A-Rod, Beltran lead Yankees to 14-3 blowout against Tigers

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez added to his momentous weekend with a homer and five RBIs, Carlos Beltran went deep from both sides of the plate and the New York Yankees routed the Detroit Tigers 14-3 Saturday night.

Light-hitting Didi Gregorius homered for the second consecutive night and New York banged out a season-best 18 hits on OldTimers' Day at Yankee Stadium. With former greats from Whitey Ford to Rickey Henderson on hand, the team presented Willie Randolph with a Monument Park plaque and surprised Mel Stottlemyre with one of his own.

Brett Gardner tripled, doubled and singled his first three times up against Alfredo Simon (7-4), sparking the Yankees to a laugher from his leadoff spot. Chris Young homered off backup infielder Josh Wilson in the eighth and finished with three hits.

One night after he homered for his 3,000th hit and drank a champagne toast with teammates, Rodriguez was at it again.

ORIOLES 5, BLUE JAYS 3

TORONTO (AP) — One big missed opportunity helped bring an end to the Toronto Blue Jays' nine-game home winning streak.

Darren O'Day escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning, Caleb Joseph singled home the go-ahead run with two outs in the ninth and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Blue Jays 5-3 Saturday.

"We had them on the ropes, but there's nobody tougher out there than O'Day," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.

Toronto fell short of matching the longest home winning streak in club history. The Blue Jays won 10 straight at Exhibition Stadium in 1985.

Toronto loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth before O'Day escaped by striking out Russell Martin, Dioner Navarro and Kevin Pillar.

"You load up the bases with no outs and you're already thinking at least one run is going to come in," Baltimore's Manny Machado said. O'Day had other ideas. "If you can stay calm in those situations, you have an advantage," O'Day said. "You've just got to focus on each pitch and when you do that, you can stay in the moment."

Half the sellout crowd of 46,018 thought Navarro had cleared the bases with a grand slam, but his deep drive to right was ruled foul, with the call confirmed by video review.

"It kind of hooked at the last second," Navarro said.

Fired up by O'Day's escape act, the Orioles struck against Aaron Loup (2-4) to break a 2-all tie the ninth. J.J. Hardy reached on a force play and Ryan Flaherty was hit by a pitch before Joseph snapped an 0-for-9 slump with his single.

Ryan Tepera relieved and surrendered a two-run double to Machado, who went 3 for 5 with two doubles.

O'Day (3-0) worked one inning for the win. Zach Britton gave up Jose Bautista's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth but held on for his 19th save.

The Orioles took 1-0 lead in the first on Adam Jones' grounder. Toronto tied it in the bottom half when Jose Reyes doubled and scored on Edwin Encarnacion's sacrifice fly.

Martin was hit by a pitch to begin the second, advanced to third on Navarro's single and scored on Kevin Gausman's wild pitch.

Gausman was activated off the disabled list to make his first start of the season and his first appearance since May 6. He allowed two runs and four hits in five innings.

Toronto's Mark Buehrle came in 3-0 with a 3.50 ERA in three starts against the Orioles this season. He allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings.

"I wasn't as sharp as I've been my last four or five outings," Buehrle said.

After Flaherty's leadoff single in the third, Buehrle retired 10 straight before Baltimore tied it in the sixth. Machado singled, Snider hit a ground rule double and Jones was intentionally walked before Delmon Young hit a sacrifice fly.

THE JOY OF SIX

The Blue Jays are 7-30 when scoring five runs or fewer. They're 30-3 when they score at least six.

SHUFFLING FEATHERS

Besides activating Gausman, the Orioles also selected RHP Mychal Givens from Double-A Bowie, optioned RHPs Tyler Wilson and Mike Wright to Triple-A Norfolk and transferred RHP Jason Garcia (right shoulder) to the 60-day DL. Givens, a converted shortstop, was 3-1 with a 1.60 ERA and 12 saves in 23 games at Bowie.

CUBS 4, TWINS 1

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) –Starlin Castro walked out of Target Field on Friday night with his head hanging following another rough day at shortstop.

Less than 24 hours later, he was feeling a lot better.

Castro atoned for a costly error the previous night with a two-run single in the in the 10th inning on Saturday, helping the Chicago Cubs to a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

Castro's error and subsequent pouting at shortstop in the first inning on Friday night got the Twins rolling to a 7-2 victory. But he ripped a one-out pitch from Blaine Boyer (2-3) into center field to break a 1-1 tie, and then made a leaping grab of a liner from Brian Dozier for the final out of the game.

''Every day is a new day,'' Castro said. ''Try to keep it going, keep the head up and try to help the team win.''

Jon Lester allowed one run in 6 1/3 innings for the Cubs, and Anthony Rizzo had two hits and an RBI. Jason Motte (4-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the win and Hector Rondon picked up his 12th save in 15 chances.

Chicago improved to 7-3 in extra-inning games this season.

Trevor May gave up one run in six innings for Minnesota, which had won three in a row. Kurt Suzuki connected for this third homer.

Cubs manager Joe Maddon said before the game he was not considering a position change for Castro, who has 14 errors this season. He compounded his latest one on Friday when he was sulking after the ball went right through his legs. He retrieved the ball and stared at it in frustration while Eddie Rosario hustled home, prompting an incredulous look from starter Kyle Hendricks.

