NEW YORK — Embattled closer Devin Williams allowed a tiebreaking RBI single to Luke Keaschall in the ninth inning, and the New York Mets lost its 12th consecutive game, falling 5-3 to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

The Mets’ skid is their longest since they dropped 12 straight from Aug. 10-23, 2002. No team has made the playoffs after a season in which it lost 12 games in a row.

Matt Wallner followed Keaschall by drawing a bases-loaded walk off Williams (0-1), who didn’t retire any of the five batters he faced before being booed off the mound. Williams has allowed seven runs while recording four outs in his past three appearances.

The Mets were in position to end their streak when Nolan McLean retired the first 15 Twins batters and Francisco Lindor hit a three-run homer in the third to give the Mets their biggest lead since April 5, when they beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2.

The homer was Lindor’s first with a man on base since last Aug. 15 — one day before McLean’s debut.

Wallner led off the sixth with a single off McLean and Byron Buxton homered with two outs. Keaschall tied the game with an RBI single in the seventh.

Four Twins pitchers retired the final 14 Mets in order. Cole Sands (1-1) worked the final two innings.

McLean allowed 3 runs and struck out 10 in 6 2/3 innings. Twins starter Simeon Woods Richardson gave up 3 runs and struck out 2 in 5 innings.

REDS 12, RAYS 6 Elly De La Cruz hit two of Cincinnati’s five home runs, rookie Sal Stewart added three RBI to reach 24 on the season and the Reds scored the first nine runs to cruise to a 12-6 victory over host Tampa Bay. De La Cruz, who went 3 for 6 with 5 RBI, hit a two-run homer to begin the scoring in the first inning and he added a solo shot in the ninth for his eighth of the season to make it 12-2. It was De La Cruz’s sixth career multihomer game, passing Pete Rose for the most in Reds history by a switch-hitter.

RANGERS 5, PIRATES 1 Kumar Rocker allowed a run in six innings and Evan Carter drove in the tying run before robbing Oneil Cruz of a three-run homer, leading host Texas to a victory over Pittsburgh.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

CARDINALS 5, MARLINS 3 Nathan Church hit a two-run homer and Alec Burleson had two RBI to back a strong start by Dustin May and visiting St. Louis beat Miami. May (3-2) allowed a leadoff home run to Jakob Marsee but then settled down. He left with one on and one out in the sixth, allowing a run and six hits. Justin Bruihl followed with 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Ryne Stanek (Arkansas Razorbacks) walked three to load the bases with two outs in the eighth and left after a two-run single by Heriberto Hernandez cut St. Louis’ lead to 5-3. George Soriano struck out Connor Norby to end the rally.

NATIONALS 11, BRAVES 4 James Wood homered, Luis Garcia Jr. had four hits and host Washington snapped Atlanta’s six-game winning streak. The Nationals scored three runs before Atlanta starter Reynaldo Lopez (1-1) retired a hitter, and the right-hander was done two batters into the second.

CUBS 7, PHILLIES 4 Shota Imanaga pitched seven innings of three-hit ball in his fourth consecutive sharp start and host Chicago extended its winning streak to seven games with a win over Philadelphia. Nico Hoerner hit a solo homer and Seiya Suzuki followed with two-run drive. Chicago has outscored opponents 51-18 during its winning streak, the team’s longest since an eight-game run in July 2023. The Phillies dropped a seventh consecutive game for the first time since June 2019.

PADRES 1, ROCKIES 0 Randy Vasquez threw seven shutout innings to help San Diego edge host Colorado. The win was the Padres’ 14th in 16 games following a 2-5 start to the season. They improved to 15-3 since the start of last season against the Rockies, who they’ve defeated seven times in a row.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

YANKEES 4, RED SOX 0 Giancarlo Stanton hit a solo homer in the second and added a two-run double as visiting New York extended its winning streak to four with a win over Boston. Stanton, who sat out a 7-0 win over Kansas City on Sunday after going 0 for 9 in his previous two games, drove in the first three runs for New York and gave starter Luis Gil all the offense he needed against the struggling Red Sox. Gil (1-1) held Boston to two hits as the Yankees outhit the Red Sox 10-4 and cruised to their major league-leading fifth shutout of the season.

BREWERS 12, TIGERS 4 Brice Turang drove in four runs and David Hamilton had four hits as visiting Milwaukee routed Detroit. Despite missing their top three hitters, the Brewers put 19 runners on base and scored in double digits for the second time this season. They have won five of six.

GUARDIANS 8, ASTROS 5 Chase DeLauter hit a bases-loaded triple down the left-field line in the eighth inning as host Cleveland rallied to beat Houston.

ROYALS 6, ORIOLES 5 Maikel Garcia raced home on a game-ending wild pitch as host Kansas City rallied for a win over Baltimore, snapping an eight-game losing streak. After Garcia and Bobby Witt Jr. drew walks to lead off the ninth, Vinnie Pasquantino struck out with runners advancing to second and third on the wild pitch by Ryan Helsley (0-2) .