The Royals lost their starting pitcher, Danny Duffy, to left shoulder soreness after he threw one pitch, and the Yankees capitalized for a 6-2 victory at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. Brandon McCarthy hurled 6 2/3 innings, Martin Prado went 3-for-4 and five Yankees drove in runs.

Left-hander J.A. Happ allowed four early runs and Colby Rasmus’ pinch-hit two-run homer in the seventh inning was too little, too late, in the Blue Jays’ 4-3 loss to the Red Sox on Saturday night at Fenway Park. Toronto dropped six games back of Seattle for the second American League Wild Card spot.

Corey Kluber fanned eight in a complete-game performance to pick up his 14th win as the Indians racked up a 3-1 victory over the White Sox on Saturday night at Progressive Field. Jose Ramirez’s RBI triple in the seventh inning broke a deadlock.

Dee Gordon’s RBI single, his third hit of the game, was followed by Hanley Ramirez’s two-run double with two out in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Dodgers beat the D-backs Saturday night, 5-2.

On Saturday night, Red Sox right-hander Clay Buchholz was sharp once again in a 4-3 victory over the Blue Jays at Fenway Park. For the first time all season, the righty has three consecutive quality starts. He held Toronto to two runs on four hits in 6 1/3 innings.

After squandering a two-run eighth-inning lead, the Braves claimed a 4-3, 10-inning victory courtesy of the home run Evan Gattis was awarded after a replay review. Gattis’ leadoff shot off Bryan Morris bumped the Braves into playoff position and preserved Alex Wood’s impressive effort.

One way or another, Lance Lynn wins. There was never a better example of both the improvement and the results than Saturday night at Miller Park in a pivotal game between Lynn’s St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers.

The showdown between Madison Bumgarner and David Price didn’t meet the hype surrounding the pitching matchup, as they combined to allow six first-inning runs. The Giants staked Bumgarner to a four-run lead before he even trotted out to the mound for the first time, and San Francisco defeated Detroit once again, 5-4.

Albert Pujols drove in three critical runs in the Angels’ 8-5 victory over the Twins on Saturday night, and he reached a couple of impressive milestones in the process.

Rickie Weeks’ two-out double in the ninth briefly kept the Brewers alive in their loss to the Cardinals, and it forever gave him a spot in the franchise record books. Weeks became the 12th player to log 1,000 hits for the Brewers. When the milestone was reflected on the scoreboard, Weeks doffed his batting helmet to a standing ovation.

Two-run homers by Matt Adams and Oscar Taveras helped the Cardinals lessen the consequence of a three-error first inning and reward Lance Lynn for a gritty six-inning start in a 5-3 win over the Brewers on Saturday night. The Cardinals’ National League Central lead is now at four games with 20 games left on the regular-season schedule.

Francisco Liriano threw six scoreless innings on Saturday, and a methodical attack gave him enough support for an overdue win as the Pirates downed the Cubs, 5-0, in the delayed regularly scheduled game of an impromptu “doubleheader” at Wrigley Field.

Minutes after driving in the go-ahead run in what became a 5-3 suspended-game victory over the Cubs on Saturday, Josh Harrison had to leave the field with an aggravation of a month-old left ankle injury.

After throwing just one pitch to Yankees leadoff hitter Jacoby Ellsbury, Royals left-hander Danny Duffy exited Saturday’s eventual 6-2 loss to the Yankees at the Stadium with left shoulder soreness.

While visiting Dodger Stadium on Friday, Bud Selig said the highlight was presenting Vin Scully with the Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award. Scully is the 14th recipient of the award and only the second non-player, joining Jackie Robinson’s widow, Rachel.

Chris Heisey hit a pinch-hit, go-ahead home run in the seventh inning to back another stellar Johnny Cueto outing as the Reds beat the Mets, 2-1, and snapped a four-game losing streak at Great American Ball Park on Saturday afternoon.

A.J. Burnett fired seven strong frames and Ryan Howard hit a decisive two-run single in the third inning as the Phillies rolled to a 3-1 win over the Nationals on Saturday.