Mookie Betts of the Dodgers celebrates with Freddie Freeman after they scored on a two-run home run by Freeman during the tenth inning in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday in New York. Frank Franklin II/Associated Press AP

NEW YORK — Gavin Stone struck out seven in seven innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the reeling New York Mets 3-0 on Tuesday night for a doubleheader sweep.

Stone (5-2) allowed three hits and walked none. Alex Vesia got six outs for his second save, finishing a three-hitter.

The NL West-leading Dodgers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 win in the opener. Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning, and Teoscar Hernández had three hits.

Los Angeles trailed 2-0 before Freeman hit an RBI single in the eighth, and Chris Taylor — mired in a 7-for-72 slump — drove in Hernández with a well-placed bunt in the ninth against Adam Ottavino.

Mookie Betts opened the 10th with an RBI single against Jorge López (1-2), driving in automatic runner Andy Pages. After Shohei Ohtani struck out swinging, Freeman hit a drive to right for his sixth homer.

The Dodgers then got off to a fast start in the second game. Will Smith homered in the first against Jose Quintana, and Miguel Rojas hit an RBI double in the second. Miguel Vargas went deep in the sixth.

CARDINALS 7, REDS 1: Nolan Arenado and Nolan Gorman each hit a two-run homer, helping Kyle Gibson and St. Louis win at Cincinnati.

Iván Herrera had three hits for St. Louis, which improved to 11-3 in its last 14 games.

BRAVES 2, NATIONALS 0: Marcell Ozuna broke a scoreless tie with his 16th homer in the seventh, Max Fried threw eight strong innings and Atlanta beat visiting Washington.

Fried (5-2) allowed seven hits with one walk and six strikeouts, finishing three outs shy of his second consecutive complete game and third of the season.

CUBS 6, BREWERS 3: Mike Tauchman hit a go-ahead single in Chicago’s five-run 10th inning that appeared to bounce off Trevor Megill’s throwing elbow, and the Cubs stopped a five-game skid by beating host Milwaukee.

Ben Brown struck out a career-high 10 in seven hitless innings, continuing the Brewers’ season-long futility against Cubs starting pitchers. The Brewers got their first hit on Sal Frelick’s one-out single off Hayden Wesneski in the eighth.

Brown threw 93 pitches, 64 for strikes, in the rookie right-hander’s sixth start and 13th appearance. Cubs starters have combined to throw 32 1/3 shutout innings against the Brewers this season.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

ATHLETICS 3, RAYS 0: Rookie Mitch Spence took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, Miguel Andújar hit a three-run homer, and visiting Oakland beat Tampa Bay.

Spence (4-2) had allowed just one base runner — a second-inning leadoff walk to Isaac Paredes — until José Caballero flared a single to center with one out in the sixth.

T.J. McFarland, Michael Kelly and Mason Miller, who worked the ninth to get his 11th save in as many chances, completed a three-hitter.

TWINS 4, ROYALS 2: Simeon Woods Richardson earned his first win in eight starts, Jose Miranda drove in two runs and Minnesota  won at home.

Minnesota, winners of six of its last seven games, got two hits apiece from Manuel Margot, Byron Buxton and Carlos Santana.

NOTES

METS: David Stearns knows the Mets don’t look like a playoff-caliber team. The Mets are not naive to the struggles on the field, despite their wildly unpopular narrative about “staying positive” throughout a stretch of play that has seen them fall to fourth place in the National League East with a 7-16 record.

However, the president of baseball operations still believes the roster he constructed will be able to overcome this month to reach the postseason.

“Look, we haven’t played like a playoff team, and that’s the reality,” Stearns said. “That doesn’t mean we won’t, but we’ve got to show it. We have a group of players that is determined to play better.”

The 2024 Mets have been an interesting case study of failure. There isn’t one specific aspect of their game that is torpedoing the season, rather it’s a collection of inconsistencies and a lack of cohesion. One day they hit everything thrown at them, but the pitchers can’t finish hitters. The days when the offense looks the most anemic are the same days when the pitching is lights-out.

“I’m not saying anything revelatory here, we just need to play more consistent baseball in all facets of the game,” Stearns said.

And then, of course, there has been a string of frustrating late-inning losses.

Closer Edwin Diaz, the most expensive closer in the game, has blown four saves this season and has an ERA of 5.40. The Mets anticipated some struggles and adjustments for the right-hander this season considering he sat out all of last year with a knee injury, but they didn’t see these kinds of numbers coming.

Stearns said it’s still too early for him and his team to plan for the July 30 deadline.

• Francisco Alvarez is set to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Binghamton on Thursday, putting the Mets one step closer to getting back their starting catcher.

Alvarez was expected to miss six to eight weeks after having surgery on a torn ligament in his left thumb on April 23, four days after he slipped while rounding first base in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. But Alvarez has ramped up his baseball activity, which included a live batting practice session on Saturday, and he is scheduled to catch five to seven innings on Thursday.

GIANTS: Left-hander Drew Pomeranz has a $1 million base salary in his one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants and can earn $200,000 in performance bonuses.

The former All-Star would get $100,000 each for 40 and 50 games as a pitcher. If he is assigned to the minor leagues, he would get a $180,000 salary.

The 35-year-old signed with San Francisco on Friday following his release from a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He did not pitch in the weekend series at the New York Mets.

Pomeranz has not pitched in the major leagues since 2021. He is 48-58 with a 3.91 ERA in 140 starts and 149 relief appearances for Colorado (2011-13), Oakland (2014-15), San Diego (2016, 2020-21), Boston (2016-18), San Francisco (2019) and Milwaukee (2021). He was an All-Star in 2016 and went 17-6 for the Red Sox the following year.

After two years dealing with shoulder and elbow injuries, Pomeranz went to spring training on a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels. He was released by the Angels, signed with the Dodgers and went 1-0 with a 6.00 ERA in eight games with Triple-A Oklahoma City.

•  First baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. will miss at least four weeks with a left hamstring strain, the team announced.

Wade, who is batting .333 with two home runs this season, has been a regular at the top of the Giants’ lineup. He re-aggravated the hamstring after a hard slide into second on a double on Monday. It’s the same injury that kept him out of the lineup over the weekend.

WHITE SOX: The Chicago White Sox have placed right-hander Mike Clevinger on the 15-day injured list and brought up right-hander Jake Woodford from Triple-A Charlotte.

Clevinger is dealing with right elbow inflammation. He was slated to start against Toronto on Tuesday night, and Woodford stepped into his spot into the rotation.

BLUE JAYS: The Toronto Blue Jays reinstated right-handed reliever Chad Green from the 15-day injured list before Tuesday’s game in Chicago against the White Sox and optioned righty Erik Swanson to Triple-A Buffalo.

The 33-year-old Green had been out since April 15 with a strain of the right teres major, a muscle in the upper arm near the shoulder. He’s 1-0 with a 2.35 ERA and two saves in seven games this season.

RANGERS: The Texas Rangers activated Nathan Eovaldi from the 15-day injured list to start their World Series rematch against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night, rather than have the right-hander pitch in a rehab game.

Eovaldi, an All-Star last season in his Rangers debut, had been out with a right groin strain since departing after 5 1/3 scoreless innings against Washington on May 2. He was 2-2 with a 2.61 ERA in his first seven starts.