Blake DeWitt hit a two-run homer in the second inning to put the Los Angeles Dodgers ahead to stay, and they went on to hand Ervin Santana his first loss of the season with a 6-3 victory over the Angels on Saturday.
Friday's interleague contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Boston Red Sox was postponed due to rain.
Joe Saunders pitched 7 1/3 strong innings en route to his seventh win of the season as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim topped the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-2, in the opener of the three-game "Freeway Series" at Angels Stadium.
Adam Dunn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off Masa Kobayashi, rallying the Cincinnati Reds to their season-high fifth straight victory Saturday, 4-2 over the Cleveland Indians.
Brandon Phillips hit a two-run home run and scored the winning run as the Cincinnati Reds opened a three-game interleague set against the Cleveland Indians with a 4-3 win.
Friday's game between the New York Mets and the New York Yankees has been postponed due to rain. No makeup date has been announced, but the game will not be made up Saturday, Sunday or Monday.
Ryan Ludwick hit his second home run of the game off Dan Wheeler in the 10th inning, allowing the St. Louis Cardinals to recover after squandering a four-run cushion in a 9-8 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.
Johan Santana gave the New York Yankees a firsthand look at the legitimate ace they turned down last winter. The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched efficiently into the eighth inning, and the Mets got home runs from Jose Reyes and David Wright to top the Yankees 7-4 Saturday in the opener of a rain-shortened Subway Series.
Nate McLouth hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Carlos Marmol in the ninth to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday even though Alfonso Soriano hit two home runs for the second straight day.
Alfonso Soriano hit a pair of home runs and drove in four, as Chicago bested Pittsburgh, 7-4, in the opener of a three- game weekend set from Wrigley Field.
