OAKLAND, Calif. — Carlos Pérez broke out of a lengthy batting slump with a two-run homer off Hyun Jin Ryu, and the Oakland Athletics avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Wednesday.

Pérez’s sixth home run of the season accounted for the only runs scored off Ryu (3-2), who allowed five hits and had five strikeouts with one walk. The loss was his first since Aug. 1, when he made his season debut after Tommy John surgery.

Kevin Smith, called up from the minors before the game, added a three-run homer off Trevor Richards.

Davis Schneider homered for Toronto, which started the day with a half-game lead over Texas for the third AL wild-card spot.

GUARDIANS 2, TWINS 1: Rookie Gavin Williams and four relievers cooled off Minnesota’s offense, combining on a two-hitter as host Cleveland avoided a three-game sweep.

Minnesota still leads second-place Cleveland by six games in the AL Central with 22 games left.

Williams (2-5) didn’t allow a hit until Andrew Stevenson’s RBI single in the fifth. He walked four and struck out four. Royce Lewis singled off Sam Hentges in the sixth. Hentges, Reynaldo López, Nick Sandlin and Emmanuel Clase each worked a scoreless inning.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

CUBS 8, GIANTS 2: Seiya Suzuki hit a three-run double, Cody Bellinger homered and Chicago beat visiting San Francisco for its fourth consecutive win.

Suzuki, Bellinger and Ian Happ each had two hits as Chicago completed a three-game series sweep to move a season-high 12 games above .500 at 76-64. The Cubs moved within 1 1/2 games of NL Central-leading Milwaukee.

Chicago left-hander Jordan Wicks improved to 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA in his first three big league starts. He permitted two runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings.

PIRATES 5, BREWERS 4: Rookie Ji Hwan Bae’s first career triple highlighted a seventh-inning rally as Pittsburgh won at home.

Jason Delay reached with one out in the seventh on a line drive off the right foot of Milwaukee reliever Elvis Peguero (4-5). The speedy Bae then laced a ball to the gap in right-center to put Pittsburgh in front. Bae scored on Miguel Andujar’s pinch-hit single as the Pirates won for the seventh time in nine games.

Ke’Bryan Hayes hit his 13th home run for Pittsburgh.

PHILLIES 5, PADRES 1: Kyle Schwarber hit another eye-popping home run at Petco Park — this one a 465-foot leadoff shot — and Zack Wheeler and three relievers combined to three-hit San Diego’s high-priced offense as Philadelphia beat the host Padres.

The Phillies, who won for the 10th time in 15 games, hold the NL’s top wild card spot. The Padres, who have lost 8 of 13, have failed to live up to the expectations that come with having a payroll of about $250 million, third-highest in baseball. They dropped to nine games under .500.

DIAMONDBACKS 12, ROCKIES 5: Alek Thomas homered and drove in five runs, Tommy Pham had three RBI and Arizona overcame an early four-run deficit to beat visiting Colorado.

NOTES

DODGERS: Julio Urías was placed on administrative leave indefinitely by Major League Baseball, three days after the pitcher was arrested on suspicion of corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant.

The leave was imposed under baseball’s joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy adopted by MLB and the players’ union in 2015 and can be the first step toward a suspension. Players are paid but cannot play while on leave.

Urías was arrested late Sunday night by Department of Public Safety officers in Exposition Park, south of downtown Los Angeles. The park is home to BMO Stadium, where Lionel Messi was playing in a Major League Soccer game with numerous celebrities in attendance.

Urías posted $50,000 bail and was released early Monday. He is due in court on Sept. 27.

Urías, a 27-year-old Mexican-born pitcher, was arrested in May 2019 for domestic battery. He was suspended 20 games by MLB, but he wasn’t prosecuted by the Los Angeles city attorney on the condition he complete a 52-week domestic violence counseling program. No player has been suspended twice under MLB’s joint domestic violence policy.

PIRATES: Pittsburgh placed designated hitter Andrew McCutchen on the 10-day injured list after he partially tore his left Achilles tendon while legging out a double in a victory over Milwaukee on Monday night.

McCutchen hit .256 with 12 home runs and 43 RBIs this season, his 15th since breaking in with Pittsburgh in 2009. He collected his 2,000th career hit in June and was one home run short of 300 when he limped into second base following an RBI double down the left-field line.

BRAVES: Pitcher Michael Soroka was placed on the 15-day injured list in another potentially devastating setback for the former All-Star whose once-promising career has been sidetracked by a pair of major leg injuries.

Reliever Collin McHugh also went on the 15-day IL after getting roughed up Tuesday night in a 10-6 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Braves recalled right-handers Darius Vines and Ben Heller from Triple-A Gwinnett.

Soroka, who has pitched most of the season in Triple-A, started the series opener against the Cardinals but lasted just three innings. He allowed five runs and four hits, including two homers, and complained of numbness in his fingers.

The team listed his injury as right forearm inflammation, signaling another potentially major injury for the 26-year-old Soroka.