Baseball-Highlights of Saturday's MLB games

April 23 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Saturday's Major League Baseball games. Indians 10, Tigers 1 Corey Kluber collected his first win of the season and Yan Gomes tied his career high by driving in five runs as the Cleveland Indians overwhelmed the Detroit Tigers 10-1. Kluber lost his first three starts, when the Indians only scored a combined three runs. He got plenty of run support on Saturday as Cleveland reached double digits for the first time this season. He struck out 10, with Justin Upton fanning in all three of his at-bats against the 2014 American League Cy Young Award winner. Nationals 2, Twins 0 Tanner Roark struck out a career-high 15 batters in seven innings and Ryan Zimmerman drove in two runs in the first as the Washington Nationals beat the Minnesota Twins 2-0. For the second straight game, the Nationals jumped on the Twins in the first inning as Zimmerman had a two-run single. Washington improved to 13-4, while the last-place Twins are 5-13. Blue Jays 9, Athletics 3 Josh Donaldson hit a three-run home run, Troy Tulowitzki hit two solo homers, J.A. Happ pitched seven innings and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics 9-3. The loss ended a six-game winning streak for Oakland (10-8) and stopped a three-game losing skid by Toronto (9-10). It was the first loss in eight road games this season for the A's. Yankees 3, Rays 2 Brett Gardner homered with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the New York Yankees a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. New York quickly reached two out in the ninth but won the game when Gardner drove a 3-and-1 fastball from Erasmo Ramirez (3-1) into the second deck in right field. White Sox 4, Rangers 3 (11 innings) Jose Abreu drove in the winning run with the bases loaded and one out in the 11th inning as the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers 4-3. Astros 8, Red Sox 3 Colby Rasmus belted his fifth career grand slam, delivering a much-needed blow to lift the Houston Astros to an 8-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday at Minute Maid Park. Rasmus crushed a 2-2 pitch from Red Sox right-hander Clay Buchholz (0-2) off the facing of the second deck in right field, snapping a 1-1 tie with two outs in the fifth inning and ending the Astros' four-game skid. Mets 8, Braves 2 Left-hander Steven Matz scattered nine hits over seven innings and the New York Mets won their seventh straight game at Turner Field with an 8-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday. Matz (2-1) struck out eight, one shy of his career high, and did not walk a batter. Matz threw 98 pitches, 74 for strikes, and won his second straight game. Orioles 8, Royals 3 Rookie Tyler Wilson picked up a victory in his first start of the season, Chris Davis homered among his four hits, scored three runs and drove in two as the Baltimore Orioles crushed the Kansas City Royals 8-3 on Saturday night. Wilson was pulled after five innings plus a batter and 70 pitches, giving up three runs and six hits. He struck out two and walked none. Reds 13, Cubs 5 Eugenio Suarez and Adam Duvall each hit three-run home runs as the Cincinnati Reds' offense broke out of its slump in a 13-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night before a sellout crowd of 41,660 Great American Ball Park. After being no-hit by Jake Arrieta in the series opener and held to five hits on Friday, the Reds' erupted for 14 hits and a season-high 13 runs including four homers. Diamondbacks 7, Pirates 1 Arizona catcher Chris Herrmann homered and tied a career high with four RBIs and David Peralta hit his second homer in as many days in the Diamondbacks' 7-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night at Chase Field. Peralta broke a 1-1 tie with a homer in the third inning and Herrmann capped a five-run eighth with a three-run homer, his first home run of the season, to back right-hander Rubby De La Rosa. Phillies 10, Brewers 6 Maikel Franco homered for the third time in two games and drove in four runs to push the Philadelphia Phillies past the Milwaukee Brewers for a 10-6 victory Saturday evening at Miller Park. Franco had snapped out of a 3-for-29 funk Friday night with a three-hit effort that included a pair of home runs. He kept it going Saturday with a first-inning single then gave the Phillies their first lead of the day with a three-run home run in the fourth and added an insurance run with an RBI single in the sixth. Dodgers 4, Rockies 1 Kenta Maeda pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings and A.J. Ellis hit a two-run homer to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night at Coors Field. Maeda (3-0) held the Rockies hitless for 5 1/3 innings before DJ LeMahieu lined a single to center. He left an inning later after giving up three hits and one walk with eight strikeouts while lowering his ERA to 0.36. Cardinals 11, Padres 2 Jeremy Hazelbaker hit a three-run, tie-breaking, pinch-hit homer in the top of the seventh Saturday night and former Padre Jedd Gyorko added a three-run homer an inning later to power the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-2 victory over San Diego at Petco Park. Both homers were off former Cardinals reliever Carlos Villanueva. Giants 7, Marlins 2 Jake Peavy helped his own cause with a two-run single while limiting the Miami Marlins to two runs in seven innings Saturday night, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 7-2 victory. Matt Duffy had three hits, including two off Marlins starter Jose Fernandez, helping the Giants rebound from a four-game home sweep at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks with a second consecutive win over the Marlins. Angels 4, Mariners 2 Felix Hernandez shook off flu-like symptoms that postponed his start for a day and took the mound against the Los Angeles Angels Saturday night. But it was the Angels' offense that lost some of its pallor. Cliff Pennington and Mike Trout hit home runs off Hernandez as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 at Angel Stadium. (Editing by Andrew Both/Peter Rutherford)