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ST. LOUIS -- Miguel Cabrera hit his 400th career home run and nearly five hours later Jose Iglesias had an RBI single in the 10th inning that sent the Detroit Tigers over the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on a rainy Saturday.

Cabrera's milestone shot gave him the most homers by a Venezuelan-born player, passing Andres Galarraga. The solo shot came in the first inning just before a rain delay of 1 hour, 20 minutes.

Cabrera has hit four homers in three games, 10 overall and 262 with Detroit, tying him with Willie Horton for fourth on the franchise list.

Adrian Beltre of Texas hit his 400th homer Friday. Cabrera tied Beltre for 52nd place on the career list, with Duke Snider next at 407.

GIANTS 11, REDS 2

CINCINNATI -- Brandon Crawford hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs and Hunter Pence scored three times in his return from a broken forearm, leading San Francisco to a victory over Cincinnati.

The defending World Series champions are hoping their offense gets a boost from Pence's return. The right fielder was hit by a pitch during spring training, causing a fracture just above the left wrist. He had hits in his first two at-bats off Mike Leake (2-2), helping San Francisco pull ahead 5-0.

Crawford's fourth career grand slam in the fifth inning made it 9-0, the most runs that Leake has allowed in his career. Brandon Belt and Gregor Blanco had solo shots off Leake.

The Reds managed two runs and six hits in 5 2-3 innings off Ryan Vogelsong (2-2), including Jay Bruce's solo homer.

YANKEES 5, ROYALS 1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Chase Headley and Alex Rodriguez homered, CC Sabathia found his form in his eighth start of the season, and New York beat Kansas City.

The Yankees snapped their skid at four and evened the three-game series.

With rain approaching the entire evening, Sabathia (2-5) made quick work of the Royals, who had pounded out 12 runs on 17 hits the previous night. The lefty allowed the lone run on six hits without a walk in seven innings to win his second straight start.

Headley hit a three-run drive and Rodriguez added his 10th homer of the season in the ninth.

Danny Duffy (2-3) lost his third straight start, allowing four runs on four hits and four walks in five innings. It was a modest improvement over his previous two starts, when he'd been hammered for 10 runs in 4 2-3 innings by the Indians and Rangers.

ROCKIES 7, DODGERS 1

LOS ANGELES -- Jorge De La Rosa pitched two-hit ball over seven-plus scoreless innings before leaving with an injury and Colorado blasted three home runs to beat Los Angeles, handing Zack Greinke his first loss of the season.

De La Rosa (1-2) retired 18 consecutive batters after Kike Hernandez led off the first inning with a double and Jimmy Rollins reached on a throwing error. The 34-year-old left-hander departed after giving up an infield single to Howie Kendrick with one out in the seventh.

Carlos Gonzalez, Daniel Descalso and Nolan Arenado homered for the Rockies.

Greinke (5-1), who leads the majors in ERA at 1.52, allowed four hits and no walks through six innings and struck out five before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter with the Dodgers trailing 1-0.

ASTROS 6, BLUE JAYS 5

HOUSTON -- Chris Carter, Marwin Gonzalez and Evan Gattis homered and Houston beat Toronto for its fourth straight win.

This is the latest point in a season the AL West-leading Astros have been in first place since May 22, 2004, when they topped the NL Central. At 24-13, Houston has its best 37-game start since 1999.

With Houston trailing 3-2, Carter hit a three-run shot off reliever Liam Hendricks in the sixth inning. One out later, Gonzalez homered to center field.

CUBS 4, PIRATES 1

CHICAGO -- Jon Lester outpitched Gerrit Cole with seven gutsy innings, and Chicago beat Pittsburgh for its sixth straight win.

Kris Bryant went 2 for 2 with two walks and scored twice as the Cubs moved six games over .500 for the first time since they were 83-77 on Oct. 3, 2009, according to STATS. It is the longest win streak for Chicago since a seven-game run in 2011.

Lester (4-2) allowed one run and nine hits in his fourth consecutive win. The left-hander struck out seven, running his career total to 1,504 Ks, and walked one.

Sean Rodriguez homered for Pittsburgh, which has dropped four in a row. Starling Marte and Jung Ho Kang had three hits apiece.

Cole (5-2) allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings.

RED SOX 4, MARINERS 2

SEATTLE -- David Ortiz and Pablo Sandoval each homered in Boston's win.

Seattle ace Felix Hernandez (6-1) uncharacteristically struggled, losing for the first time since Sept. 23, 2014. He left after finishing the sixth inning, his second-shortest outing this season, having allowed four runs and seven hits.

Hernandez walked four and struck out five, and his three walks in the sixth inning were more than he had allowed in any of his starts this year.

Brad Miller hit two home runs for the Mariners, who lost for the third time in four games.

Rick Porcello (4-2) pitched into the seventh inning, allowing two runs on five hits with six strikeouts to earn the win.

Koji Uehara pitched a perfect ninth inning for his ninth save in 10 chances.

METS 14, BREWERS 1

NEW YORK -- Wilmer Flores hit a grand slam off Matt Garza from the No. 9 slot in the batting order, sparking a 10-run fourth inning and leading New York to a romp over Milwaukee.

Jacob deGrom had three singles -- including two in the fourth -- to become the second pitcher since at least 1914 to have three hits batting eighth, according to STATS.

Flores followed deGrom's second hit of the night with a drive into the left-field party deck, an area where the Mets brought in the fence before the 2012 season, for a 6-0 lead.

