Wainwright First Five Game Winner – MLB Roundup

UNDATED (AP) — Adam Wainwright and Jhonny Peralta (JAH'-nee peh-RAHL'-tah) were the stars as the St. Louis Cardinals hammered Pittsburgh 7-0.

Wainwright is the year's first five-game winner, improving to 5-1 by allowing three runs while striking out seven in eight innings. Peralta backed him with two homers and four RBIs as the Redbirds dealt the Pirates their fifth loss in six games. The Cards had gone 366 at-bats without a homer before Peralta ended the drought.

Also in the majors:

— Atlanta beat Cincinnati 1-0 on Freddie Freeman's RBI single in the bottom of the 10th. Cincinnati's Johnny Cueto (KWAY'-toh) and Atlanta's Julio Teheran each allowed only three hits in eight scoreless innings.

— Jason Hammel tossed seven scoreless innings and Starlin Castro hit two solo homers in the Cubs shut out of the Brewers 4-0. Hammel had a season-high seven strikeouts and didn't allow a hit until Carlos Gomez doubled with one out in the sixth.

— Brandon Hicks hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give San Francisco a 4-1 victory and a three-game sweep of Cleveland. Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong gave up just two hits in seven shutout innings, his longest start of the season.

— Josh Rutledge hit a three-run homer and Jorge De La Rosa pitched seven strong innings in Colorado's 6-1 rout of the Dodgers in Los Angeles. De La Rosa surrendered only a run and four hits as the Rockies won their fourth straight series.

— Cameron Maybin returned to the San Diego lineup and went 2-for-4 with a run scored in San Diego's 4-2 win at Washington. Maybin was making his season debut after rupturing his left biceps in spring training.

— Dillon Gee pitched three-hit ball over eight innings and Chris Young hit a two-run homer as the New York Mets blanked Florida 4-0 to conclude a 6-4 homestand. The Mets compiled a 2.19 ERA during the final eight games of the homestand.

— The Phillies completed a 6-4 road trip as A.J. Burnett allowed five hits and had eight strikeouts in eight innings of Philadelphia's 2-0 shutout of Arizona. Chase Utley hit an RBI single in the first and scored the other run while raising his batting average to .360.

— White Sox designated hitter Jose Abreu (ah-BRAY'-oo) has set a major league record with 31 RBIs for the month of April after driving in four more in a 9-2 rout of Tampa Bay. The homer was his major league-leading 10th and extended his own record for home runs by a rookie through April.

— Collin McHugh allowed two hits over 8 2/3 innings of Houston's 5-1 victory against Oakland. McHugh is 2-0 with 19 strikeouts and a 0.59 ERA in 15 1/3 innings over two starts since being recalled from the minors early last week.

— Kyle Seager's second homer of the day with a three-run shot in the eighth to lead Seattle past Texas. Seager has five home runs in four games, a power surge that started with a two-homer game against the Astros on Wednesday.

— Kansas City's Omar Infante (ihn-FAHN'-tay) homered and tied a career high with six RBIs to lead a 9-3 pounding of the Orioles in Baltimore. James Shields pitched seven innings of three-hit ball as the Royals concluded a 3-4 road trip.

— The New York Yankees won for the 10th time in 14 games by scoring once in each of their last two at-bats to beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2. Mark Teixeira (teh-SHEHR'-uh) smacked a game-tying homer in the seventh, one inning before Jacoby Ellsbury scored on a wild pitch.

— Brett Lawrie hit a solo homer and had and had two RBIs as Toronto whipped Boston 7-1 to end a four-game losing streak. Edwin Encarnacion (ehn-kahr-nah-see-OHN') also had two hits and drove in two runs as one of a major league-record six Dominicans in the Blue Jays' lineup.

— Detroit's game at Minnesota was postponed because of rain. No makeup date has been set.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Another player sliding head-first into a base has been injured and is headed to the disabled list. This time, it's Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper, who has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left thumb. Harper hurt his hand with a head-first slide into third base Friday night after hitting a third-inning, bases-loaded triple in Washington's 11-1 victory over the San Diego Padres. He stayed in the game for an inning before he was replaced.

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have put first baseman Chris Davis on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique. Davis left Friday night's game against Kansas City after four innings. Davis led the majors last year with 53 homers and 138 RBIs. This season he has two home runs and 13 RBIs in 22 games.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Detroit Tigers have put pitcher Anibal (AH'-nih-bahl) Sanchez on the 15-day disabled list because of a blister on his throwing hand. Sanchez left in the third inning of Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Twins with a blister on his right middle finger. He is 0-2 with a 3.13 ERA in five starts this season.

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Toronto 7, Boston 1

Kansas City 9, Baltimore 3

Houston 5, Oakland 1

Chicago White Sox 9, Tampa Bay 2

Detroit at Minnesota, ppd., inclement weather

San Francisco 4, Cleveland 1

Seattle 6, Texas 5

N.Y. Yankees 3, L.A. Angels 2

Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Morton 0-3) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-1), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (C.Young 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-2), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Bedard 0-1) at Boston (Lackey 3-2), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Kazmir 3-0) at Texas (M.Perez 4-0), 8:05 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 3-1) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-2), 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 4-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 3-1), 8:10 p.m.

Toronto (McGowan 1-1) at Kansas City (Vargas 2-0), 8:10 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-1) at Houston (Cosart 1-2), 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 1-2), 10:05 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Toronto at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Washington at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

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N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 0

Atlanta 1, Cincinnati 0, 10 innings

San Diego 4, Washington 2

Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 0

St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 0

San Francisco 4, Cleveland 1

Colorado 6, L.A. Dodgers 1

Philadelphia 2, Arizona 0

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 1-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Morton 0-3) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-1), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (A.Wood 2-3) at Miami (Fernandez 3-1), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 1-2) at Cincinnati (Cingrani 2-2), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 4-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 3-1), 8:10 p.m.

Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-1) at Houston (Cosart 1-2), 8:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Lohse 4-1) at St. Louis (Lynn 4-1), 8:15 p.m.

Colorado (Chatwood 1-0) at Arizona (Bolsinger 1-1), 9:40 p.m.

San Diego (Stults 1-2) at San Francisco (M.Cain 0-3), 10:15 p.m.

Milwaukee at St. Louis, 1:45 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Washington at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.