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HOUSTON (AP) — Jeremy Peña homered and Yordan Alvarez got his first hit this season, a tiebreaking double in the sixth inning that lifted the Houston Astros to a 2-1 win over the New York Mets on Saturday night.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García put Texas ahead to stay with his first homer of the season after an earlier two-run double and the Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Saturday night. García went deep leading off the fourth for a 3-2 lead.

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles acquired right-hander Cody Poteet from the Chicago Cubs on Saturday for cash. Poteet was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk. He was designated for assignment by Chicago on Thursday.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Yuli Gurriel singled with two outs in the seventh inning to score Jake Cronenworth, who was aboard on an unusual ground-rule double, and the San Diego Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 1-0 on Saturday to take their third st

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani threw his first bullpen session in a month on Saturday, but the reigning NL MVP still has plenty of work to do before he takes the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Jung was out of the Texas Rangers lineup Saturday night because of neck spasms in another early season setback for the third baseman, then his replacement got hurt in the first inning.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jesús Luzardo got a handshake from Bryce Harper in the clubhouse and fist bumps or back slaps from other teammates on Saturday after striking out 11 batters in his Philadelphia Phillies debut — and his first regular-season appearanc

WASHINGTON (AP) — Phillies shortstop Trea Turner sat out an 11-6 win over the Nationals on Saturday with a back spasm, and catcher J.T. Realmuto exited in the seventh inning with a bruised left foot after fouling a ball off himself.

MIAMI (AP) — Dane Myers' RBI single in the 12th inning drove in Otto Lopez to give Miami a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night, the Marlins' second walk-off victory in three days.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays put outfielder Josh Lowe on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a strained right oblique. The team recalled outfielder Jake Mangum from Triple-A Durham to take Lowe's spot on the roster.