Seattle Mariners' Leonys Martin loses his helmet as he safely dives back to second base on a pickoff-attempt by the Milwaukee Brewers in the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, in Seattle. Martin was checked for an injury on the play but remained in the game. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Seattle Mariners' Leonys Martin loses his helmet as he safely dives back to second base on a pickoff-attempt by the Milwaukee Brewers in the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, in Seattle. Martin was checked for an injury on the play but remained in the game. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Credit: ap — Elaine Thompson

Denver — Nolan Arenado broke out of a slump in a big way, hitting two homers and driving in six runs Sunday to boost the Colorado Rockies over the Chicago Cubs 11-4.

Arenado hit a three-run homer during a seven-run burst in the first inning that included three Cubs errors, then added another three-run drive in the fourth.

Arenado leads the majors with 104 RBIs — he had a big league-high 130 last year — and tops the NL with 32 home runs. The All-Star third baseman was 1 of 16 on the Rockies’ homestand before getting four hits. He passed Cubs slugger Kris Bryant for the NL homer lead.

Jorge De La Rosa (8-7) tossed eight innings, giving up a pair of home runs to Addison Russell.

Dodgers 4, Reds 0

Cincinnati — Chase Utley homered on the fourth pitch of the game, 20-year-old Julio Urias won his third straight decision and Los Angeles beat Cincinnati to end a three-game losing streak.

Los Angeles moved into the NL West lead, a half-game ahead of San Francisco.

Utley connected against Anthony DeSclafani (7-2) for his third home run of the trip and 11th this season, then had an RBI single in the third and scored on Cory Seager’s hit for a 3-0 lead. Utley homered twice Tuesday at Philadelphia, his former team.

Mets 2, Giants 0

San Francisco — Noah Syndergaard and Jeurys Familia combined on a three-hitter and Yoenis Cespedes homered off Jeff Samardzija, leading New York past San Francisco.

Cespedes homered for the third time in two days to help split the four-game series. It also was the 900th victory of manager Terry Collins’ career, making him the 10th active manager to reach the milestone.

Royals 2, Twins 1

Kansas City, Mo. — Danny Duffy won his 10th straight decision, Eric Hosmer doubled in the go-ahead run and Kansas City beat Minnesota for its eighth consecutive win.

The Royals swept a four-game series from the Twins for the first time since 1999 and have their longest winning streak since an eight-game run Aug. 3-11, 2014.

Cardinals 9, Phillies 0

Philadelphia — Mike Leake pitched seven strong innings and hit a two-run single and St. Louis homered four times to rout Philadelphia.

Jedd Gyorko, Stephen Piscotty, Brandon Moss and Jeremy Hazelbaker went deep. The Cardinals had hit multiple home runs in nine straight games, tying a major league record, before failing to connect Saturday night in a 4-2 loss. Jhonny Peralta added three hits as the Cardinals finished a 6-3 trip. They remained 1½ games ahead of Miami for the final wild-card spot in the National League.

Braves 7, Nationals 6 (10)

Atlanta — Jace Peterson hit a tiebreaking homer in the 10th inning off Shawn Kelley to lift Atlanta past Washington in a game delayed 1 hour, 4 minutes in the bottom of the eighth.

Kelley (1-2) hung his head and walked toward the dugout as soon as Peterson made contact with his seventh homer. Kelley gave up one hit and one run in two-thirds of an inning.

Astros 5, Orioles 3

Baltimore — Dallas Keuchel was solid through eight innings, Yulieski Gurriel got a hit in his major league debut and Houston beat Baltimore in a rain-delayed game.

The Astros won the last three games in the four-game series, outscoring Baltimore 32-13 over that stretch. The slumping Orioles have lost four of five and are 9-16 over their past 25 games.

Marlins 3, Pirates 2

Pittsburgh — Christian Yelich homered in the first inning, Miami added a pair of unearned runs and the Marlins rallied past Pittsburgh to complete a three-game sweep.

Jose Urena (2-4) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings to help the Marlins sweep a series for the sixth time this season.

Indians 3, Blue Jays 2

Cleveland — Jose Ramirez hit a two-run homer off Brett Cecil in the eighth inning and Cleveland beat Toronto to win the series between teams that began the game as AL division leaders.

The Indians took two of three, with each game decided by one run.

Angels 2, Yankees 0

Anaheim, Calif. — Albert Pujols had three hits and scored twice on singles by Andrelton Simmons, leading Los Angeles past New York.

Jhoulys Chacin (4-8) allowed six hits over 5 innings, struck out four and walked one in his first scoreless start since April 12 for Atlanta. Deolis Guerra, JC Ramirez and Fernando Salas followed with hitless relief. Salas pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

White Sox 4, Athletics 2

Chicago — Jose Quintana pitched into the eighth innings for his career-best 10th win and Jose Abreu homered for the second straight game to lead Chicago past Oakland.

Todd Frazier had three hits and drove in two runs, and Justin Morneau added an RBI double in Chicago’s three-run first as the White Sox took the final two games of the series and handed Oakland its seventh loss in eight games. Tim Anderson also had three hits.

Rays 8, Rangers 4

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Logan Forsythe homered after missing four games because of back spasms, and Tampa Bay beat Texas to take two of three from the AL West-leading Rangers.

Forsythe hit an opposite-field, three-run shot off Martin Perez (8-9) in a five-run fourth that made it 6-2. He has six homers in his last 10 games.

Brewers 7, Mariners 6

Seattle — Keon Broxton and Chris Carter homered and Scooter Gennett had an RBI single during a four-run ninth inning, and Milwaukee beat Seattle to end a six-game losing streak.

The Brewers trailed 6-3 after eight innings but rallied against Tom Wilhelmsen (2-4). Broxton hit his second solo homer of the game and Carter followed with a two-run shot, his 29th, to tie it.

Padres 9, Diamondbacks 1

San Diego — Luis Perdomo ended a three-start losing streak, Travis Jankowski and Alex Dickerson homered, and San Diego beat Arizona for a four-game split.

Perdomo (6-7) took a shutout into the seventh and wound up allowing an unearned run and five hits in seven innings.

Perdomo, a right-hander who had never pitched above Class A before this season, also beat the Diamondbacks at Arizona on July 4.