Jake Arrieta began a new winning streak on Saturday with some help from his teammates. Miguel Montero hit a three-run homer, Kris Bryant added a two-run shot and Jason Heyward and Anthony Rizzo each hit solo homers to back Arrieta and power the Cubs to an 8-2 victory over the Braves at Turner Field.

Mets second baseman Neil Walker left Saturday’s 7-4 loss to the Brewers prior to the bottom of the fourth inning with lower back tightness.

Jake Arrieta has thrown two no-hitters and recently rode a winning streak of 20 consecutive decisions. What’s next for the Cubs’ ace? How about taking part in a home run derby?

Xander Bogaerts, who went 4-for-5 with a two-run homer and three RBIs, scored the go-ahead run after some heads-up baserunning as the Red Sox pounded the Twins, 15-4, on Saturday afternoon at Target Field.

Yeah, we’re gonna need a ladder.

Choose a side.

KANSAS CITY — One way or the other, Andre Dawson seemed destined to leave his baseball mark in Kansas City.

Left-hander Danny Duffy struck out a career-high 10 batters through six scoreless innings, and rookie Cheslor Cuthbert had his first career two-homer game as the Royals snapped a season-high eight-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the White Sox on Saturday afternoon.

Bearing down on second base, Xander Bogaerts wasn’t slowing down or preparing to slide as the Twins looked to make him the first out of a double play. Bogaerts’ heads-up baserunning put him in position to score the game-winning run in Boston’s 15-4 victory.

Edwin Encarnacion was back at it again Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre, with a pair of home runs, including a sixth inning three-run blast, to lead the Blue Jays to an 11-6 victory over the Orioles.

Few things in baseball are ever guaranteed, but Edwin Encarnacion’s production against the Baltimore Orioles has become a constant for the Blue Jays.

Danny Duffy, the Royals’ gifted left-hander, threw six scoreless innings on Saturday in a 4-1 win, a victory that snapped Kansas City’s eight-game losing streak. But it was how he pitched those innings that matter in the long term.

Not bad for your first career homer.

Tanner Roark kept the Phillies off the board on Saturday, and the Nationals’ offense did the rest, as Washington routed Philadelphia, 8-0, at Nationals Park.

Injury updates for two Twins pitchers were not positive, as Phil Hughes and Glen Perkins won’t be returning to the mound any time soon. Hughes, who took a line drive off the left knee from Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto on Thursday, will miss six to eight weeks with a femural fracture above the kneecap.

The anticipation of hearing his name called in the 2016 Draft so filled Greg Weissert with nervous energy, the Fordham University right-hander scooped up his glove on Saturday afternoon and played catch with his brother across the yard of his parents’ Long Island home.

Clate Schmidt underwent chemotherapy for three months. Doctors declared him cancer-free in late July. His love of baseball helped push him through, he said, but his fight to pitch was just starting.