Starting pitcher Framber Valdez delivers a pitch during the Astros’ 2-0 win over the White Sox on Sunday in Chicago. Eric Christian Smith/Associated Press

HOUSTON — Framber Valdez threw seven sharp innings for his eighth straight win and Yainer Diaz and Jose Altuve homered to help the Houston Astros to a 2-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

The win was Houston’s 10th in 11 games and moved the AL West leaders to a season-best 11 games over .500 at 67-56.

Bryan Abreu struck out two in the eighth and Josh Hader fanned two in the ninth to complete the three-hitter. Hader has converted his last 27 save opportunities, which extends a franchise record.

ROYALS 8, REDS 1: Dairon Blanco hit his third home run in two days and started a rally with a bunt single as Kansas City beat the Reds in Cincinnati to complete a three-game sweep.

Blanco, an outfielder, had just 64 at-bats coming into the series, before helping the Royals outscore the Reds 26-3.

The 31-year old from Cuba drove in seven runs on Saturday with two home runs, including a grand slam. On Sunday, he started a two-run third inning against 10-game winner Andrew Abbott with a bunt single. Blanco stole second and scored on Vinnie Pasquantino’s single. Salvatore Perez added a sacrifice fly.

TIGERS 3, YANKEES 2: Parker Meadows set off fireworks with a 10th-inning single that brought hundreds of Little Leaguers to their feet and scored Zach McKinstry on a headfirst slide to give Detroit a win over New York the Major League Baseball Little League Classic in Williamsports, Pennsylvania.

DODGERS 2, CARDINALS 1: Shohei Ohtani hit his National League-leading 39th home run and Clayton Kershaw tossed six shutout innings to lead Los Angeles over the Cardinals in St. Louis.

Miguel Rojas and Gavin Lux had three hits apiece as the NL West leaders won for the seventh time in 10 games.

BLUE JAYS 1, CUBS 0: Joey Loperfido homered and Bowden Francis threw seven scoreless innings to help Toronto shut out the Cubs in Chicago.

Loperfido’s solo shot off Shota Imanaga (9-3) was all Toronto needed to end a two-game skid.

Francis (6-3) matched his longest career outing, set six days earlier against the Los Angeles Angels.

ROCKIES 3, PADRES 2: Jacob Stallings drove in the tiebreaking run with a single in the sixth inning, and Colorado beat San Diego in Denver.

Colorado took the season series from the Padres 8-5 and ended their streak of series victories. San Diego had won eight series in a row to tie the franchise record.

BRAVES 3, ANGELS 1: Ramón Laureano homered for the second straight game and Atlanta wrapped up a 10-game road trip with a win over the Angels.

Braves third baseman Austin Riley left the game in the first inning after being hit on the right hand by a pitch. He took a 97 mph sinker from Jack Kochanowicz off his right hand, then stayed in to run the bases but exited between innings.

RANGERS 6, TWINS 5: Josh Jung’s infield single and a throwing error gave Texas a win over Minnesota in 10 innings in Arlington, Texas, after the defending World Series champions trailed 4-0 going into the seventh.

Jose Miranda fielded Jung’s chopper coming toward the plate and his throw to first base pulled Carlos Santana up off the base. Santana tried to tag out Jung but the ball came loose and rolled toward right field, allowing automatic runner Adolis García to score.

Jung also hit a solo homer in the seventh to cap a five-run inning for the Rangers.

MARLINS 3, METS 2: Derek Hill delivered a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning that sent Miami to a win in New York.

Nick Fortes had a sacrifice fly and Hill scored on a wild pitch for the last-place Marlins, who prevented a three-game sweep. Miami became the first team to win a game in which it had three runners picked off since the New York Yankees beat Toronto 4-2 in June 1991.

NATIONALS 6, PHILLIES 4: Keibert Ruiz homered for the third time in four games, Alex Call and James Wood also went deep and Washington snapped a four-game skid and avoided a series sweep with a win over the NL-leading Phillies in Philadelphia.

Jacob Young’s sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth snapped a 4-all tie as the Nationals ended the Phillies’ four-game winning streak.

MARINERS 10, PIRATES 3: George Kirby worked six solid innings and Seattle ended a five-game skid with a win over the Pirates in Pittsburgh.

Kirby (9-9) pitched five shutout innings and allowed two runs and four hits, striking out five and walking two. The 26-year-old right-hander rebounded after surrendering 11 runs and 12 hits in 3 2/3 innings his last time out, a 15-1 loss at Detroit on Aug. 13.

BREWERS 2, GUARDIANS 0: Colin Rea and two relievers combined on a two-hit shutout as Milwaukee defeated visiting Cleveland for its fifth consecutive victory.

The NL Central-leading Brewers (72-52) improved to a season-best 20 games above .500 after going 7-3 on a 10-game homestand that included a four-game split with the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers and a three-game sweep of the AL Central-leading Guardians.

GIANTS 4, ATHLETICS 2: Jerar Encarnación and Michael Conforto hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the 10th inning, lifting San Francisco to a win over the Athletics in Oakland, California, in the finale of the Bay Bridge Series.

Heliot Ramos also connected to help the struggling Giants to their second victory in seven games.

NOTES

DODGERS: First baseman Freddie Freeman was held out of the starting lineup because of a jammed middle finger on his right hand.

Freeman was hurt during Saturday’s 5-2 loss to the Cardinals. X-rays were negative, and the first baseman is day to day.

Freeman is hitting .292 with 17 homers and 72 RBI.