OAKLAND, California — Mitch Moreland hit reliever Emilio Pagan’s first pitch of the evening for a tie-breaking grand slam in the sixth inning Friday night, propelling the Boston Red Sox to their eighth straight win, a 7-3 triumph over the Oakland Athletics here.

The Red Sox trailed the opener of a three-game series 3-0 after one inning, but quickly evened the score on a three-run home run by Jackie Bradley Jr. in the second, setting the stage for Moreland’s game-winning blow four innings later.

Right-hander Hector Velasquez (3-0) pitched three innings of shutout relief to get the win. A’s starter Kendall Graveman (0-4), who loaded the bases in the sixth, took the loss.

Graveman had retired 11 straight batters following Bradley’s homer before Mookie Betts, Andrew Benintendi and Hanley Ramirez singled consecutively to open the sixth. Pagan then came on and immediately served up Moreland’s grand slam, the third of his career and first since 2016. The homer was Moreland’s second of the season.

Mets 5, Braves 3 (12 innings): New York’s Robert Gsellman pitched two innings of scoreless relief and scored the winning run in the 12th inning to give his team a win over Atlanta at SunTrust Park.

Gsellman, who batted for himself in the 12th, was hit by a pitch by Atlanta reliever Josh Ravin. He advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a single by Yoenis Cespedes. Gsellman slid in ahead of the throw from right fielder Nick Markakis. The Mets added an insurance run when Asdrubel Cabrera doubled to right to drive in Cespedes.

New York closer Jeurys Familia pitched a scoreless 12th, giving him 11 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings, to earn his eighth save.

Nationals 5, Dodgers 2: Max Scherzer struck out nine in six innings and outdueled Clayton Kershaw in a matchup of three-time Cy Young Award winners as Washington defeated Los Angeles in the opener of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.

Rays 8, Twins 7 (10 innings): Pinch runner Johnny Field scored the decisive run from second base on an infield grounder with two out in the bottom of the 10th inning as Tampa Bay posted a victory over Minnesota at Tropicana Field.

Blue Jays 8, Yankees 5: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. experienced a memorable major league debut when he drove in three runs as Toronto beat New York at Yankee Stadium.

Padres 4, Diamondbacks 1: San Diego third baseman Christian Villanueva singled in the tie-breaking run in a three-run ninth inning and Franchy Cordero hit the third-longest homer in Chase Field history in the team’s Arizona.

Astros 10, White Sox 0: George Springer drove in four runs, Carlos Correa belted two home runs and Justin Verlander logged his third scoreless appearance as Houston extended its winning streak to four games with a victory over Chicago at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Cubs 16, Rockies 5: Javier Baez and Kyle Schwarber each homered and drove in four runs as visiting Chicago beat Colorado to open a three-game series.

Mariners 6, Rangers 2: Jean Segura ripped a one-out, two-run double in the top of the ninth inning to break open a tie game as Seattle defeated Texas at Globe Life Park in the first game of a three-game set.

Phillies 2, Pirates 1: Odubel Herrera broke an eighth-inning tie with a run-scoring triple, sending host Philadelphia to a victory over Pittsburgh.

Tigers 3, Royals 2 (10 innings) (Game 1): JaCoby Jones hit a game-winning homer in the bottom of the 10th, and host Detroit captured its fourth straight victory by edging the slumping Kansas City in the first game of a doubleheader.

Royals 3, Tigers 2 (Game 2): Kansas City rallied with two runs in the ninth and snapped a nine-game losing streak by topping host Detroit in the second game of a doubleheader.

Giants 8, Angels 1: Home runs by Andrew McCutchen and Mac Williamson highlighted a six-run fifth inning and helped lift San Francisco over Los Angeles at Angel Stadium.

Orioles 3, Indians 1: Manny Machado homered for the third time in two games and Trey Mancini added a tiebreaking two-run double in the fifth inning as Baltimore defeated visiting Cleveland.

Cardinals 4, Reds 2: St. Louis scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, two of those on a double by Yadier Molina, and the offense was more than enough to back right-hander Michael Wacha in a victory over struggling Cincinnati at Busch Stadium.

Brewers 8, Marlins 0: Ryan Braun and Travis Shaw homered on consecutive pitches in the fourth inning as host Milwaukee defeated Miami. — Reuters