Walt Jocketty, a three-time baseball executive of the year and former general manager for both the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds who began his front office career with the Oakland A’s, has died. He was 74.

Jocketty died Friday in the Phoenix area after battling health issues for several years.

He was hired in 1980 by owner Charlie Finley in Oakland. Jocketty spent 14 seasons in the A’s organization as director of minor league operations, director of baseball administration, and as right-hand man to Sandy Alderson. During his time with Oakland he helped the A’s win three AL pennants and the 1989 World Series.

Jocketty became the general manager in St. Louis on Oct. 14, 1994. His biggest move was hiring Tony La Russa in 1996. The two men had worked together in Oakland.

La Russa went on to be the winningest manager in Cardinals history and a Hall of Famer.

The Cardinals won the National League Central Division seven times under Jocketty’s leadership. St. Louis also won NL pennants in 2004 and ’06 and a World Series title in 2006.

Jocketty was hired by the Cincinnati Reds as a special adviser on Jan. 11, 2008. He then was named general manager of the Reds in 2008. He served in that role until December 2016.

The Reds made the playoffs three times when Jocketty served as the GM.

White Sox 10, Athletics 3: Michael A. Taylor hit three doubles and drove in three runs and visiting Chicago routed the A’s on Saturday.

Chicago, which had lost 10 of 12 coming in, scored four times in the first and twice more in the second off Jeffrey Springs (3-3).

The A’s dropped to 5-9 at Sutter Health Park.

Mets 2, Nationals 0: Francisco Alvarez hit a two-run homer in his second game after returning from a broken hand, and Clay Holmes combined with five relievers on New York’s fifth shutout of the season, a victory at Washington.

Francisco Lindor had three hits as the MLB-best Mets (19-8) set a team record for April wins with 17.

Holmes (3-1) allowed four hits and no walks in five innings.

Royals 2, Astros 0: Michael Wacha scattered four hits over six innings, Vinnie Pasquantino homered and host Kansas City blanked Houston to run its winning streak to six.

Wacha (1-3) struck out six, walked two and didn’t allow a runner past second base.

Phillies 10, Cubs 4: Jesús Luzardo pitched six effective innings, and Philadelphia stopped a five-game slide with a victory at Chicago.

Luzardo (3-0) allowed two unearned runs and three hits in his first win since April 4.

Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and Max Kepler each had two RBIs for Philadelphia.

Cardinals 6, Brewers 5: Nolan Arenado homered off Trevor Megill in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving St. Louis a win over Milwaukee .

Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley entered with a 5-3 advantage but blew the save. Isaac Collins singled leading off the ninth and Jackson Chourio, who had four hits and three RBIs, followed with his sixth homer on a first-pitch slider to tie it.