Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki tips his helmet after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning against the Philadelphia Phillies, Wednesday, in Toronto. Tulowitzki was making his debut after being traded from the Colorado Rockies.

TORONTO — Troy Tulowitzki homered and had three hits in his Blue Jays debut as Toronto beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-2 on Wednesday night.

The five-time All-Star, who was acquired in a trade with the Colorado Rockies, went 3 for 5 with two doubles and three RBIs. He scored three times.

R.A. Dickey (5-10) allowed two runs, none earned, and seven hits in eight innings to win consecutive starts for the first time this season.

The Blue Jays snapped Philadelphia’s winning streak at five games and handed the Phillies just their second loss in 11 games since the All-Star break.

Toronto has won nine of the past 10 meetings with Philadelphia.

Tulowitzki was cheered when he came out for pregame stretching and got a standing ovation before his first at-bat, stepping out briefly to let the noise subside.

After working the count to 2-2, he struck out swinging on a breaking ball.

Starting in the leadoff spot for the first time in his career, Tulowitzki connected for a two-run, second-deck blast off Jerome Williams in the third inning.

Astros 6, Angels 3HOUSTON — Rookie Lance McCullers pitched seven solid innings and Preston Tucker and Jon Singleton both homered to help Houston Astros to a win over Los Angeles to regain first place in the American League West.Houston also took the first game of the series to move ahead of the Angels, who came into town leading the division.McCullers (5-3) allowed five hits and one run with five strikeouts to lower his ERA to 2.48.The Astros trailed by one before a two-run fifth, capped by an RBI single by Jose Altuve made it 2-1. Tucker hit a solo homer in the sixth and Singleton’s shot came in the seventh to push the lead to 4-1.Los Angeles starter Garrett Richards (10-8) yielded seven hits and four runs in 6 1-3 innings.

Dodgers 10, Athletics 7LOS ANGELES — Pinch-hitter Kike Hernandez delivered the go-ahead, two-run double during a five-run seventh inning, and Los Angeles rallied from a three-run deficit for a wild victory over Oakland.Yasiel Puig hit a two-run homer on his bobblehead night for the Dodgers (57-45), who snapped their three-game losing streak and avoided falling out of first place for the first time in two months.Puig added an RBI single in the seventh, capping the Dodgers’ comeback after the last-place A’s scored four runs in the top half of the seventh to take a 6-3 lead.Brett Lawrie had a ninth-inning homer among his career-high four hits and four RBIs for Oakland, which has lost five of six.

Padres 7, Mets 3NEW YORK — Justin Upton homered and drove in three runs and Yonder Alonso also connected as San Diego beat New York despite three long balls from Lucas Duda.Duda hit the first of his home runs leading off the second to end Tyson Ross’ streak of starts without allowing one at 16, a Padres record.Ross (7-8) hadn’t given up a homer since April 28, a span of 100 innings.

Reds 1, Cardinals 0ST. LOUIS — Jay Bruce homered in the second to back Anthony DeSclafani’s seven innings of three-hit ball, and Cincinnati shut out St. Louis for the second straight night.The Reds ended a nine-series losing streak in St. Louis and have won consecutive games at Busch Stadium for the first time since July 6 and Sept. 2, 2011.It was the first time Cincinnati won consecutive games in the same series since June 2006.