The second game of the Yankees’ series against the Dodgers did not go to plan. LA’s offense jumped all over Will Warren early and often, going up double digits in just the second inning. It was not exactly what they had in mind for a World Series revenge series.

While that game didn’t go ideally for the Yankees, let’s see if they got any help in games around the league. Here’s a look at Saturday’s action in today’s Rivalry Roundup.

An explosion of offense late turned a fairly close game into a laugher as the Rays crushed the Astros.

Up until about the seventh inning, the game was a fairly back and forth affair. Houston took the lead in the bottom of the first. A Yandy Díaz homer helped Tampa Bay put up a three-spot in the third, only for the Astros to answer right back in the bottom half of the inning. Junior Caminero’s solo shot in the fourth inning helped the Rays retake the lead, it was still just 5-3 going into the top of the seventh, but things changed quickly after that.

Tampa Bay sent all nine batters to the plate over the course of the seventh inning. Led by homers from Jake Magnum and Josh Lowe, the Rays put up a six spot in the frame, and never really took their foot off the gas after that. They added seven more runs over the eighth and ninth innings.

In total, the Rays scored 16 runs on 18 hits, including a 4-for-5 with five RBI day for Caminero. Meanwhile, they also let pitcher Zack Littell go all nine innings, allowing three runs on 10 hits.

Kansas City Royals (31-28) 1, Detroit Tigers (38-21) 0

A Michael Wacha vs. Tarik Skubal pitching duel that saw Wacha take a no-hitter into the seventh ended with the Royals winning 1-0 and the game’s lone run coming in the eighth inning.

As you might expect with all that, both starting pitchers were lights out. While Wacha got more of the headlines for taking a no-no deep into the game, Skubal allowed just two singles himself, not allowing a runner into scoring position in his seven innings. In addition to that, he struck out seven batters while walking none. As for Wacha, he struck out six and walked one, but until a Colt Keith single in the seventh that the Tigers got into that column. Like Skubal, neither of the runners he allowed even reached second base.

In the bottom of the eighth, Nick Loftin hit a one-out double, which was followed by a Vinnie Pasquantino single to score the run. That ended up being the game’s decisive moment, as the Royals’ Carlos Estévez worked around another Keith single in the ninth to preserve KC’s shutout.

Other Games

Atlanta Braves (27-30) 5, Boston Red Sox (28-32) 0: Spencer Schwellenbach was very impressive for the Braves, striking out 11 batters in 6.1 innings, as Atlanta shutout Boston. The Braves took the lead in the first inning, but they didn’t truly give themselves some cushion until a four-run fourth, which featured a two-run homer from Ronald Acuña Jr. With the way Schwellenbach pitched, that ended up being plenty for them.

Cleveland Guardians (31-26) 7, Los Angeles Angels (26-31) 5: Having trailed 4-0 at one point, the Guardians scored five unanswered runs, including three in the seventh to overtake and beat the Angels. A two-out, two-RBI double from Gabriel Arias proved to be the difference after Carlos Santana had tied the game with a homer a couple batters earlier.

Seattle Mariners (31-26) 5, Minnesota Twins (31-26) 4 (11 innings): Having gotten a massive play from Julio Rodríguez to keep the game tied in the top of the 11th, the Mariners got a walk-off win thanks to Miles Mastrobuoni avoiding a tag at the plate in the bottom of the inning. The Twins had tied the game in the ninth after being down to their last two outs, but missed out on a chance to take the lead then, in the 10th, and in the 11th.