Baseball

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets third baseman Mark Vientos left Saturday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals because of groin tightness.

ATLANTA (AP) — Minnesota Twins right-hander Justin Topa was to make his first big league start on Saturday night against the Atlanta Braves after 102 relief appearances.

CHICAGO (AP) — Seiya Suzuki and Michael Busch hit consecutive home runs in a four-run second-inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 on Saturday.

BOSTON (AP) — Left-hander Martín Pérez was placed on the 15-day injured list by the Chicago White Sox before Saturday's game against the Boston Red Sox because of inflammation of his pitching elbow.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner had four hits, Bryson Stott and Johan Rojas each had three and the Philadelphia Phillies survived Miami's six-run ninth inning to beat the Marlins 11-10 on Saturday.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Blake Treinen was placed on the 15-day injured list with right forearm tightness Saturday after the Los Angeles Dodgers waited almost a week to see how their right-handed reliever was progressing.

BOSTON (AP) — Liam Hendriks knew the number as if it was his career saves or ERA: 680 days.

DETROIT (AP) — Andy Ibáñez hit a tiebreaking home run in the second inning to back rookie Jackson Jobe and lead the Detroit Tigers to a 7-3 victory over Kansas City on Friday night that extended the Royals’ losing streak to five.

DETROIT (AP) — Spencer Torkelson hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the fifth inning off Seth Lugo, and the Detroit Tigers extended the Kansas City Royals' losing streak to six with a 3-1 win Saturday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — David Bednar is back in the big leagues. The Pittsburgh Pirates recalled their two-time All-Star closer on Saturday ahead of their game against Cleveland.