AROUND THE HORN

Diamondbacks: Merrill Kelly threw seven shutout innings and Ketel Marte and Nick Ahmed each homered in the eighth inning, lifting the Diamondbacks 2-0 over the Cardinals on Saturday. Marte led off the eight by taking a 1-1 changeup off Miles Mikolas (1-1) into the right field bullpen for his first homer of the season. One out later, Ahmed sent a 1-1 fastball into the left field bullpen for his second homer. Kelly (2-1) pitched seven scoreless innings, holding the Cardinals to two hits with four strikeouts and one hit batter.

Blue Jays: George Springer homered twice against his former team, leading José Berríos and the Blue Jays over the Astros 2-1 Saturday and snapping the Astros’ season-long winning streak at four. Springer’s leadoff homer in the first was the 46th of his career. Starting at DH, Springer connected again in the third, the 19th multi-homer game of his career. Springer was hit by a pitch in his next at-bat and stole second. Of Springer’s six home runs this season, three have come against the Astros. He was the MVP of the 2017 World Series when the Astros won their only championship.

Reds: Reds cut outfielder Aristides Aquino, clearing a roster spot for right-hander Connor Overton to start Saturday night at Colorado. Aquino was in his fifth season with the Reds and struggled this year, batting .049 with 23 strikeouts in 41 at-bats over 15 games. The 28-year-old Overton made his major league debut last season, pitching for the Blue Jays and Pirates. His contract was selected from Triple-A Louisville. Aquino was designated for assignment. The 28-year-old hit .205 with 32 homers in 179 games for the Reds. Manager David Bell said Aquino’s steadying clubhouse influence — he was a member of the Reds organization for 10 years — will be missed. “It’s a tough day, for really our whole clubhouse,” Bell said. “He’s been such a big part of our team. We still believe in him as a player. He’s going to get another opportunity, I believe, in the major leagues somewhere. It could turn out that he would end up back here in our organization and we would welcome him back for sure.”

Guardians: Pinch-hitter Richie Palacios delivered a two-out, two-run double in the ninth inning and the Guardians took advantage of a key error to beat the Athletics 3-1 on Saturday. Steven Kwan had two hits in his return to the lineup as the Guardians won their second straight following a seven-game losing streak. The rookie outfielder, batting .354 in his first big league season, had missed five games with a sore hamstring. A day after the two clubs combined for 17 runs and 21 hits, starters Shane Bieber of the Guardians and Cole Irvin of the A’s kept it close into the late innings. It was 1-all with one out in the Cleveland ninth with a runner on first when Oscar Mercado hit a potential double-play grounder to rookie second baseman Nick Allen, who misplayed it for an error. Palacios hit a towering double on a 3-1 pitch from Dany Jiménez (1-1) that landed near the base of the wall just past center fielder Christian Pache.

Twins: Kyle Garlick hit two home runs off Rays starter Shane McClanahan and the Twins beat the Rays 9-1. The second homer, Garlick’s third of the season, came with Carlos Correa on base in the sixth inning and broke a 1-1 tie. Correa had three hits for the Twins, who have won eight of nine.