Brewers take eighth in row, sneaking past Pirates

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BREWERS 3, PIRATES 2

MILWAUKEE — Carlos Gomez hit a leadoff home run, Jonathan Lucroy drove in the tiebreaking run with an eighth-inning single and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 Saturday night for their eighth consecutive victory.

Gomez got Milwaukee started with a 432-foot drive to center field off Edinson Volquez, and Khris Davis scored on a wild pitch to make it 2-0 in the second.

Pittsburgh tied it in the third on Starling Marte’s groundout and Travis Snider’s single, snapping Yovani Gallardo’s scoreless streak to start the season at 142/ innings. Gallardo

3 struck out Pedro Alvarez to end the inning with two runners in scoring position. The right-hander then held the Pirates scoreless over the next three innings, striking out the side in the fifth.

Lucroy singled to right in the eighth to drive in Ryan Braun, who slid in ahead of the throw to the plate.

Jim Henderson (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning of relief for the victory. Francisco Rodriguez got his fourth save in four attempts.

Gallardo went six innings, giving up two runs and six hits. He struck out six and walked one. He is 11-4 in his career against the Pirates.

Volquez, making his second start of the season along with one relief appearance, gave up two runs and four hits in 61/ innings. He struck

3 out four and walked two.

CARDINALS 10, CUBS 4 Matt Carpenter drove in two runs and Adam Wainwright saved a tired bullpen by lasting seven innings for St. Louis in its victory over visiting Chicago. Wainwright (2-1) gave up a home run to Junior Lake on his Saturday’s games

NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 10, Chicago Cubs 4 Colorado 1, San Francisco 0 Philadelphia 5, Miami 4 (10) Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 2 Atlanta 6, Washington 3 LA Dodgers 8, Arizona 5

AMERICAN LEAGUE NY Yankees 7, Boston 4 Cleveland 12, Chicago White Sox 6 Minnesota 7, Kansas City 1 Baltimore 2, Toronto 1 (12) Houston 6, Texas 5 (10) Oakland at Seattle, (n)

INTERLEAGUE Tampa Bay 1, Cincinnati 0 Detroit 6, San Diego 2 NY Mets at LA Angels, (n) first pitch and allowed 6 more hits and 3 runs after that while striking out 8.

ROCKIES 1, GIANTS 0 Tommy Kahnle and four relievers combined to allow two hits over six innings after Brett Anderson was injured, leading Colorado to a victory over host San Francisco.

BRAVES 6, NATIONALS 3 Freddie Freeman had three hits, including a home run, and Atlanta beat visiting Washington to continue their early success against the Nationals. B.J. Upton had two hits, including his first home run, and Dan Uggla drove in two runs with two hits for Atlanta.

PHILLIES 5, MARLINS 4 ( 10) Jimmy Rollins homered with two outs in the 10th inning and host Philadelphia overcame two home runs by Giancarlo Stanton to beat Miami.

DODGERS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 5 Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run home run, Zack Greinke improved to 3-0 and visiting Los Angeles beat Arizona.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TWINS 7, ROYALS 1 Joe Mauer hit his first home run of the season and Ricky Nolasco earned his first victory for host Minnesota in a victory over Kansas City. Nolasco (1-1) was on top of his game Saturday in his first home start for Minnesota, going 8 innings and allowing 5 hits with 4 strikeouts.

INDIANS 12, WHITE SOX 6 Ryan Raburn hit a tiebreaking, two-run single with two outs in the seventh inning, leading visiting Cleveland to a victory over Chicago. Nick Swisher, Jason Kipnis and David Murphy hit home runs for Cleveland, which snapped a three-game losing streak.

YANKEES 7, RED SOX 4 Brian McCann put an emphatic end to his season-opening slump, hitting his first two home runs for host New York to help beat John Lackey and Boston.

ORIOLES 2, BLUE JAYS 1 ( 12) Steve Lombardozzi tripled and scored on a single by David Lough in the 12th inning, giving Baltimore a victory over visiting Toronto.

ASTROS 6, RANGERS 5 (10) Jason Castro tripled with one out in the 10th and Jose Altuve had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, helping Houston beat host Texas to end a 12-game skid against their state rival.

INTERLEAGUE

RAYS 1, REDS 0 Alex Cobb went seven innings on Saturday, extending visiting Tampa Bay’s run of solid starting pitching, and James Loney hit a home run for a victory over slumping Cincinnati.

TIGERS 6, PADRES 2 Justin Verlander had the first two hits of his career and pitched seven strong innings to lead Detroit to a victory over host San Diego.