Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright enjoyed a luxury he had not yet seen in 2014 as he faced the Cubs at Busch Stadium on Saturday — run support. The Cardinals bats scored early and often, knocking out Cubs starter Carlos Villanueva after three-plus innings, evening the series with a 10-4 rout.

Alex Cobb and the Rays claimed their second consecutive victory by besting the Reds, 1-0, on Saturday afternoon at Great American Ball Park. Cobb tossed seven scoreless innings and James Loney hit a solo homer.

As was the Rockies’ plan, shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was back in the lineup Saturday after being limited to a ninth-inning pinch-hit appearance Friday night.

The Cardinals and senior vice president and general manager John Mozeliak have agreed upon a two-year contract extension through 2018.

The Rangers acquired right-hander Hector Noesi from the Mariners on Saturday in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.

Cubs manager Rick Renteria met with Jose Veras Saturday morning and told the right-hander that as of now, Veras is no longer the closer and will be used in non-save situations to try to get back on track.

The Angels took a 5-4 walk-off Interleague decision from the Mets in the 11th inning Friday night when Hank Conger was hit by a pitch from Jeurys Familia with the bases loaded to force home Raul Ibanez.

Safeco Field’s first “Supreme Court” of 2014 returned its verdict on Friday night, and the decision was unanimously in favor of Felix Hernandez as the Mariners topped the A’s, 6-4.

Andrew Cashner was outstanding, striking out 11 batters in a one-hit shutout against the Tigers on Friday night at Petco Park. Chase Headley led the offense with an RBI double and a two-run homer.

Welington Castillo smacked a three-run homer with two outs in the 11th inning to lift the Cubs to a 6-3 victory over the Cardinals in front of 43,903 at Busch Stadium on Friday night.

Adrian Gonzalez homered and drove in five runs while Hyun-Jin Ryu rebounded from his worst start with a two-hit shutout for seven innings as the Dodgers blanked the D-backs, 6-0, on Friday night at Chase Field.

While it wasn’t surprising to see Madison Bumgarner go six innings in a winning effort Friday night, he had the ballpark rocking after his fourth-inning grand slam, which propelled the Giants to a 6-5 win over the visiting Rockies.

It has been nearly a decade since that seminal Game 4 of the 2004 American League Championship Series, and finally it must be said that the storied rivalry between the Yankees and the Red Sox has decidedly tilted toward Boston.

Justin Upton provided life with a game-tying eighth-inning home run and then produced a soft opposite-field single that scored the speedy Jordan Schafer and enabled the Braves to exhale at the conclusion of Friday night’s eventful 7-6 win over the Nationals in 10 innings.

The D-backs signed veteran free-agent lefty Randy Wolf to a Minor League contract on Friday.

Adam Eaton went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and Conor Gillaspie drove in four runs as the White Sox beat the Indians, 9-6, at U.S. Cellular Field on Friday night. Chicago ace Chris Sale went five innings and got the decision after taking four losses against the Tribe in ’13.

Josh Collmenter is joining the D-backs’ starting rotation, and Randall Delgado is moving to the bullpen.