American League

Rays 4, Blue Jays 2

Tim Beckham wanted one more chance after a tough night at the plate, and Tampa Bay is happy he got it.

The rookie hit a tiebreaking double during a three-run eighth inning and the Rays won their fourth straight game by beating Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Saturday.

"I struck out twice tonight looking," Beckham said. "I wasn't too happy about that. I just wanted to get another AB and another opportunity to hit the ball hard."

James Loney got the Rays even at 2 with a pinch-hit RBI double before Beckham's hit off Miguel Castro gave Tampa Bay a 4-2 advantage.

"You always want to be part of it," said Loney, who homered in his return from an oblique injury in Friday night's 12-3 win over Toronto. "We just want to keep it going."

Ernesto Frieri (1-1) struck out all three batters he faced for the win. Brad Boxberger pitched the ninth for his fifth save.

Brett Cecil (1-2) faced one batter, giving up a two-out single to David DeJesus, who entered on defense in the top of the eighth when center fielder Desmond Jennings exited with left knee soreness.

The Blue Jays have dropped two of the first three games in the series, and have won just one of their last 23 series at Tropicana Field.

"What are you going to do?" Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "It's on the schedule, you've got to play here. Play better."

Toronto rookie Daniel Norris allowed one run and five hits in seven innings on his 22nd birthday. The lefty struck out seven and walked three.

Russell Martin opened the seventh with an opposite-field homer to right off Steve Geltz that put the Blue Jays up 2-1.

Martin and outfielders Michael Saunders and Dalton Pompey were in the Toronto lineup, marking the first time in major league history that three Canadian position players started in the same game.

Blue Jays rookie Devon Travis went 2 for 4, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. He doubled in the first and scored on Josh Donaldson's single.

Tampa Bay tied it at 1 later in the first when Evan Longoria got the first of his four hits, a pop-fly double down the right-field line.

The four hits by Longoria tied his career high.

Erasmo Ramirez, who entered with a 21.32 ERA in three games, gave up one run and four hits over four innings for Tampa Bay.

Angels 4, Rangers 1

C.J. Cron hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the sixth inning, leading Los Angeles’ rally to its third straight victory.

Albert Pujols tied it with a bases-loaded single for the Angels, who scored three runs in the sixth despite having two runners thrown out at the plate.

Pujols also drew a bases-loaded walk in the seventh as Los Angeles climbed back to .500.

C.J. Wilson yielded seven hits and three walks during 5 2-3 rocky innings for the Angels, but Texas pushed across just one run on his wild pitch in the fourth.

Vinny Pestano (1-0) escaped a bases-loaded jam created by Wilson in the sixth, getting Robinson Chirinos on a groundout.

Twins 8, Mariners 5

Eduardo Escobar hit a solo home run and six other Minnesota Twins drove in at least one run in a collective victory over Seattle.

Eduardo Nunez had two hits and two RBIs and seven Twins scored a run.

Minnesota took advantage of three Mariners errors and two wild pitches.

Austin Jackson had a two-run home run for the Mariners in the seventh, his second.

After the Twins capitalized on two first-inning Mariner errors for a 1-0 lead, Nelson Cruz drove in a pair on a double down the right-field line.

They gave Cruz a league-leading 20 RBIs. It's the most by a Mariners player in April since 2003, when Bret Boone had 21. The club record is 30 by Ken Griffey Jr., in 1997.

Tigers 4, Indians 1

Victor Martinez drove in three runs, helping Alfredo Simon and the Tigers get the win.

Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera drew four walks in a game for the first time in his career, three of them intentional. Earlier this season, the two-time AL MVP went 11 for 14 with six RBIs in a three-game series at Cleveland.

Simon (4-0) gave up one run and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. Joakim Soria pitched a perfect ninth for his sixth save.

Ian Kinsler drove in the other run for the Tigers and Rajai Davis stole three bases.

Cleveland's T.J. House (0-3) gave up three runs and four hits in three innings. He started in place of Trevor Bauer, who was scratched because of an illness.

Astros 9, Athletics 3

Houston star Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer and extended his hitting streak against Oakland to 28 games.

Jed Lowrie drove in two runs and George Springer homered for the Astros (10-7), who have won six of seven and are off to their best start since winning 12 of 17 games to open the 2006 season.

