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Carson Kelly homered twice, singled and walked twice for the visiting Chicago Cubs in a 16-0 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the middle game of their three-game series on Saturday night.

Michael Busch singled, doubled twice, homered, drove in three runs and scored four times for the Cubs, who ended a two-game losing streak.

Miguel Amaya hit a two-run homer and Ian Happ contributed three hits, a walk and two runs scored for Chicago, which scored 14 runs over the final three innings.

Cubs right-hander Ben Brown (2-1) threw six shutout innings, allowing five hits with five strikeouts and no walks. Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki (0-1) went five innings for the first time in the majors, allowing one run and four hits with three strikeouts and two walks.

Teoscar Hernandez had two hits for the Dodgers, who suffered their largest shutout loss since 1965, an 18-0 defeat to the Cincinnati Reds.

Mariners 9, Rangers 2

Bryan Woo pitched seven strong innings, retiring the final 12 batters he faced, and Cal Raleigh went 2-for-3 with a double and a home run as Seattle defeated visiting Texas.

Julio Rodriguez went 2-for-5 with a run-scoring triple and Luke Raley was 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs as the Mariners won their third consecutive game and their fourth in their past five. Woo (2-0) allowed one run on six hits, with one walk and seven strikeouts.

Rangers starter Kumar Rocker (0-2) allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits, walked two and fanned two over 3 1/3 innings.

Tigers 4, Twins 0

Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs, and Detroit cruised to a win over Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Justyn-Henry Malloy also drove in a run for Detroit, which won for the seventh time in its past eight games. The Tigers will go for a three-game sweep of Minnesota on Sunday.

Tigers right-hander Jackson Jobe (1-0) earned his first career victory. The 22-year-old fired six scoreless innings and gave up two hits, walked one and struck out two.

Phillies 4, Cardinals 1

Nick Castellanos went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs to power visiting Philadelphia past St. Louis.

Phillies starter Christopher Sanchez (1-0) allowed one run on eight hits and two walks in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out three. Jose Alvarado threw a perfect ninth to earn his third save.

Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas (0-2) allowed three runs on three hits and two walks in five innings. He struck out six. Willson Contreras went 2-for-4 with the lone RBI for St. Louis, which grounded into five double plays.

Athletics 3, Mets 1

J.T. Ginn earned the win by tossing 5 1/3 solid innings in his season debut Saturday as the Athletics knocked off New York in West Sacramento, Calif.

Ginn (1-0), drafted by the Mets in the second round of the 2020 MLB draft and dealt to the Athletics in March 2022, allowed one run on four hits and two walks while striking out six. It marked Ginn's first major league appearance since Sept. 26, when he won the franchise's home finale at the Oakland Coliseum. Tyler Soderstrom, JJ Bleday and Jhonny Pereda had an RBI apiece for the Athletics.

New York starter David Ferguson (1-1) allowed two runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out five over six innings. Brandon Nimmo homered for the second straight day for the Mets, who lost for just the second time in the last nine games.

Orioles 5, Blue Jays 4

Heston Kjerstad and Adley Rutschman homered to help Baltimore rally for a win against visiting Toronto in the opener of a rain-shortened two-game series.

Cedric Mullins delivered the go-ahead two-run hit, a double followed by an error, for the Orioles who trailed 3-0 heading to the fifth inning.

Keegan Akin, Bryan Baker (1-0), Yennier Cano and Gregory Soto combined to limit the Blue Jays to one run and two hits over 3 1/3 innings to set up Felix Bautista for the ninth. In the Orioles' first save opportunity this season, Bautista struck out Bo Bichette with runners on second and third to collect his first save since Aug. 24, 2023.

Marlins 7, Nationals 6

Eric Wagaman stroked a go-ahead RBI double in the fifth inning, leading host Miami to a win over Washington.

Sandy Alcantara (2-0) allowed five hits, four walks and four runs in 5 2/3 innings. Calvin Faucher pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his first save of the season.

Four Marlins players had two hits each: Xavier Edwards (with two runs), Kyle Stowers (two RBIs), Griffin Conine (two RBIs) and Graham Pauley.

Yankees 8, Giants 4

Cody Bellinger hit a tiebreaking RBI single to trigger a five-run fifth inning that led New York past visiting San Francisco in rainy conditions.

Bellinger and Jasson Dominguez contributed two hits and two runs apiece for the Yankees. Aaron Judge and Ben Rice also posted two hits, which included Rice's fourth homer of the year. Will Warren (1-0) earned his first career win by allowing two runs on two hits in five innings.

