Baseball-Highlights of Saturday's MLB games

(Adds later games) April 19 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Saturday's Major League Baseball games: - - Blue Jays 5, Indians 0 Left-hander Mark Buehrle pitched four-hit ball over seven scoreless innings and catcher Dioner Navarro had two hits and three runs batted in to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to victory over the Cleveland Indians. Buehrle struck out three and walked three in improving his record to 4-0 and lowering his ERA to 0.64. In the first inning right fielder Jose Bautista singled to right, giving Toronto a 1-0 lead and then was driven home by Navarro to make it 2-0. The Blue Jays extended their lead to 3-0 in the second inning while the Indians threatened to score in each of the first two innings, but Buehrle pitched out of trouble both times, then settled in to dominate the Cleveland lineup over his last five innings. - - Cardinals 4, Nationals 3 Starting pitcher Lance Lynn pitched into the sixth inning and had a key RBI, and backup catcher Tony Cruz had a two-run single as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals. Lynn (4-0) entered the game with a career ERA of 9.82 against the Nationals in three games, with one start, in 2012. He went 5 2/3 innings and allowed five hits and one run. The pitcher helped himself when the Cardinals scored three unearned runs in the second. Cruz hit a two-run single and Lynn followed with a run-scoring double down the right field line to make it 3-0 against Washington starter Jordan Zimmermann (1-1). - - Tigers 5, Angels 2 Rookie Nick Castellanos and veteran Victor Martinez hit home runs and reigning Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer broke through for his first victory in his fourth start of the season to pace the Detroit Tigers to a victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Scherzer gave up a home run to left fielder J.B. Shuck to open the game but leadoff singles in the second and third innings were the only other hits he allowed. He struck out nine and walked two in seven innings. First baseman Albert Pujols of the Angels hit his sixth home run of the season, the second in two games and 498th of his career to make it 5-2 with one out in the ninth. - - Red Sox 4, Orioles 2 The bottom of Boston's lineup came through in a big way in the seventh inning to lead the Red Sox to a victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Third baseman Brock Holt, the number seven hitter who was summoned from Triple-A Pawtucket on Friday, broke a 2-2 tie with an RBI triple and infielder Jonathan Herrera followed with a successful safety squeeze. The Red Sox, in last place in the AL East coming in, won for the third time in their last four games. The triple was Holt's second hit of the game, his third in the two games since his recall. Designated hitter David Ortiz hit a solo homer (his third of the season) for the Red Sox, while left fielder Nelson Cruz had a pair of RBI singles for Baltimore . - - Royals 5, Twins 4 The Kansas City Royals put five runs on the board in the fourth inning and that proved to be enough as they extended their winning streak to five games with a victory over the Minnesota Twins. Starting pitcher Bruce Chen (1-1) battled through five innings (eight hits and four walks) to pick up the win. The Royals' bullpen pitched four scoreless innings, retiring the last 12 batters they faced, and Greg Holland picked up his sixth save in six chances. - - Cubs 8, Reds 4 After scoring only one run in their previous three games, the Chicago Cubs' offense woke up as Mike Olt, Darwin Barney and Welington Castillo hit home runs, matching their season-high total for runs in a victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The Cubs snapped a five-game losing streak while the Reds saw their three-game winning streak end. The Cubs built a 3-0 lead through five innings before the Reds cut the lead to 3-2 in the sixth. Devin Mesoraco hit an RBI double and another run scored on Zack Cozart's groundout. But the Reds stranded a runner at third when pinch hitter Brayan Pena flew out to shallow right to end the inning. - - Athletics 4, Astros 3 The first-place Oakland Athletics bumbled in the field and stranded runners left and right much of the day against the last-place Houston Astros but still pulled out a last-minute victory. Trailing 3-1 Jed Lowrie led off the bottom of the ninth with a solo homer to cut the Astros' lead to one, then Josh Donaldson walked, Yoenis Cespedes singled and Alberto Callaspo tied the score with a base hit to center. Josh Reddick followed with a game-winning single to right-center. The A's, at 12-5, have matched their best start over the past 33 years, also done in 1990 and last season. - - Rays 16, Yankees 1 Tampa Bay pitcher Chris Archer scattered three hits through 6-2/3 innings as the Rays earned a 16-1 win. Tampa Bay pounded out five home runs to tie their franchise high at Tropicana Field. They last time they had five homers was against the Minnesota Twins on Sept. 18, 2008. Ryan Hanigan and Wil Myers both had two home runs and Evan Longoria had one. Yankees starter Ivan Nova lasted four innings and surrendered four of the home runs, the most he allowed in an appearance in his career. - - Braves 7, Mets 5 Right-hander Ervin Santana threw seven solid innings and the Atlanta Braves staved off a late fightback by the New York Mets before taking a 7-5 win. Santana allowed just one run, scored by the first batter of the game, on six hits and two walks while striking out seven before the Mets scored two runs on four singles in the eighth off right-hander David Carpenter. Braves left fielder Justin Upton crushed a three-run homer with two outs in the top of the ninth to provide Atlanta with some insurance. - - Marlins 7, Mariners 0 Right-hander Henderson Alvarez pitched a two-hitter and center fielder Marcell Ozuna slugged a three-run homer to lead the Miami Marlins to a 7-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Alvarez did not allow a Seattle baserunner until left fielder Dustin Ackley lined a single to center in the sixth inning. Alvarez, who struck out four and did not walk a batter, threw 90 pitches. The only other hit he allowed was a double in the ninth by catcher Mike Zunino. Ozuna's homer was part of a four-run sixth inning that stretched Miami's lead to 6-0. - - Brewers 8, Pirates 7 Right fielder Ryan Braun's two late-inning home runs rallied the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-7 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Braun hit a two-run shot to center field with two outs in the ninth inning off closer Jason Grilli to put the Brewers ahead followed a seventh inning solo blast off Tony Watson. Braun has five home runs this season after being suspended for the last 65 games of 2013 following Major League Baseball's investigation into the Biogenesis drug scandal. Catcher Jonathan Lucroy had three doubles and two RBIs for the Brewers and Segura finished with two hits. First baseman Mark Reynolds hit his fourth homer. - - Rangers 6, White Sox 3 Texas Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis, who missed all of last season after surgeries on his hip and elbow, earned his first win in more than 20 months as Texas defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-3. Lewis gave up one run on six hits, struck out four and needed 85 pitches to do so. White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez came to the plate in the eighth with his last chance to extend his hitting streak to 22 games, but he grounded into a double play. - - Dodgers 8, Diamondbacks 6 Right-fielder Andre Ethier hit a three-run home run and first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and center fielder Matt Kemp drove in two runs each as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for an 8-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Dodgers reduced a 4-0 deficit on Ethier's home run in the bottom of the fourth inning then used a five-run rally in the fifth to move ahead 8-4. The Diamondbacks drew within two runs on Prado's two-run double in the eighth then had the tying run at the plate with two out in the ninth but relief pitcher Kenley Jansen struck out Paul Goldschmidt to earn his sixth save. - - Padres 3, Giants 1 Shortstop Everth Cabrera snapped a 1-1 tie with a run-scoring triple in the fifth inning and the San Diego Padres added a run in the eighth on a suicide squeeze bunt to defeat the San Francisco Giants 3-1. Starter Eric Stults and three Padres relievers combined to hold the Giants to four hits with Stults allowing one run on three hits with two walks over six innings. Giants right-hander Tim Hudson allowed two runs on eight hits over seven innings. - - (Compiled by Ben Everill)