Jayson Werth had a big game on Saturday night. He collected his 1,000th career hit at Nationals Park and it was a big one. Werth’s two-run homer in the seventh inning helped the Nationals defeat the Phillies, 8-5.

From start to start, Zack Wheeler’s growth has been plain to see. Bumps have surfaced along the road, but Wheeler has nonetheless followed a direct line of improvement throughout his young career. He came upon another milestone Saturday evening when, for the first time all season, Wheeler did not walk a batter in the Mets’ 4-1 victory over the D-backs at Chase Field.

With David Hernandez’s ERA at a season-worst 5.59 after another rough outing Saturday night, the D-backs optioned the 28-year-old to Triple-A Reno following the club’s 4-1 loss to the Mets.

An escalating pitch count limited C.J. Wilson’s outing to 5 1/3 innings Saturday, but the Angels’ bullpen was perfect, getting out of a critical jam in the sixth, setting the stage for a four-run eighth inning and retiring all 11 Indians hitters it faced in a 7-2 victory at Progressive Field.

Rangers designated hitter Lance Berkman went 2-for-3 with a home run for Triple-A Round Rock against Salt Lake on Saturday in his first game on rehabilitation assignment.

Pirates left fielder Starling Marte left Saturday night’s game in the seventh inning after he took a fastball off his left hand. Third baseman Pedro Alvarez also appeared to injure his left hand in the sixth inning.

Alex Rios, making his Rangers debut, had a triple in a two-run eighth inning that lifted Texas to a 5-4 victory over the Astros at Minute Maid Park on Saturday night.

Darwin Barney smacked a game-tying two-run double in the eighth and Dioner Navarro followed with a pinch-hit RBI double to lift the Cubs to a 6-5 victory over the Cardinals.

Tyson Ross was nearly unhittable over seven innings, and he got help from two unearned runs and a Will Venable homer in the Padres’ 3-1 win over the Reds on Saturday.

Runs have been hard to come by during Nathan Eovaldi starts. It turned out all the Marlins needed was one to put the brakes on their six-game losing streak.

The greatest player in franchise history brought Seattle baseball fans to cheers and tears one more time Saturday as Ken Griffey Jr. was inducted into the Mariners Hall of Fame.

Adrian Gonzalez homered, Nick Punto drove in two runs and Zack Greinke fired 6 1/3 scoreless innings as the Dodgers beat the Rays, 5-0, on Saturday afternoon at Dodger Stadium.

After a 12-game losing streak to AL Central opponents, the White Sox topped the Twins, 5-4, at U.S. Cellular Field on Saturday. Alejandro De Aza ended the game with an outstanding catch on a ball that might have been headed over the wall.

Marco Scutaro and Hunter Pence punctuated a three-run rally in the sixth inning to help the Giants defeat the Baltimore Orioles, 3-2, on Saturday afternoon at AT&T Park.

The Rays’ Evan Longoria successfully executed the hidden-ball trick on the Dodgers’ Juan Uribe and third-base coach Tim Wallach in the fourth inning of Saturday’s game.

If you’re an Indians fan of any age, chances are Rocky Colavito’s name still lights a spark after all this time, whether you watched him play personally or simply heard the tall tales about his prodigious power and the impact of that ill-fated 1960 trade to Detroit.

After a morning workout session, the teams in the RBI Softball World Series took to the field on Saturday afternoon to begin play in the 2013 installment of the tournament.