Mariners’ Flexen checks Red Sox

BOSTON — Chris Flexen limited Boston to four hits over seven innings, Kyle Seager singled, doubled and tripled, and Sam Haggerty and Ty France also had three hits apiece to lead the Seattle Mariners to an 8-2 victory over the Red Sox on Saturday.

Seager singled in a run in the first inning, tripled home two more in the second and doubled in the fifth. Seager, who homered in his last at-bat on Friday night, had two chances to complete the cycle on Saturday, but he struck out on three pitches in the seventh and popped out in foul territory on his final at bat in the ninth.

Flexen (2-1) gave up one run, striking out seven while walking one and hitting a batter. He took a two-hit shutout into the seventh before Rafael Devers doubled high off the Green Monster and scored on Marwin Gonzalez’s single to make it 5-1. Bobby Dalbec grounded out to end the threat.

Nathan Eovaldi (3-2) snapped a personal three-game winning streak, allowing five runs — four earned — on seven hits in five innings. He struck out three, walking one batter, hitting another and throwing two wild pitches.

BREWERS 4, CUBS 3: Pinch-hitter Manny Pina connected for a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning, and Milwaukee won at Chicago. Brent Suter (2-1) worked two scoreless innings in relief of Freddy Peralta, helping Milwaukee to its fourth win in five games. . Keston Hiura had three hits and Kolten Wong finished with two as the Brewers bounced back from a 15-2 loss in the series opener Friday. Cubs manager David Ross was ejected by plate umpire Corey Blaser in the ninth following a strike one call on Jake Marisnick with a runner on first and none out.

ROYALS 2, TIGERS 1: Brady Singer pitched seven impressive innings, and Kansas City took advantage of some defensive sloppiness by Detroit in a victory over the host Tigers. Willi Castro homered for Detroit in the fifth, but that wasn’t enough to overcome Kansas City’s two runs in the top of that inning. Singer (1-2) allowed three hits and struck out eight.

PIRATES 6, TWINS 2: Michael Perez had three hits and three RBIs, helping Trevor Cahill and Pittsburgh win at Minneapolis. Cahill (1-2) permitted one run and two hits in six innings. The righthander retired the Twins in order in five of his innings. Minnesota lost for the 10th time in 12 games.Jake Cave had two of the Twins’ three hits.