He became the first starting NL position player to hit a grand slam from the No. 9 hole in an NL ballpark, STATS said.

DeGrom (4-4) gave up one run in six innings, while Garza (2-5) allowed a career-high 10 runs in 3 1-3 innings.

NATIONALS 4, PADRES 1

SAN DIEGO -- Max Scherzer pitched brilliantly for seven innings, striking out a season-high 11 and holding San Diego to four hits in leading Washington to a victory.

The Nationals won for the 14th time in 18 games.

The Padres were one out from being shut out for the second straight night and the fifth time in 12 games before Alexi Amarista hit an RBI single off Aaron Barrett. Drew Storen came on to strike out Derek Norris for his 11th save.

Wilson Ramos also had an RBI single in the three-run first to extend his career-best hitting streak to 18 games, the longest in the majors this year.

Scherzer (4-3), who walked only two, has struck out at least 10 three times in four starts.

INDIANS 10, RANGERS 8

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Jason Kipnis had three hits, including a tiebreaking two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning that lifted Cleveland over Texas.

The Indians have won consecutive games for the first time since their season opening series at Houston.

Kipnis, the American League's leading hitter in May, has an eight-game hitting streak and has 10 multi-hit games this month. Since moving into the leadoff spot on April 26, Kipnis is hitting .425.

Scott Atchison (1-1) picked up the win despite allowing the tying home run to Robinson Chirinos in the bottom of the eighth. Cody Allen got the last three outs for his sixth save.

Kipnis' homer came off Neftali Feliz (1-2) and was the major league-leading 19th off Texas' bullpen this season.

BRAVES 5, MARLINS 3

MIAMI -- Rookie Jace Peterson hit a grand slam for his first major league home run, and Atlanta overcame another tape-measure shot by Giancarlo Stanton to remain undefeated this year in Miami.

Major league RBIs leader Stanton hit his third long homer in as many games, a solo shot into the upper deck in center field, where a spectator made a one-handed catch five rows in front of the 502-foot sign.

Stanton homered into the TV camera well in center field Friday, and pulled a drive out of Dodger Stadium on Wednesday. He has five of his team's nine homers at Marlins Park this year, and 11 home runs overall.

Alex Wood (2-2) pitched seven innings to earn his first victory since he won at Miami in the second game of the season. The Braves are 5-0 at Marlins Park and 12-19 everywhere else.

ANGELS 6, ORIOLES 1

BALTIMORE -- Matt Shoemaker scattered three hits and allowed one run over seven innings, leading Los Angeles to a season-high five-game winning streak.

Mike Trout and David Freese homered for the Angels, who will try for their first three-game sweep of the season Sunday. The Orioles have lost eight of their past 11 games.

Shoemaker (3-3) won his seventh consecutive game on the road. He had seven strikeouts and no walks, winning for the first time since April 13.

Baltimore's Ubaldo Jimenez (3-3) lost for the first time in four starts at Camden Yards this season. He allowed two runs and seven hits with six strikeouts and no walks over seven innings. He also fell to 0-5 in as many starts against the Angels.

Steve Pearce hit his third homer for the Orioles.

TWINS 6, RAYS 4

MINNEAPOLIS -- Brian Dozier homered, Eduardo Escobar had four hits and Minnesota took advantage of a rare Tampa Bay error to win.

After Tim Beckham hit a two-run homer to tie it at 3 in the top of the seventh, Torii Hunter singled and Joe Mauer walked with one out in Minnesota's half of the inning.

Trevor Plouffe tapped a bouncer back to reliever Kevin Jepsen (1-3), whose wide throw to second pulled Beckham off the base.

Kurt Suzuki followed with a sacrifice fly to give Minnesota the lead. Escobar added an RBI single, which right fielder Steven Souza Jr. misplayed for another error.

Entering Saturday, Tampa Bay was tied for the fewest errors in baseball with 13.

Reliever Brian Duensing (1-0) threw just one pitch for the win. Glen Perkins earned his 13th straight save to start the season.

PHILLIES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 5

PHILADELPHIA -- Jeff Francoeur hit a home run and Grady Sizemore had four hits to lead Philadelphia to a fourth straight win.

Chase Utley had two hits and two RBIs for the Phillies, who matched their season high in runs in the game that was delayed 1 hour, 17 minutes by rain.

Jerome Williams (3-3) allowed three runs -- two earned -- in five innings and seven hits to snap a two-game losing streak. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his ninth save.

Rookie Yasmany Tomas hit his first major league homer, and Paul Goldschmidt had a two-run homer for Arizona, which has lost four of five.

Archie Bradley (2-1) returned for the first time since suffering a right sinus fracture after taking a line drive off his face April 28. Bradley allowed four runs and five hits in two-plus innings.

WHITE SOX 4, ATHLETICS 3

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Melky Cabrera hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning after yet another costly error by Oakland, and Chicago rallied for the second straight night.

Avisail Garcia hit a tying two-run single in the third to back John Danks (2-3). He struck out six in seven innings and won on the road for the first time in four tries.

The A's committed an error in their 13th straight game, the longest streak for the franchise since 13 in a row from April 7-21, 1983. Reliever Fernando Rodriguez (0-1) fielded No. 9 hitter Carlos Sanchez's bunt and threw it wildly into right field for a two-base error to put Adam Eaton on third. Cabrera knocked him home moments later.

Jose Abreu, who extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a two-out single in the first, followed with an RBI double.

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