Yu Darvish returned from the disabled list to strike out nine but was inefficient and wild at times, and Anthony Rizzo’s two-run double helped lead the Cubs past the Texas Rangers, 3-1, on Saturday in Chicago.

In his first start since June 8 because of shoulder pain, Darvish (2-1) reached 98 miles per hour and allowed only two runs and two hits, but the Japanese righthander lasted just 4⅓ innings thanks to four walks and shoddy defense.

Jason Hammel (8-5) struck out seven in six innings for the Cubs, who won their second straight in the interleague matchup of division leaders.

Hector Rondon pitched a perfect ninth to complete the three-hitter for his 15th save.

Darvish, a three-time All-Star, was making his fourth start since missing all of 2015 following Tommy John surgery. A dominant slider dipping out of the strike zone accounted for seven of his strikeouts.

But he was lifted after 90 pitches when second baseman Rougned Odor dropped what could have been an inning-ending double play.

Cubs manager Joe Maddon said he wanted his players to be patient at the plate, knowing Darvish faced a pitch count. Darvish got Kris Bryant looking on a 98-m.p.h. fastball in the first, but his velocity dipped as the game wore on.

Darvish walked Miguel Montero, who entered hitting .201, to lead off the third. Then Rizzo’s two-out double to right extended his hitting streak to 11 games and put the Cubs ahead to stay.

Hammel allowed three hits in his first victory since June 4. Matt Szczur pinch-hit for the righthander in the sixth and hit a two-run single off Shawn Tolleson. It was Szczur’s 10th pinch hit and second for an RBI in as many days.

Orioles 2, Rays 1 — Chris Tillman became the American League’s second 13-game winner, backed by J.J. Hardy’s two-run homer in visiting Baltimore’s victory over Tampa Bay.

Tillman (13-2) gave up one run and four hits, walked three and struck out three in seven innings. Only Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox has more wins (14) among AL pitchers.

Brad Brach threw a perfect eighth and Zach Britton struck out two in the ninth for his 29th save, sealing the fourth straight win for the Orioles, who maintained a two-game lead over the Red Sox in the AL East.

Hardy’s fourth home run of the season came off Matt Moore (5-7) after Matt Wieters’s two-out double in the second.

Royals 8, Tigers 4 — Salvador Perez singled, doubled, scored and drew two of visiting Kansas City’s seven walks.

The Royals scored four runs in the first inning off Mike Pelfrey, who didn’t make it out of the second. Every hitter in Kansas City’s lineup scored exactly once except right fielder Paulo Orlando.

Danny Duffy (5-1) allowed four runs and six hits in 6⅓ innings for Kansas City. He struck out seven and walked one.

Ian Kinsler homered for Detroit, but the Tigers were facing a significant deficit before they even came up to bat for the first time. Pelfrey (2-9) allowed five runs, four hits and four walks in 1 2/3 innings.

Royals closer Wade Davis pitched a perfect ninth in a non-save situation. He'd been out since June 30 with a right forearm strain.

Phillies 4, Mets 2 — Ryan Howard homered and Maikel Franco singled home the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning to lead host Philadelphia, which has won won 11 of 15.

Jose Reyes and Travis d'Arnaud drove in runs for the Mets, who have dropped four of five since All-Star slugger Yoenis Cespedes was injured.

New York failed to homer for just the second time in the last 14 games. The Mets entered having hit 14 homers in four games at Citizens Bank Park this season and 33 long balls over the last two years at Philadelphia’s home park.

Cardinals 5, Marlins 0 — Adam Wainwright threw a three-hit shutout to keep rolling in July (3-0), and host St. Louis snapped Miami’s four-game winning streak.

Jhonny Peralta homered and Stephen Piscotty had two hits, a walk and two RBIs.

Wainwright (9-5) struck out five with two walks and didn’t allow a hit until Adeiny Hechavarria doubled to open the sixth inning.

The 6-foot-7-inch righthander is 3-0 in three starts this month, allowing one run in 22 innings. The shutout was the 10th of his career and first since Sept. 17, 2014, against the Brewers.

The team’s longtime ace received a standing ovation in the eighth before striking out for the fourth straight time, then retired the 2-3-4 hitters in order to end it.

Angels 1, White Sox 0 — Yunel Escobar led off with a triple in the first inning and scored on a grounder by Mike Trout, and that was all the offense Matt Shoemaker (5-9) needed for host Los Angeles.

James Shields (4-11) allowed just two hits for the White Sox but was the hard-luck loser in a game played in a tidy 2 hours and 20 minutes. Both pitchers went the distance.

Shoemaker struck out a career-high 13 and didn’t walk a batter, scattering six hits in his first complete game in the majors.

Nationals 6, Pirates 0 — Tanner Roark (9-5) pitched eight-plus innings of five-hit ball and had an RBI single during a three-run fourth for host Washington.

Roark allowed five singles with one walk and five strikeouts in his longest start of the season. He started the ninth but left after allowing a single and hitting a batter before the sellout crowd.

Anthony Rendon homered and drove in two runs. Second baseman Stephen Drew had three doubles and one RBI in place of NL batting leader Daniel Murphy. The Nationals have won five straight games.

Athletics 5, Blue Jays 4 — Khris Davis hit two home runs, Ryon Healy hit his first career homer, and Sonny Gray (4-8) snapped a 12-game winless streak as host Oakland defeated Toronto.

Davis was 2 for 4 in his ninth career multi-homer game, three of which came this season. The A’s have homered six times in two games, three of them by Davis.

Gray (4-8) ended a career-worst seven game skid. He was 0-7 with a 6.16 ERA over his previous 12 starts. He allowed three runs on six hits and four walks in six innings.

Healy, 24, playing in his second game since being called up from Triple A Sacramento for the first time on Friday, crushed a 66 m.p.h. pitch off R.A. Dickey (7-10) for his first major league hit.

Mariners 1, Astros 0 — Hisashi Iwakuma (10-6) limited Houston to two hits in seven innings, and Robinson Cano provided the only scoring with an RBI single in the sixth, leading host Seattle.

Iwakuma (10-6) won his fourth straight start to become the first Mariners’ pitcher to reach double-digit wins. He struck out eight and walked one.

In the sixth, Leonys Martin led off with a triple — his second extra-base hit of the game — and Cano followed with the single to left.

Houston starter Lance McCullers (4-4) was strong through the first five innings, allowing two hits and striking out five before giving up the run in the sixth. He struck out eight and walked four in 5⅓ innings.

Brewers 9, Reds 1 — Jonathan Lucroy’s two-run homer started Milwaukee’s big third inning and the visiting Brewers rolled with their best offensive showing in nearly two months.

Rockies 4, Braves 3 — Trevor Story led off the ninth inning with a single, advanced to third on two wild pitches, and scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error for visiting Colorado.