Castro apologized after the game and took the blame for the loss, then looked to be pressing early on Saturday. He singled off May in the fourth, but slammed his bat in frustration after striking out in the sixth.

''I know I'm better than that,'' Castro said. ''Keep my focus all game and try to make every play.'

ROCKIES 5, BREWERS 1

DENVER (AP) – Chad Bettis gave the Colorado Rockies the start they wanted while Charlie Blackmon provided the offense they needed.

Bettis pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Blackmon homered and drove in three runs and the Rockies snapped a fivegame losing streak with a 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.

Colorado had lost nine of its last 10 before getting a strong outing from Bettis (3-2), who got his first win since carrying a no-hitter into the eighth inning at Philadelphia on May 29. He allowed one run and five hits, walked two and struck out five in 6 1-3 innings.

He got a big assist from reliever Tommy Kahnle, who got an inning-ending double play in the seventh with runners at the corners.

''I had to save Chad runs, make sure they don't score,'' Kahnle said. ''That was pretty much my job. I got the ground ball we needed and got the job done.''

Bettis allowed five runs in the first two innings against Houston on Monday before shutting down the Astros in his final three innings. He used that finish as a starting point for Saturday.

''I felt I had really good stuff that day and wanted to build off that,'' he said. ''I didn't want to go completely back to the whiteboard and rewrite everything. Working on the side in between the starts was productive.''

Bettis got the Rockies off to a good start by holding Milwaukee scoreless until the sixth. It was the first time in six games a Colorado opponent didn't score in the first inning.

ROYALS 7, RED SOX 4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kendrys Morales homered on his 32nd birthday and the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 on Saturday night.

Morales hit a two-run, tie-breaking shot in a five-run fifth off Rick Porcello (4-8). It was his third career homer on his birthday.

The Red Sox lost third baseman Pablo Sandoval (sprained left ankle) and catcher Blake Swihart (sprained left foot) to injuries and designated hitter David Ortiz was ejected in the seventh inning by home plate umpire Bruce Dreckman.

The Red Sox scored two runs in the top of the fifth to take a 4-1 lead, but Porcello imploded in the bottom of the inning with a hit batter, a balk, a walk and four hits.

Porcello lost his sixth straight, matching his career high set in 2012. He allowed six runs, eight hits, two walks and hit two batters in five innings.

Sandoval committed a throwing error in the inning when he hurt his ankle.

Swihart was pinch hit for in the sixth after injuring his left foot on a slide into third base the previous inning. Salvador Perez hit his fifth home run in 12 games for the Royals and Mike Moustakas drove in two runs.

Boston's Mookie Betts led off the game with a home run, extending his hitting streak to eight games. Right-hander Edinson Volquez (7-4) was not sharp, allowing four runs, eight hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings, but won his third straight start.

Greg Holland worked the ninth for his 13th save in 14 opportunities.

ANGELS 4,

A'S 1

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles pitcher Jered Weaver doesn't believe much in silver linings. Not when he's lost four straight starts and certainly not when the Angels continue to hover around the .500 mark.

So when Weaver left Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Oakland Athletics without having given up a home run for just the fifth time this season, the veteran right-hander was hardly in the mood to discuss it.

"It doesn't really matter," said Weaver, who went into the day tied with Phil Hughes of Minnesota for allowing the most home runs (16) in the American League this season. "Lost 4-1. It doesn't matter how you score runs."

Weaver (4-8) didn't pitch poorly but got touched up for three runs in the sixth inning while the Angels' offense was kept in check most of the game by A's starter Jesse Hahn.

Los Angeles, which scored 19 runs in its previous two games, managed just five singles against Hahn and closer Tyler Clippard.

The Angels also stranded five runners in scoring position, leaving two on in the second and third innings.

"That was a tough one," said Angels slugger Mike Trout, who singled and walked twice. "(Hahn) kept us off balance. He had late movement on his fastball, worked in and out. We had some opportunities, just fell short."

Hahn pitched into the eighth inning for his third consecutive win and Josh Reddick hit a tiebreaking double in the sixth to lead Oakland. The A's won despite committing their majors-leading 70th error.

One day after blowing a fiverun lead with ace Sonny Gray on the mound in a 12-7 loss, the A's pounded out five doubles — three in the three-run sixth.

Weaver, who hasn't won since May 30, allowed four runs on six hits with four strikeouts and one walk.

"There's no doubt he wasn't as crisp today as he has been before," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Just trying to get a fastball in to some decent zones has been a challenge for him the last couple times. It was this afternoon."

RAYS 4, INDIANS 1

CLEVELAND (AP) — Evan Longoria hit a three-run homer in the first inning and the Tampa Bay Rays handed reigning Cy Young winner Corey Kluber his fourth straight loss with a 4-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night.

Longoria, who has been playing with a sore left wrist, hit his first home run since June 10. The Rays have won four straight and eight of nine to climb to a season-high 10 games over .500 (40-30).

Rays starter Erasmo Ramirez left the game in the fourth inning with a groin injury. Five relievers completed the victory, holding Cleveland to six hits. Xavier Cedeno (1-0) replaced Ramirez and completed the fourth.

Brad Boxberger allowed two hits and a walk to load the bases in the ninth, but struck out rookie Giovanny Urshela to end the game for his 18th save.