Thursday's MLB roundup

Gary Sanchez, Gleyber Torres and DJ LeMahieu homered in a six-run fourth inning that powered the New York Yankees past the visiting Houston Astros 10-6 Thursday night for their sixth straight win.

Edwin Encarnacion hit his AL-leading 23rd home run as the Yankees handed Houston its season-worst fifth loss in a row.

The Astros dropped a matchup of division leaders despite Jake Marisnick's two home runs and solo drives by Alex Bregman and rookie Yordan Alvarez.

Cheering the victory was Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, set to come off the injured list for Friday night's game. He has been out since April 20 with a strained left oblique.

Sanchez opened the fourth with his 22nd homer. With rain falling, Torres connected for a three-run shot off rookie Framber Valdez.

LeMahieu tagged reliever Chris Devenski for a two-run homer and a 6-0 lead.

Texas 4, Cleveland 2: Elvis Andrus homered and had an RBI triple to back another impressive home start by Mike Minor as the Rangers beat the Indians. Minor limited the Indians to three hits and one run over eight innings after they had scored 10 runs each of the past two nights. Minor has a 2.03 ERA in eight home starts.

Toronto 7, Los Angeles 5 (10): Billy McKinney, who came into the game as a pinch runner, hit a two-run, walkoff homer for the Blue Jays.

Chicago 7, New York 4: Top pitching prospect Adbert Alzolay tossed four innings of dazzling relief in his MLB debut and the offense broke through with a six-run third as the Cubs beat the visiting Mets. Javier Baez homered and tripled, and Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run double for Chicago. Rookie slugger Pete Alonso hit his 25th homer and Todd Frazier connected for the 200th of his career for the Mets.

Colorado 6, Arizona 4 (10): Chris Iannetta's two-run, bases-loaded single in the 10th inning gave the visiting Rockies a three-game sweep of the Diamondbacks.

Washington 7, Philadelphia 4: Anthony Rendon hit a solo homer and Victor Robles a two-run shot as the Nationals scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-all tie.

Cincinnati 7, Milwaukee 1: Jose Iglesias homered and drove in four runs, and Tanner Roark allowed one run — a homer by Christian Yelich — over six solid innings as the Reds beat the host Brewers for their fifth straight victory.