OAKLAND, Calif. — Starlin Castro broke out of a slump with three hits, Carlos Beltran singled twice to keep up his recent tear and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 on Saturday to win their season-high fourth straight.

Masahiro Tanaka pitched seven innings to win Joe Girardi’s 1,500th game as a manager. Tanaka (2-0) allowed one run on five hits and had four strikeouts for his first victory since April 12.

Castro was in a 3-for-22 funk before he reached on an infield single as part of New York’s four-run fourth. The veteran second baseman also singled in the fifth, and then doubled home Ronald Torreyes for an insurance run in the seventh.

TIGERS 5, RAYS 4: Michael Fulmer struck out 11 over seven sparkling innings, and Cameron Maybin, James McCann and J.D. Martinez homered to lift Detroit to a victory over Tampa Bay in Detroit.

Making only his fifth major league start, Fulmer (3-1) allowed a run on four hits and a walk.

ROYALS 2, WHITE SOX 1: Lorenzo Cain hit a solo home run and five Kansas City pitchers combined to allow seven hits in the Royals’ road victory over slumping Chicago.

Danny Duffy and Peter Moylan combined for six scoreless innings. Joakim Soria (2-1) worked out of a seventh-inning jam and Wade Davis pitched a hitless ninth for his 11th save in Kansas City’s second straight win over the AL Central leaders.

Chicago has lost 8 of 10 games.

TWINS 5, BLUE JAYS 3: Eduardo Nunez homered to cap a five-run rally in the eighth inning as Minnesota suddenly broke loose to beat Toronto in Minneapolis.

The Twins had been shut out on just one hit – a double by Nunez – by J.A. Happ and trailed 2-0 going into the eighth. They came back to win for only the fourth time in 21 games.

RANGERS 2, ASTROS 1: Elvis Andrus hit his first home run of the season, Cesar Ramos pitched six solid innings and Texas won at Houston.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Braves 2, Phillies 0: Williams Perez took a two-hitter into the seventh, helping Atlanta win in Philadelphia for just its second series win this season.

CARDINALS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 2: Jedd Gyorko, Matt Adams and Yadier Molina homered, and Mike Leake pitched seven scoreless innings as St. Louis won at home.

ROCKIES 5, PIRATES 1: Christian Adames’ first career homer capped a four-run ninth inning as Colorado rallied to beat closer Mark Melancon and the Pirates in Pittsburgh.

METS 5, BREWERS 4: David Wright singled home the winning run on a 3-0 pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, and New York rallied past Milwaukee in New York.

MARLINS 3, NATIONALS 2: Jose Fernandez pitched six innings as Miami won at home.

GIANTS 5, CUBS 3: Matt Cain pitched six strong innings and Buster Posey hit a two-run homer as San Francisco won at home.

INTERLEAGUE

MARINERS 4, REDS 0: Franklin Gutierrez hit a three-run homer and Felix Hernandez allowed only four singles in six innings, leading Seattle to a victory over Cincinnati.

NOTES

YANKEES: New York plans to activate designated hitter Alex Rodriguez from the disabled list Tuesday when the team begins a three-game homestand against Toronto.

CUBS: Right fielder Jason Heyward will miss three to five games because of a bruise on his right side near his ribs.