenure matched the most ever for a Phillies skipper and are second overall to Boston’s Joe Morgan, who won 12 straight in 1988.

REDS 7, CARDINALS 6: TJ Friedl hit a tiebreaking triple in the seventh inning and Tommy Pham added a solo homer as Cincinnati won at St. Louis, snapping a four-game losing streak.

Nolan Arenado and Juan Yepez homered for the Cardinals, who have lost four of six.

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GIANTS 2, DODGERS 0: Carlos Rodón pitched two-hit ball over six strong innings and San Francisco completed a three-game sweep at home against division-leading Los Angeles.

Austin Slater and Mike Yastrzemski homered off Julio Urías in the first inning to send the stumbling Dodgers to their sixth loss in eight games.

INTERLEAGUE

YANKEES 18, CUBS 4: Matt Carpenter homered twice and tied his career high with seven RBI, and New York completed a weekend sweep of visiting Chicago for its 11th win in 12 games.

Carpenter, who was signed on May 26, became the second player since 1900 to hit six home runs in his first 10 games for a team, after Colorado’s Trevor Story in 2016.

ASTROS 9, MARLINS 4: Justin Verlander earned his major league-leading eighth win, Jeremy Pena and Jose Altuve homered and Houston won at home, snapping a three-game losing streak.

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Verlander (8-2) gave up four unearned runs and three hits, walked one and struck out five in seven innings, lowering his ERA to 1.94.

METS 4, ANGELS 1: J.D. Davis and Pete Alonso homered, Taijuan Walker struck out 10 and New York closed out its long trip to California with a victory over Los Angeles.

Starling Marte had two hits and drove in a run in his return to the lineup, while Jeff McNeil had three hits for the Mets, who took two of three at The Big A to go 5-5 on their season-high 10-game trip.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

INDIANS 6, ATHLETICS 3: José Ramírez had three RBI, including a two-run double in the first inning, to continue his torrid production and Cleveland won at home.

Ramírez, who leads the majors with 59 RBI, pulled a double down the left-field line in the first inning. The three-time All-Star added an RBI groundout in the seventh and has driven in 25 runs over the last 21 games.

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Cal Quantrill (4-3) allowed one run in six innings – a solo home run by Ramón Laureano in the first.

BLUE JAYS 6, TIGERS 0: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered, Ross Stripling pitched one-hit ball for six innings and Toronto won at Detroit.

Stripling (3-1) allowed only one hit for the second straight start and struck out four without a walk.

RAYS 6, TWINS 0: Jeffrey Springs threw two-hit ball into the sixth inning, Randy Arozarena stole two bases after twice getting hit by pitches and Tampa Bay won at Minnesota.

Springs (3-2), a former Red Sox reliever, continued his impressive transition to the starting rotation. He struck out five and walked two in 5 1/3 innings against a Twins team that had scored a combined 15 runs in winning the first two games of the series.

RANGERS 8, WHITE SOX 6: Jonah Heim hit a two-run single in the 12th inning and the Texas Rangers turned a double play on a ball hit to the warning track to end a win at Chicago.

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This one began with White Sox right-hander Michael Kopech leaving because of right knee discomfort after 13 pitches and ended with an unusual double play.

Jose Abreu struck out looking against Kolby Allard leading off, then Jake Burger hit a fly to the warning track in left. Charlie Culberson caught the ball, then threw out automatic runner Luis Robert trying to tag up and take third. Robert overslid the base and was tagged easily by Ezequiel Duran, setting off a loud round of boos.

ORIOLES 10, ROYALS 7: Anthony Santander, Ryan Mountcastle and Rougned Odor hit solo home runs, leading Baltimore to a win at Kansas City.

Hunter Dozier, Michael A. Taylor and Bobby Witt Jr. homered for the Royals.

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