MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Jose Miranda hit a game-ending, three-run homer against Milwaukee's Josh Hader as the Minnesota Twins finally got a timely hit to beat the Brewers 4-1 on Wednesday.
Miranda's third hit of the game traveled to the second deck in left field. The Twins have five walk-off wins this season.
Hader (0-3) walked Jorge Polanco and allowed a single to Max Kepler before Miranda's drive.
Jhoan Duran (1-3) worked the ninth for the first win of his career, allowing one hit and a walk. Milwaukee had runners on first and second against Duran, but Jace Peterson - who homered earlier - grounded into a 3-6-3 double play.
The Twins were 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position and left 13 runners on base through the first nine innings.
METS 7, BRAVES 3
ATLANTA (AP) - Francisco Lindor hit a three-run homer, Chris Bassitt threw six strong innings and New York beat Atlanta.
The NL East-leading Mets won two of three in the series and lead the second-place Braves by 2 1/2 games.
Eduardo Escobar and Mark Canha also homered for the Mets.
Eddie Rosario had three hits, including one of Atlanta's three homers.
Bassitt (7-6) allowed one run on five hits. Atlanta's Charlie Morton (5-4) gave up five runs on six hits, including three homers, and three walks in five-plus innings.
MARINERS 6, NATIONALS 4, GAME 1
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run homer, Chris Flexen pitched six solid innings to win his fourth straight start and Seattle won its ninth straight, beating Washington in the first game of a doubleheader.
Jesse Winker, Adam Frazier and Cal Raleigh also homered for Seattle, which last won nine in a row in 2003.
Juan Soto hit a three-run homer for the Nationals with two outs in the ninth inning off Penn Murfee, but Paul Sewald retired Nelson Cruz for his 11th save.
Flexen (6-8) gave up a run on six hits. Washington's Josiah Gray (7-6) allowed five runs on six hits, three of them homers, in five innings.
ROYALS 5, TIGERS 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Brady Singer won for the first time in over a month as Kansas City completed its first winning homestand in nearly a year.
Singer (3-3) worked six innings, allowing one run on seven hits and five walks.
Scott Barlow worked the ninth for his 15th save.
Detroit's Tarik Skubal (6-7) allowed five runs on eight hits in six innings.
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