The A’s continued to torment their new American League West opponents on Saturday evening, batting around the order in two innings against the host Astros in an 11-5 drubbing at Minute Maid Park.

Philadelphia beat the Nationals on Saturday night at Nationals Park, 5-3, to pull with a game of .500. Delmon Young’s RBI single scored Michael Young from first to break a tie in a two-run Philadelphia eighth.

Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp was visibly upset when manager Don Mattingly removed him from the game in a double-switch in the top of the seventh inning on Saturday. But Kemp said he was simply shouting out of frustration, and not at Mattingly.

The Dodgers will look for a solid outing from Clayton Kershaw on Sunday as they take on the Cardinals in the series finale at Dodger Stadium. Shelby Miller will be on the hill for the Cardinals. Until one start ago, Miller and Kershaw were tied as the National League ERA leaders.

The Braves are back to their winning ways. The Mets, however, are still struggling to find something to get excited about. Atlanta has won eight straight games and has to feel good about Sunday’s series finale at Citi Field with right-hander Julio Teheran on the mound. New York will counter with Shaun Marcum.

Conor Gillaspie ignited a second straight walk-off celebration for the White Sox on Saturday with his game-ending RBI single in the ninth inning for a 2-1 win over the Marlins. Jake Peavy picked up the win with a complete-game gem.

Umpire Jeff Nelson took no solace from the fact that he wasn’t the only one fooled when he mistakenly called the second out of a Rangers double play in the second inning of Texas’ 9-5 win in Seattle on Friday night.

With the Yankees down to their final out, Lyle Overbay worked a crucial walk to set up a game-tying two-run rally, then homered in the 11th to lift New York to a 4-3 victory over the Rays at Tropicana Field.

Angel Pagan delivered a walk-off, inside-the-park homer in Saturday’s 10th inning to erase a one-run deficit and lift the Giants to a 6-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies.

Cincy scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth — one on a Derrick Robinson bunt — on the way to a 5-2 win over the Cubs Saturday. Homer Bailey fanned eight and allowed two runs in six frames.

P.J. Walters turned in a quality start in his season debut and was backed by a three-hit effort from Joe Mauer to lead the Twins to a 3-2 win over the Tigers and end a season-long 10-game losing streak Saturday at Comerica Park.

Jeff Locke set a season high with seven strikeouts, running his scoreless innings streak to 14 while receiving early run support in the form of homers from Andrew McCutchen, Pedro Alvarez and Neil Walker in the Bucs’ 5-2 win Saturday at Miller Park.

Rickey Henderson had to make do with the bad weather in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Saturday, and what Henderson and three other Hall of Famers provided was more rewarding and entertaining than a come-as-you-were party disguised as seven innings.

Dustin Pedroia’s heroics led the Red Sox to a wild 7-4 win over the Indians on a wet Saturday afternoon at Fenway Park.

Could Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera become the first player to win back-to-back Triple Crowns? Entering Saturday’s action, Cabrera led the Majors with a .388 average and 57 RBIs, while ranking second with 14 home runs.

Right-hander Billy Buckner made his Angels’ debut a memorable one by delivering five scoreless innings as the Angels defeated the host Royals, 7-0, on Saturday.

Adam Jones crushed a homer in his third straight game and Danny Valencia added a two-run blast in the O’s 6-5 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon. It was Freddy Garcia’s first win of the year.