Morrow helps Jays snap skid

Brandon Morrow pitched six innings, Edwin Encarnacion hit a grand slam and the host Blue Jays beat the Mariners 7-0 on Saturday.

Morrow (2-1) won his second straight start and improved to 3-0 with a 1.89 ERA in three starts against the team that drafted him fifth overall in 2006.

The loss ended Seattle’s season-best four-game winning streak.

Angels 2, Indians 1: Dan Haren pitched eight strong innings for Los Angeles, though Albert Pujols remained homerless, and the Angels defeated the host Indians.

Torii Hunter hit a solo homer for Los Angeles, which snapped a fivegame losing streak.

Red Sox 1, White Sox 0: Jon Lester outdueled Jake Peavy, lifting the Boston Red Sox over the Chicago White Sox.

Adrian Gonzalez had an RBI single in the fourth as Lester (1-2) picked up his first win of the season.

Peavy (3-1) failed in his bid to win a fourth straight start for the first time with the White Sox, but threw a complete game for a second consecutive start for the first time in his career.

Tigers 7, Yankees 5: Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in three runs and Drew Smyly pitched into the seventh inning for his first major league win.

Andy Dirks hit a threerun homer in the first off Freddy Garcia.

Orioles 10, A’s 1: WeiYin Chen pitched seven strong innings, Chris Davis had four RBIS, Adam Jones and Robert Andino each had three hits and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics.

Chen (2-0) allowed six hits and didn’t give up a run until Jonny Gomes’ one-out home run in the sixth. By then, he led 90. He struck out four and walked two. factured a run in the seventh, but they would get no closer after going 1-for9 with runners in scoring position and striking out 14 times overall. Jose Tabata capped the game with a highlight for the Pirates by robbing Eric Hinske at the right-field wall to end the game.

Without Brian Mccann, who’s resting a sore ribcage muscle, and Chipper Jones, who took a scheduled day out of the starting lineup, the Braves’ offense was left to other devices.

Michael Bourn, Martin Prado and Tyler Pastornicky had multi-hit nights, but overall the Braves struggled to convert in the clutch. Freddie Freeman was 0-for4 in the third hole, while striking out three times against the left-handed Erik Bedard, once with a pair of runners in scoring position.

The Braves have lost only four times in their past 17 games, and the 22-year-old Delgado took half of them.

He got beat on a grand slam by Gerardo Parra in his previous start in Arizona, but the Pirates went more for a slow burn Saturday night while amassing four runs in a seasonlow 4 ⅓ innings from Delgado.

The Pirates were averaging 2.21 runs entering the game — worst in the major leagues — but jumped on Delgado with three runs on six hits in the first two innings. That was as many runs as they scored in the previous four starts by Bedard.

The eight-year veteran of the American League took advantage by winning his first game as a Pirate to move to 1-4 with a 2.48 ERA. He struck out nine in five innings and left after 98 pitches, having allowed only a run.

Earlier in the week, the Braves sent the struggling Jair Jurrjens to the minor leagues when many thought it would be Delgado, especially after the rookie’s five-run outing April 22 in Arizona. But the fifth starter’s job remained his. A second consecutive loss fueled the debate over whether Kris Medlen is more valuable in the rotation or as the Braves want him — helping save the back end of the bullpen.

Delgado threw only 11 strikes in a 22-pitch first inning while walking two batters. He gave up three hits in a four-batter span in the second inning, as Alex Presley and Tabata drove in two more runs. Delgado’s first clean inning came in the fourth after which he already had thrown 84 pitches. His ERA climbed to 6.30, and his night ended after back-to-back doubles in the fifth.

The Braves cut the Pirates’ lead to 4-2 off for- mer Brave Chris Resop after Jason Heyward’s leadoff double and his eighth steal in as many tries this season got him to third. Juan Francisco drove him in on a ground out, but the Braves didn’t have that luxury after Pastornicky singled and took third on a two-base error by right fielder Tabata.

There were two outs when Jones, pinch hitting, grounded out to strand him there, leaving the Braves 1-for-9 in scoring position through the first six innings.

Pastornicky had worked for 10 pitches against Resop — all fastballs — before timing one to right field. That single gave him seven hits in 12 at-bats since his return from a three-day breather to clear his head.