CHICAGO — Jason Hammel allowed one hit over seven innings and snapped a tie with a two-run single to lead the sizzling Chicago Cubs to a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.
Dexter Fowler added his 17th career leadoff home run, Anthony Rizzo hit his 13th homer and Hector Rondon pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 10th save for the Cubs, who have won four straight and 10 of 11.
Arizona went up 2-0 on Jake Lamb’s 10th homer in the first, following a walk. But Hammel (7-1) allowed only one more walk, retiring his last 13 batters.
BREWERS 6, PHILLIES 3: Domingo Santana hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning, Jonathan Villar went deep for the third straight game and Milwaukee won in Philadelphia.
Santana connected off Hector Neris (1-3) leading off the eighth for his fourth homer.
METS 6, MARLINS 4: Michael Conforto ended an 0-for-20 skid with an RBI single in the eighth and scored the tiebreaking run on pinch-hitter Matt Reynolds’ two-out single later in the inning to help New York rally in Miami.
REDS 6, NATIONALS 3: Stephen Strasburg gave up Joey Votto’s two-run homer and limped off the field a few pitches later, and Cincinnati overcame a pair of rain delays while rallying to beat Washington for its fourth straight win, in Cincinnati.
CARDINALS 7, GIANTS 4: Rookie Aledmys Diaz lined a tying, three-run shot off the foul pole in the fifth inning, one of the four homers in a span of nine at-bats against Jeff Samardzija, and St. Louis rallied at home.
American League
TIGERS 7, WHITE SOX 4: J.D. Martinez homered and drove in three runs, Mike Pelfrey ended an 18-start winless string and Detroit beat Chris Sale and Chicago in Detroit.
RAYS 7, TWINS 4: Evan Longoria homered for the third straight game, and Matt Andriese worked five innings in a rain-shortened start to pick up his fourth win as Tampa Bay won in Minneapolis.
ASTROS 6, ATHLETICS 5: Carlos Correa had three hits, and his RBI single with one out in the 12th inning lifted host Houston to a victory over Oakland.
YANKEES 8, ORIOLES 6: Starlin Castro and Austin Romine each had two RBI, Alex Rodriguez had three hits and New York squandered most of a seven-run lead before escaping with a victory at Baltimore.
INDIANS 7, ROYALS 1: Francisco Lindor hit one of the three home runs for Cleveland, which won at home to move into first place in the AL Central.
INTERLEAGUE
PIRATES 8, ANGELS 7: Gregory Polanco and Matt Joyce hit home runs during a five-run seventh inning, Jeff Locke got his career-best fourth straight win and Pittsburgh won at home.
Notes
WHITE SOX-PADRES: San Diego traded pitcher James Shields and cash to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Erik Johnson and shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr.
YANKEES: First baseman Mark Teixeira has been placed on the 15-day disabled list because of a knee injury. Teixeira hurt his right knee in Friday night’s game against the Baltimore Orioles and was removed in the third inning.
ATHLETICS: Pitcher Sonny Gray will return from the disabled list and start against the Houston Astros on Sunday, according to Manager Bob Melvin.
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