San Francisco starter Jordan Hicks (1-1) was tagged for eight hits and seven runs in four-plus innings. Wilmer Flores drove in all four Giants runs. He hit a tying two-run homer off Warren in the second and a two-run single off Fernando Cruz in the sixth.

White Sox 3, Red Sox 2

Brooks Baldwin lined a game-ending RBI single and Luis Robert Jr. smacked a two-run home run to lift host Chicago over Boston.

The White Sox clinched its first series victory of the season while also winning consecutive games for the first time. The Red Sox have lost five of six. Tyler Gilbert (1-0) picked up the victory in relief, retiring the last batter of the Boston ninth. Left-hander Martin Perez yielded two runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings for Chicago, with four walks and five strikeouts.

Red Sox rookie right-hander Matt Fitts spaced two hits, one walk and five strikeouts in five-plus scoreless innings, but his afternoon ended abruptly as he exited with what the club called 'right shoulder pain' in the top of the sixth.

Braves 5, Rays 4

Michael Harris II swatted a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning as visiting Atlanta's bats woke up and went deep four times, rallying past Tampa Bay.

Harris, who was 2-for-4 with a stolen base and walk, broke a 3-all tie with his second long ball, a shot to right center off Cole Sulser (0-1).

Sean Murphy went deep twice, and Ozzie Albies homered for Atlanta. Austin Riley and Nick Allen (double, run) had three hits apiece as part of a 15-hit showing.

Guardians 6, Royals 3

Luis Ortiz struck out a career-high 10 over 5 2/3 innings and Gabriel Arias homered for a second straight game as Cleveland won its fifth in a row with a victory over visiting Kansas City.

Ortiz (1-2) entered Saturday with an 8.44 ERA from his first two starts. But the right-hander was stellar in his home debut as he yielded only two walks and one hit -- Vinnie Pasquantino's fourth-inning homer. Arias clubbed an opposite-field solo homer in the sixth for his second hit and RBI of the night for the Guardians, who have won five straight to start 5-0 at home for the first time since 2002.

Kansas City's Michael Lorenzen (1-2) gave up three runs and seven hits over 5 2/3 innings. Pasquantino had three of the six hits for the Royals.

Reds 5, Pirates 2

Elly De La Cruz celebrated his bobblehead night in dramatic fashion with his second career grand slam to power Cincinnati past visiting Pittsburgh on Saturday night.

Cincinnati left-hander Andrew Abbott (1-0) was activated from the injured list before the game and responded with five strong innings in his first start of the season, which included three hitless innings. Held out for the first two weeks as he strengthened his rotator cuff, Abbott allowed only two hits and one run. He struck out five and walked two while throwing 81 pitches.

Heaney (0-1) was charged with four runs over six innings as he allowed three hits and two walks. He also hit two Reds and struck out six. Alex Canario stroked a fifth-inning homer for Pittsburgh, which lost for the third time in four games.

Angels 4, Astros 1

Tyler Anderson carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, Taylor Ward and Nolan Schanuel each hit solo home runs, and visiting Los Angeles beat Houston.

The Angels have hit 25 home runs across their last nine games for the most homers in any nine-game span in franchise history. Mike Trout added a two-run single for Los Angeles, which evened the three-game series after losing 14-3 on Friday. Anderson (1-0) allowed one hit with four walks and six strikeouts over 5 2/3 scoreless innings. Kenley Jansen worked around a one-out single in the ninth for his fourth save.

Houston was limited to three hits, including Isaac Paredes' two-out homer in the eighth inning against Ryan Zeferjahn.

Diamondbacks 5, Brewers 4

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to cap a five-run ninth inning as Arizona beat Milwaukee in Phoenix.

The Diamondbacks had not scored in the first 17 innings of the series before their ninth-inning comeback. Arizona's Gabriel Moreno walked with one out in the ninth off Joel Payamps and Alek Thomas had an RBI triple to right center. Trevor Megill (0-1) replaced Payamps and walked Garrett Hampson before Corbin Carroll hit a two-run double to right-center field to make the deficit 4-3.

Milwaukee's Jackson Chourio had two hits including a home run to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 14 games.

Padres 2, Rockies 0

Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jason Heyward homered and Kyle Hart tossed six scoreless innings as San Diego improved to 9-0 at home with a shutout of Colorado.

Hart (2-0) allowed just one hit, a one-out double in the fourth inning by Kyle Farmer, and walked none while fanning four.

Three relievers finished up for Hart, with Robert Suarez pitching the ninth for his seventh save in as many chances. Dating back to last September, it was San Diego's 13th consecutive home win, its longest winning streak in the 22-season history of Petco Park.

--Field Level Media