Randy Johnson walked from the bullpen to the pitcher’s mound in Arizona on Saturday for a celebration, as Johnson’s No. 51 was retired by the team, joining Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 and Luis Gonzalez’s No. 20.

Backed by a pair of homers, including an unlikely three-run shot from starter Francisco Liriano, the Pirates’ bullpen fired five straight scoreless innings and Mark Melancon held on for his 35th save as the Bucs beat the Dodgers, 6-5, on Saturday at PNC Park.

Evan Longoria legged out a critical two-out infield single to plate the go-ahead run in the fourth and the bullpen returned to form with four scoreless innings to lead the Rays to a 5-4 victory over the Mets on Saturday night at Tropicana Field.

Texas’ offense exploded for eight runs and eight hits in the 11th inning as the Rangers beat the Mariners, 11-3, in the second game of a three-game series Saturday afternoon at Safeco Field.

At Comerica Park, facing a Tigers team he’s done significant damage to over the years, David Ortiz stepped to the plate for the 425th time this year for the Red Sox. His 2016 option vested with Saturday’s first plate appearance in a 7-6 loss, guaranteeing him $11 million next season, provided he passes his offseason physical.

It wasn’t Kris Bryant’s home run that impressed Cubs manager Joe Maddon as much as the rookie’s hustle in the first inning Saturday.

Yasiel Puig showed off his powerful throwing arm in the first inning of Saturday’s 6-5 loss to the Pirates, taking a single away from Starling Marte by forcing out Gregory Polanco at second.

Justin Smoak hit a grand slam, Troy Tulowitzki added a solo shot and David Price tossed seven strong innings, as the Blue Jays pulled within 2 1/2 games of New York for first place in the American League East with a 6-0 victory over the Yankees on Saturday at Yankee Stadium.

Marlins ace Jose Fernandez, who was lifted after five innings and 76 pitches in Friday’s 6-3 loss to the Braves, is dealing with right shoulder stiffness. After he reported the discomfort, the club decided to send the 23-year-old back to Miami, where he will be further evaluated by Dr. Lee Kaplan.

Clayton Kershaw, knocked around literally and figuratively Friday night by the Pirates, apparently escaped any major injury.

Newly minted 24-year-old Mike Trout didn’t waste any time on Friday, turning on a first-inning, 97-mph fastball from Orioles starter Kevin Gausman and sending it just to the left of the Angel Stadium rock pile in left-center field. It was the third time he’s homered on his birthday.

The Astros have landed veteran left-handed pitcher Oliver Perez in a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Torii Hunter’s ninth-inning solo homer to the right-field seats sent the Twins to a 10-9 comeback victory over the rival Indians on Friday night at Progressive Field. The win snapped a five-game losing streak for Minnesota.

Right-hander Edinson Volquez gave up just four hits and one run over seven innings, and Lorenzo Cain doubled, tripled and drove in the go-ahead run as the Royals held off the White Sox, 3-2, on Friday night in front of 36,211 fans at Kauffman Stadium.

Twice on Friday night the Pirates loaded the bases with no outs, and twice they came away with one total run — until Pedro Alvarez came off the bench with a pinch-hit single to win the game in the 10th.

The Nationals gave up a three-run lead in the eighth inning and lost ground in the NL East, as the Rockies took the series opener, 5-4, Friday night on Carlos Gonzalez’s go-ahead grand slam.

Tempers boiled over in the Tigers’ dugout in the middle of the fourth inning of Friday night’s 7-2 loss to the Red Sox as shortstop Jose Iglesias shoved catcher James McCann after what appeared to be a heated verbal disagreement.