The Blue Jays extend their home win streak, now nearing the top of the overall American League standings, surpassing both the Yankees and Astros in the picture.

BOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Diamondbacks will try to keep their three-game home win streak alive when they take on the Houston Astros. Arizona is 50-50 overall and 26-25 at home. The Diamondbacks are 38-17 in games when they scored at least five runs.

Isaac Collins and Joey Ortiz hit home runs, William Contreras added a two-run double, and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers extended their winning streak to a season-best nine games while remaining perfect against the Los Angeles Dodgers with an 8-7 victory on Saturday.

Standards have become massive in Houston, where second-half winning streaks are almost treated as standard operating procedure. Pennants are the barometer by which all Astros teams are measured.

The win was manager Dusty Baker’s 2,004th, passing Bruce Bochy (2,003) for 11th on the all-time list. Baker became the 12th manager in MLB history and first Black man to reach 2,000 wins on ...

Starter Hunter Brown had an off-day but the Astros offense managed 13 hits and 11 runs to stop a two-game skid against Seattle.

Rookie Cole Young singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Houston Astros 7-6 on Saturday night.