CHICAGO >> Drew Pomeranz, Ben Brown, Brad Keller and Daniel Palencia combined on a one-hitter, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 on Saturday.

Chicago used Pomeranz as an opener in front of Brown, and the strategy worked on a cool, blustery afternoon at Wrigley Field. Pomeranz pitched a 1-2-3 first before Brown struck out nine in six dominant innings for the NL Central leaders.

The Cubs scored their two runs in the eighth. Seiya Suzuki’s flyball to right off Graham Ashcraft (3-4) was misplayed by Will Benson, and it landed in fair territory for an RBI double. Dansby Swanson drove in Kyle Tucker when he beat out a grounder to shortstop Elly De La Cruz for a two-out infield single.

Keller (2-0) worked the eighth and Palencia handled the ninth for his fifth save. It was Chicago’s sixth shutout of the season.

Cincinnati wasted a sharp performance by Nick Lodolo, who pitched six innings of five-hit ball.

The 6-foot-6 Brown retired 14 of his first 15 batters before TJ Friedl singled with two out in the sixth for Cincinnati’s only hit of the game.

Brown had a 9.90 ERA in the first inning over his first 10 starts of the season. He was tagged for eight runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings in his previous start Sunday at Cincinnati.

Brewers 17, Phillies 7 >> Rhys Hoskins hit two three-run homers against his former team, Jackson Chourio homered among his four hits and drove in five runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 17-7 on Saturday.

Hoskins had his 12th career multi-homer game, and first since 2022 when was on the Phillies.

Chourio had a three-run homer and a two-run single, and Christian Yelich also added four hits as Milwaukee finished with 23 hits.

Orioles 4, White Sox 2 >> Jackson Holliday hit his first career leadoff home run, Jorge Mateo slugged his first homer of the season and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Saturday.

Dean Kremer (5-5) allowed one run in six innings to win his second consecutive start for Baltimore, which has won five of seven for the first time this season. The Orioles clinched their third home series victory of the season and their first since taking two of three from the New York Yankees on April 28-30.

Félix Bautista earned his 10th save in 11 tries with a scoreless ninth.

Rays 16, Astros 3 >> Junior Caminero hit two of Tampa Bay’s season-high five home runs and Zack Littell threw his first career complete game as the Rays sailed to a 16-3 victory over the Houston Astros Saturday.

Littell (5-5) allowed 10 hits and three runs with six strikeouts. The Rays have won each of Littell’s last seven starts and he’s 5-0 in that stretch.

The 21-year-old Caminero had a career-best four hits and drove in five runs. The performance comes after he set a career high with six RBIs on Thursday in a 13-3 victory.

Mets 8, Rockies 2 >> Juan Soto hit his first homer in more than three weeks and the New York Mets sent the Colorado Rockies to another series loss with an 8-2 win on Saturday.

The Rockies, whose 9-49 record is the worst in the modern era through 58 games, are the first team in history to open a season with 19 straight series losses. Colorado has lost a major league-record 22 straight series dating back to last September.

Marlins 1, Giants 0 >> Edward Cabrera pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings, Javier Sanoja had an RBI single, and the Miami Marlins beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0 on Saturday.

Giants starter Robbie Ray retired the last 15 batters he faced in seven innings. Ray (7-1), trying to become the first eight-game winner this season, scattered two hits, walked three and struck out nine.

Cabrera (2-1) gave up six hits, walked three and struck out six as the Marlins were limited to three hits by Giants pitchers for the second straight game.

Cardinals 2, Rangers 0 >> Sonny Gray struck out 10 while allowing only four singles over seven innings and Willson Contreras had a part in both St. Louis runs as the Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers 2-0 on Saturday.

Gray’s 19th game with double-digit strikeouts made the 35-year-old right-hander in his 13th big league season the 10th active pitcher with 1,800 career strikeouts. Gray (6-1) threw 64 of 91 pitches for strikes and had only one walk.

Ryan Helsley worked the ninth for his 13th save in 15 chances to wrap up the Cardinals’ seventh shutout of the season. Phil Maton pitched the eighth.

Royals 1, Tigers 0 >> Vinnie Pasquantino’s one-out single in the eighth inning drove in Nick Loftin with the game’s only run as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Tigers 1-0 on Saturday, snapping Detroit’s five-game winning streak.

Pasquantino dropped to seventh, from his usual third spot, in the Royals lineup because of Detroit’s starter left-hander Tarik Skubal. He blooped a hit into short left field off Beau Brieske (1-2). Loftin had two of KC’s four hits, including a double in the eighth.

Blue Jays 8, Athletics 7 >> George Springer hit two of Toronto’s four home runs and the Blue Jays held on to beat the Athletics 8-7 on Saturday for their fourth straight win.

Springer had a solo shot in the third inning off right-hander Gunnar Hoglund and added another in the fifth.

Guardians 7, Angels 5 >> Gabriel Arias hit a go-ahead two-run double with two outs in the seventh inning and the Cleveland Guardians rallied from a four-run deficit to end the Los Angeles Angels’ eight-game road winning streak, 7-5 on Saturday.

Carlos Santana homered off Angels reliever Ryan Zeferjahn (2-1) leading off the seventh to tie it at 5-all. Daniel Schneemann singled and stole second before Bo Naylor walked. Arias doubled to center field on a 3-2 pitch.