Athletics overcome Diamondbacks, 3-0

OAKLAND, Calif.—Daniel Mengden pitched a two-hitter for his second career shutout, leading Oakland to the victory.

Mengden (5-4) struck out five and walked none. Socrates Brito singled in the second and David Peralta singled in the sixth for Arizona's only hits.

BREWERS 17, METS 6

MILWAUKEE—Erik Kratz homered in his Brewers debut, and Jesus Aguilar also connected.

Christian Yelich had three hits, drove in three runs and scored three times for the NL Centralleading Brewers, who have won eight of their last 10.

NATIONALS 4, MARLINS 1

MIAMI—Mark Reynolds hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the ninth inning, and the Nationals rallied to beat the Marlins for the 10th consecutive time.

Miami's Wei-Yin Chen took a two-hit shutout into the eighth but gave up a one-out homer to Wilmer Difo, who pulled a pitch off the foul pole to make the score 1-all.

CARDINALS 4, PIRATES 1

PITTSBURGH—Jack Flaherty pitched six crisp innings and Matt Carpenter homered, leading St. Louis to the road win.

Flaherty (2-1) gave up Starling Marte's long home run in the first but settled down quickly. The rookie allowed four hits, struck out four and walked two.

RAYS 5, ORIOLES 1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Ryne Stanek, Anthony Banda and Chaz Roe combined on a three-hitter on a bullpen day for Tampa Bay.

With the Rays thin in the rotation, Banda (1-0) entered with two outs in the second. He wound up allowing one run and three hits while striking out seven over 6 1/3 innings. Roe worked a perfect ninth.

WHITE SOX 8, TIGERS 4

DETROIT—Tim Anderson homered twice on his way to a careerhigh four RBIs, leading Hector Santiago and the White Sox to the victory.

Anderson and Jose Abreu each hit a solo drive in the fifth, tying it at 3. Daniel Palka led off the sixth with a tiebreaking shot off Francisco Liriano (3-2), and Anderson's threerun homer against Louis Coleman made it 7-3 White Sox.