Mookie Betts hits three homers in Dodgers’ win

Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts hit three home runs Thursday night for the sixth time in his career, matching a major-league record held by Sammy Sosa and Johnny Mize, and host Los Angeles beat the San Diego Padres 11-2.

Betts launched a two-run shot off Chris Paddack in the second inning, added a solo homer in the fourth off Luis Perdomo and another two-run drive off Perdomo in the fifth.

With a chance to tie the big-league mark of four home runs in one game, Betts reached on an infield single in the seventh.

Cubs 4, Brewers 2: Yu Darvish took a no-hitter into the seventh in his third straight dominant start, and Chicago defeated Milwaukee at Wrigley Field. Darvish allowed just one hit — Justin Smoak’s towering solo homer to right field with one out in the seventh inning on his 98th pitch — before being relieved by Casey Sadler to start the eighth. Kyle Schwarber hit a solo homer in the second as Chicago improved to 13-3 for the first time since 1907.

Mets 8, Nationals 2: Tomas Nido had his first two-homer game as a professional, hitting a two-run shot in the fourth and a grand slam in the fifth, to lead host New York to a split of the four-game series.

Rays 17, Red Sox 8: Hunter Renfroe belted two homers and drove in three runs, Mike Zunino hit a three-run shot over the Green Monster and out of Fenway Park, and Tampa Bay completed a four-game series sweep.

Orioles 11, Phillies 4: Pedro Severino and Rio Ruiz hit homers to back Thomas Eshelman and Baltimore swept three games at Philadelphia.

Pirates 9, Reds 6: Adam Frazier hit the first of three homers off Anthony DeSclafani, who hasn’t beaten Pittsburgh in his past seven tries, as visiting Pittsburgh returned from a three-day layoff with a flourish. Pittsburgh’s three-game series in St. Louis was called off because of the Cardinals’ coronavirus outbreak.