The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night, becoming the first Major League team with 50 wins this season.

At 50-22, the Rays tied the mark for the second fastest any team has reached 50 wins in the past 20 seasons.

Tampa has a five-game lead over the Baltimore Orioles for first place in the American League East. No other Major League team has more than 43 wins.

J.T. Realmuto, who was 0-for-13 in his previous four games, hit for the cycle in the Philadelphia Phillies' eventual loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.

He is the 17th catcher to achieve the feat in Major League history and the first since 2011.

Realmuto got it started with a solo homer in the first inning and a two-run triple in the third. He hit a double in the ninth inning to complete Philadelphia's ninth cycle in franchise history and first since David Bell in 2004.

Marcus Semien extended his hitting streak to 25 games in the Texas Rangers' 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.

"He's just a good hitter," Bruce Bochy said. "I'll start with that, so it's pretty simple. This guy can flat-out hit. He's got a simple swing. He has a great balance up there and uses all fields. That double today was to right-center, he didn't pull it. He is just a really good hitter and he's in a nice, nice groove right now. It's fun to see when these great athletes get in the zone. And that's been the case with Marcus."

His 25-game hit streak is the longest active streak in MLB. 

During the streak, Semien has slashed .327/.367/.564.

Luis Arraez had two hits in the Miami Marlins' win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night, raising his batting average to .401.

Arraez has 12 hits in his past four games, tying the most in a four-game span in Marlins history.

"It is an honor when I see that number on the scoreboard but as I've said before, it is not impossible," Arraez said in Spanish. "Things are going well for me and we are also winning, which is what is most important."

Arraez is the first player batting .400 or better 62 team games into a season since Chipper Jones in 2008.

Pete Alonso hit his Major League-leading 21st home run on Sunday, making Citi Field history in the process.

Alonso surpassed Lucas Duda for the most home runs hit at Citi Field, which opened with the 2009 season.

Alonso now sits at 72 homers at the home of the New York Mets, ahead of Duda (71), Michael Conforto (66), David Wright (49) and Curtis Granderson (40) on the park's all-time list.