Mike Trout went deep in the first and Jason Vargas kept the Mariners in check through 6 1/3 innings in a 5-1 victory on Saturday night.

Tim Lincecum racked up eight strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings, and the Giants rode a four-run first to defeat the Pirates, 6-3, on Saturday night at AT&T Park.

Francisco Liriano absorbed a four-run first inning Saturday night from which the Pirates couldn’t rebound, dropping a 6-3 decision to the Giants and slipping into a tie for first place in the NL Central.

Darwin Barney smacked a solo home run and an RBI double to back Jeff Samardzija and lead the Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Padres on Saturday night to even the series.

Josh Phegley’s two-out single in the ninth gave the White Sox a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Rangers on Saturday night in Major League Baseball’s Civil Rights Game at U.S. Cellular Field.

Home runs are coming with more frequency these days for St. Louis, and on Saturday night, a pair of solo shots behind Shelby Miller’s strong performance laid the foundation for the Cardinals to take a 6-2 win over the Braves.

The Reds knocked four home runs, including Ryan Ludwick’s first of the season, and Bronson Arroyo turned in a quality start, as Cincy beat Milwaukee, 6-3, on Saturday night at Great American Ball Park.

The National Youth Baseball Championships wound its way through the quarterfinals Saturday, and the first two games both brought compelling theater to Gameday Fields. One act involved a team desperately trying to protect a narrow lead, and the other brought a late-game reversal of fortune.

All-Star catcher Jason Castro clubbed a pair of home runs to back the starting pitching of Brad Peacock and help the Astros win their first home series in more than two months with an 8-5 victory over the Jays at Minute Maid Park on Saturday night.

Right-hander Jordan Zimmermann fired 7 2/3 strong innings and the offense provided a four-run fourth inning along with Ian Desmond’s two-run homer to help the Nationals earn a 7-2 win over the Royals on Saturday night.

David Price may have cracked first in a showdown of former American League Cy Young Award winners, but he and the Rays came away with a 4-2 win over CC Sabathia and the Yankees on Saturday night at Tropicana Field, securing a series victory.

Carlos Santana and Jason Kipnis hit two-out two-run homers in the first and third innings, respectively, to give Zach McAllister a big cushion in Saturday’s 7-2 win over the Twins at Progressive Field.

Rookie right-hander Jose Fernandez pitched seven shutout innings for his 10th win as the Marlins beat the Rockies, 3-0, snapping a four-game skid in front of 23,333 Saturday night at Marlins Park.

With an 18-1 record set in 1959, Pirates closer ElRoy Face is the owner of the highest single-season winning percentage in the history of the game, .947. The Tigers’ 3-0 victory at Citi Field on Saturday moved Max Scherzer’s record to 19-1 and his percentage to .950.

Bo Jackson equated being surrounded by some of the greatest players in baseball history during the Civil Rights Game festivities to jumping into a pool of liquid gold.

Jon Lester isn’t just giving his team quality outings. Instead, he is turning in masterpieces. The latest came on Saturday afternoon, when Lester lifted the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory over the red-hot Dodgers.

Max Scherzer met his half of the expectations and his half of the hype in an All-Star starter rematch with Matt Harvey, pitching the Tigers to a 3-0 win over the Mets at Citi Field to improve to 19-1.