WASHINGTON (AP) — Freddie Freeman homered twice, Dansby Swanson hit a go-ahead shot in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat the Washington Nationals 7-6 on Thursday night. Freeman tied the game at 6 in the seventh with a 443-foot, two-run drive to right-center off Will Harris. Swanson’s solo shot off Tanner Rainey gave the Braves their first lead. After a scary bout with COVID-19 during the Braves’ summer camp, Freeman is among the major league leaders in OPS. He has five homers and 20 RBIs in his past seven games.Chris Martin got the win and Mark Melancon worked the ninth for his ninth save in 10 chances. Ronald Acuña Jr. also hit a two-run homer for the Braves, who weathered another ineffective outing from their makeshift rotation. Spot starter Robbie Erlin got five outs and allowed five extra-base hits.TIGERS 6, CARDINALS 3ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jeimer Candelario capped a two-homer day with a two-run, bases-loaded single in the seventh inning to help the Detroit Tigers earn a doubleheader split.Candelario hit a two-run homer in the first game and added a solo shot in the second game.Jose Cisnero (2-2) picked up the win for the Tigers. Giovanny Gallegos (1-2) took the loss.Jorge Bonifacio added a two-run homer for Detroit. Tommy Edman homered for St. Louis. CARDINALS 12, TIGERS 2ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yadier Molina, wearing uniform No. 21 in honor of Roberto Clemente, hit a two-run homer in the second inning as the Cardinals hit five homers in a rout in the first game of a doubleheader against Detroit.The normally stoic Molina jumped into the air after passing first base and appeared to wipe away a tear with his uniform sleeve as he approached home plate.Born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Molina was among players from the commonwealth who wore the number as part of Major League Baseball’s tributes this week to Clemente, who died when a plane crashed en route to a relief mission in Nicaragua on Dec. 31, 1972.Molina put St. Louis ahead 2-0 in the second against Tarik Skubal (1-2) with his third home run this season. It was his 158th homer for St. Louis, passing Johnny Mize for 10th on the Cardinals career list.Lane Thomas, Tyler O’Neill, Paul Goldschmidt and Rangel Ravelo also homered for St. Louis.A'S 3, ASTROS 1OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Sean Manaea carried a perfect game into the sixth inning on the way to winning his fourth straight start, Matt Olson hit a two-run homer, and the Oakland Athletics beat the stumbling Houston Astros.Manaea (4-2) struck out four and didn’t walk a batter over seven innings.Astros right-hander José Urquidy (0-1) didn’t allow a runner until Marcus Semien’s one-out walk in the fourth and didn’t give up at hit until Canha’s single in the fifth.The division-leading A’s (27-15) moved 6 1/2 games ahead of Houston in the AL West race. The A’s have their largest division lead since they were 6½ games up on Sept. 25, 2013.The teams split Tuesday’s doubleheader forced by an Aug. 30 postponement at Houston because of Oakland pitcher Daniel Mengden’s positive coronavirus test result the day before. Houston (22-23), winner of a majors-best 107 games last season and the past three AL West titles, has lost eight of nine.ANGELS 6, RANGERS 2ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Mike Trout hit his major league-leading 16th home run, a 449-foot drive into the left field second deck, and the Los Angeles Angels avoided being swept in six games this season at new Globe Life Field. Trout homered in the fifth inning against Kyle Gibson (1-5) for a 4-1 lead. Rookie Jared Walsh homered for the third time in five games, a go-ahead, three-run drive in the first. Los Angeles is five games behind the New York Yankees for the AL’s final playoff spot.Dylan Bundy (5-2) allowed two runs and four hits in 7 1/3 innings with a season-high 12 strikeouts and one walk.Gibson gave up five runs, 10 hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings.ROYALS 11, INDIANS 1CLEVELAND (AP) — Kansas City rookie Brady Singer allowed just one hit — a two-out single through an infield shift in the eighth inning — and flirted with baseball history while leading the Royals past Cleveland. Making just his ninth career start, the 24-year-old Singer (2-4) was four outs from becoming the 36th rookie to throw a no-hitter when Cleveland catcher Austin Hedges, who came in batting .148, bounced a single through a wide-open right side. The hit came on a full-count. Maikel Franco and Adalberto Mondesi each hit three-run homers for the Royals.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports