SATURDAY’S GAMES
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Athletics 5, BLUE JAYS 4: Chad Pinder hit his first career grand slam and Oakland overcame a four-run deficit, scoring five times in the eighth. REDS 5, Cubs 4 (11): Billy Hamilton drew a bases-loaded walk with no outs in the 11th inning and Cincinnati won the first of the doubleheader. Dodgers 4, NATIONALS 1: Ross Stripling struck out a career-high nine in six innings and Max Muncy drove in two runs for Los Angeles. Phillies 7, CARDINALS 6: Odubel Herrera homered and Jorge Alfaro drove in the go-ahead run to propel Philadelphia to victory. GIANTS 9, Rockies 4: San Francisco’s Brandon Crawford hit a two-run homer in the sixth. Indians 5, ASTROS 4: Corey Kluber struck out 10, and Michael Brantley and Yan Gomes hit home runs for Cleveland. Padres 6, PIRATES 2: Clayton Richard allowed two runs in 7 1⁄3 innings and Christian Villanueva homered and drove in two runs for San Diego. BRAVES 8, Marlins 1: Sean Newcomb pitched six strong innings and Johan Camargo and Ozzie Albies each drove in two runs for Atlanta. RED SOX 6, Orioles 3: Mookie Betts and Andrew Benintendi hit homers in the fifth inning. Yankees 8, ROYALS 5: Gary Sanchez hit two of New York’s five home runs. WHITE SOX 5, Rangers 3: Jose Abreu homered, Lucas Giolito tossed six effective innings and the Chicago rallied from an early deficit. CUBS 10, Reds 0: Ian Happ hit his second home run of the doubleheader and Jose Quintana allowed one hit in seven shutdown innings. Brewers 5, TWINS 4: Christian Yelich broke a tie with a solo home run in the eighth, and Milwaukee’s bullpen pitched five scoreless innings. Diamondbacks at METS (late): Jacob deGrom fanned 13 and N.Y. beat Arizona 3-1 Friday. Dodgers at NATIONALS (late): The teams met again Saturday to make up a postponed game. Rays at ANGELS (late): Wilson Ramos homered twice as Tampa Bay topped L.A. 8-3 on Friday. Tigers at MARINERS (late): A five-run seventh helped Seattle win 5-4 Friday night over Detroit.