Cubs beat heat, outslug Twins

CHICAGO — Minnesota’s Eddie Rosario, Bobby Wilson and Max Kepler all left early because of heat illness on a scorching afternoon at Wrigley Field, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Twins 14-9 behind a 20-hit afternoon on Saturday.

Rosario homered in the top of the fifth inning, then was pulled from left field shortly after fielding a hit by Anthony Rizzo in the bottom half. The Cubs said it was 96 degrees at the time with a heat index of 107 — that’s a calculation of how hot it actually feels, with the humidity factored in.

“That was a pretty brutal day,” Cubs manager Maddon said. “If you put that on AstroTurf, that would have been like the worst ever.”

Jason Heyward had four of the Cubs’ 20 hits, Ben Zobrist had three RBIs and Chicago had a pair of fiverun innings. The Cubs rallied from 3-0 and 7-4 deficits and have scored at least 10 runs in three straight games for the first time since April 2003.

Albert Almora Jr. had three hits and drove in two runs as the Cubs won their third in a row. He exited in the fifth, apparently injuring a leg running the bases.

REDS 12, BREWERS 3: Reliever Michael Lorenzen hit the second grand slam by a Cincinnati pitcher in a week, helping secure a victory that ended its sevengame losing streak against visiting Milwaukee.

ANGELS 6, ORIOLES 2: Albert Pujols’ RBI double highlighted a five-run eighth inning as Los Angeles extended host Baltimore’s latest losing streak to seven games.

BLUE JAYS 4, TIGERS 3: Justin Smoak led off the bottom of the ninth inning with his 11th homer of the season, and Toronto handed Detroit its 11th straight loss.

ATHLETICS 7, INDIANS 2: Journeyman Edwin Jackson earned his first win with Oakland, pitching neatly into the seventh inning to help beat visiting Cleveland for the club’s season-high sixth straight victory.

MARLINS 5, METS 2: Brian Anderson hit a two-run homer, and Miami climbed out of last place in the NL East by rallying past visiting New York.

PHILLIES 3, NATIONALS 2: Hit on his pitching arm by a line drive, Philadelphia righthander Vince Velasquez made a dazzling throw with his left hand before exiting in the second, and visiting Washington was unable to capitalize.