Scott Feldman (2-2) allowed three runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings to get the win.

Oakland's Kendall Graveman (1-2) allowed six runs in 4 2/3 innings. The A's (8-11) have lost three straight to fall three games under .500 for the first time since July 2012.

National League

Dodgers 11, Padres 8

Adrian Gonzalez hit his sixth home run against San Diego this year, a three-run shot, and Andre Ethier, Howie Kendrick and Juan Uribe each had a two-run drive to give Los Angeles a victory over the Padres.

Gonzalez leads the NL with seven homers and 18 RBIs.

The NL West-leading Dodgers had scored nine runs combined in their previous four games. They've won four of five against the new-look Padres.

San Diego's Justin Upton, who received his 2014 Silver Slugger Award before the game, homered twice and drove in five runs. Wil Myers hit his first career leadoff homer.

The teams combined to hit seven homers, five doubles and one triple on a chilly, windy and damp night at Petco Park.

Pirates 2, Diamondbacks 1

Starling Marte singled home Neil Walker with two outs in the ninth inning, and Pittsburgh edged Arizona.

Walker doubled to the center-field wall against Addison Reed (0-1), his second double of the game, before Marte hit a grounder past diving shortstop Cliff Pennington.

Tony Watson (1-1) pitched in and out of trouble in the eighth to earn the win. Mark Melancon worked the ninth for his fifth save.

Watson gave up consecutive singles to start the eighth and Paul Goldschmidt followed with a soft bouncer to third for the first out, advancing the runners. But pinch-hitter Mark Trumbo fouled out and Watson whiffed Aaron Hill to escape the jam.

Each team's starter dominated over the first seven innings.

Giants 5, Rockies 4 (11)

Nori Aoki scored from third on Joe Panik's bunt down the first base line in the 11th inning, lifting San Francisco to a victory over Colorado.

Aoki reached on a leadoff walk from Brooks Brown (0-1) and was sacrificed to second. Angel Pagan followed with a single to center but Drew Stubbs' strong throw forced Aoki to hold up. Panik followed with a well-placed bunt down the line that allowed Aoki to break for the plate, and he slid into the bag just ahead of the throw home.

Jean Machi (1-0) pitched 1 2-3 scoreless innings for the win.

Marlins 8, Nationals 0

Tom Koehler outpitched Stephen Strasburg, Giancarlo Stanton homered and the revitalized Marlins earned their fourth win in a row.

Defending NL East champion Washington (7-11) endured its fourth consecutive defeat and fell into a tie for third place with the Marlins, who have put together their winning streak after a 3-11 start.

Stanton had three hits, including his fifth homer in nine games, and drove in two runs.

Strasburg (1-2) allowed eight hits and four runs in six innings. Opponents are batting .317 against him, and his ERA rose to 4.88.

Koehler (2-2) gave up six hits in 7 1/3 innings. Two relievers completed Miami's first shutout of the year.

Braves 5, Phillies 2

Andrelton Simmons led off the seventh with a homer, sparking a rally for Atlanta.

The Braves scored three runs in the seventh and chased David Buchanan (0-4) while snapping a four-game losing streak. Chris Johnson had an RBI single and Eric Young Jr. delivered a go-ahead double that lifted Atlanta to a 3-2 lead. The Braves added two more in the eighth.

Jason Grilli worked a scoreless ninth for his seventh save.

Shelby Miller (3-0) allowed two runs and three hits over six innings in his third straight win.

Ryan Howard hit a two-run homer for the Phillies.

Cardinals 5, Brewers 3

St. Louis lost ace Adam Wainwright to an ankle injury, and then got a boost from Mitch Harris.

Wainwright was helped from the field by a trainer after injuring his left ankle while stumbling out of the batter's box on his popup to first leading off the fifth inning. He allowed three hits in four shutout innings.

The 29-year-old Harris then tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in his major league debut after serving five years of active duty in the U.S. Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy.

Matt Holliday hit a three-run drive in the seventh for St. Louis, which has won four in a row. Matt Belisle (1-0) got five outs for the win and Seth Maness pitched 1 1/3 innings for his first save.

Milwaukee right-hander Wily Peralta (0-3) allowed seven hits in six innings in his third consecutive loss.