AROUND THE HORN
■ Athletics: Tony Kemp hit a two-run homer, Seth Brown and Sean Murphy combined for four RBIs, and the Athletics beat the Royals 9-7 on Saturday. Kemp hit his second home run of the season in the eighth inning to wrap up a 3-for-5 afternoon.
■ Dodgers: Dodgers righthander Daniel Hudson was placed on the injury list Saturday with a season-ending torn left ACL The move was expected after Hudson’s knee buckled in the eighth inning of Friday night’s 4-1 win over the Braves as he reacted to a dribbler hit by Ronald Acuña Jr. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said “it was a clean tear of the ACL.” Hudson’s recovery is expected to take six to nine months, taking away the team’s top setup reliever. Hudson, 35, has five saves and a 2.22 ERA.
■ Rangers: Adolis García homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Rangers a 3-2 victory over the Nationals on Saturday. The Cuban slugger matched Corey Seager for the team lead with 15 homers when he drilled a 2-2 slider from reliever Kyle Finnegan (2-2) into the Nationals’ bullpen, just to the left of the hitting background in center field. Nelson Cruz hit a tying two-run homer for the Nationals against for his former team in the sixth inning after Nathaniel Lowe had given the Rangers the lead with a two-run shot in the second.
■ Brewers: Corbin Burnes pitched into the eighth inning, Andrew McCutchen and Mike Brosseau homered, and the Brewers beat the Blue Jays 5-4 on Saturday. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner extended his winning streak to a seasonhigh three games, but he wasn’t as crisp as in a 2-0 win over the Cardinals on Monday. In his first career start against the Blue Jays, Burnes (6-4) allowed home runs to Matt Chapman and Bo Bichette and an RBI groundout by Cavan Biggio. He struck nine and walked two, then turned over a 5-3 lead with runners at first and second and two outs in the eighth to Devin Williams, who fanned Alejandro Kirk. Chapman doubled with two outs and scored on a base hit by Lourdes Gurriel Jr. off Josh Hader, but the closer escaped with his 22nd save.
■ Mariners: Mariners will be without another key member of their offense for at least a couple weeks, but considering how bad the injury to first baseman Ty France looked, they consider themselves fortunate. France was placed on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a left elbow strain. He was involved in a collision during the fifth inning of Thursday’s game at Oakland. France was taking the throw at the bag when he collided with Athletics’ Sheldon Neuse.
■ Giants: Logan Webb pitched six innings of two-hit ball and the Giants backed their ace with four home runs in a 9-2 victory over the Reds on Saturday. Evan Longoria, Thairo Estrada, Joc Pederson and Wilmer Flores homered for the Giants, who snapped a three-game skid. They had lost five of six after winning seven of their previous eight. Brandon Drury homered for the Reds, who have lost eight of their last nine games.
■ Braves: Marcell Ozuna hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning and the Braves recovered after blowing a three-run lead to beat the Dodgers 5-3 on Saturday. Travis d’Arnaud led off the seventh with a double to left field off Brusdar Graterol (2-3). Ozuna followed with his 14th homer.