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One night after they blew a late lead, the Detroit Tigers held on for a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.
That meant the Tigers could crank up the music in the visiting clubhouse to mark the end of a five-game losing streak.
“It’s a 180-degree turnaround, man,” said Matt Joyce, whose seventh-inning solo homer [...]

The Oakland Athletics finally got some much-needed offense. Jack Cust hit a solo home run and Ryan Sweeney added a three-run shot, and the Oakland Athletics held on to beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Saturday night to end a season-worst four-game losing streak. The A’s had only three extra-base hits — all doubles — [...]

Mark Buerhle won a matchup of struggling starters with Barry Zito, pitching into the seventh inning to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night. Zito (0-8) worked five innings and gave up only two runs in becoming the first Giants pitcher to open a season [...]

Ryan Spilborghs hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Colorado Rockies overcame Livan Hernandez’s strong outing to end a six-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. Hernandez (6-2) retired the first 15 batters he faced before Jeff Baker hit a double to left leading off [...]

Mike Lowell hit a two-run homer and doubled in a pair of runs, and the Boston Red Sox survived a battle of bumbling infielders to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Saturday and complete a sweep of their day-night doubleheader.
The teams’ infielders combined for seven errors in the nightcap - four by the Brewers - [...]

Mike Lowell hit a two-run homer and doubled in a pair of runs, and the Boston Red Sox survived a battle of bumbling infielders to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Saturday and