Royals Pound White Sox for 7th Straight Win  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Moustakas hit his third home run in four games and Jeff Francoeur hit a three-run homer and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 10-3 Saturday night for their seventh straight victory.

Phillies Win, Clinch 5th Straight NL East Title  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Roy Oswalt threw seven dominant innings, Raul Ibanez hit a grand slam and the Philadelphia Phillies clinched their fifth straight NL East title with a 9-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.

Zobrist blast keeps Rays playoff hopes alive  —  Ben Zobrist hit a two-run homer off Jon Lester on Saturday to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-3 victory over the Red Sox and trim Boston's lead in the AL wild-card race to three games.  —  Jeff Niemann (11-7) pitched five solid innings for Tampa Bay …

Gallardo Strikes Out 13 in Brewers Romp  —  CINCINNATI (AP) — Yovani Gallardo struck out a career-high 13 and Ryan Braun hit his third home run in two nights to help the Milwaukee Brewers inch closer to a Central Division championship with a 10-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.

Murphy homers in 13th to give Marlins win over Nats  —  WASHINGTON — Stephen Strasburg allowed one run and four hits over six innings in his third start after Tommy John surgery, but Donnie Murphy's two-run home run in the 13th inning helped give the Florida Marlins a 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night.

Rodrigo Lopez, Cubs hand Houston its record 100th loss  —  CHICAGO - The Houston Astros lost 100 games in a season for the first time in franchise history, squandering a bases-loaded chance in the ninth inning and falling to Rodrigo Lopez and the Chicago Cubs 2-1 Saturday.

Carlos Santana hits 25th homer as Indians beat Twins 10-4  —  MINNEAPOLIS - Carlos Santana hit his 25th home run and Jeanmar Gomez pitched effectively into the seventh inning before leaving with an injury Saturday as the Cleveland Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 10-4.

NY Mets offense explodes for 20 hits in 12-2 rout of Braves in Atlanta after Terry Collins unhappy  —  ATLANTA - The Mets were sharing another dead-energy meal in the players' lounge of their home clubhouse Thursday afternoon.  As usual, the postgame show blared on the television …

Gio Gonzalez wins 14th, A's beat Tigers  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Gio Gonzalez pitched seven innings for his 14th win and Oakland turned three double plays in the first five innings and the Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3 on Saturday.  —  Coco Crisp drove in the deciding run with an RBI single …

Hamilton leads Texas to win over M's, pads AL West lead  —  SEATTLE — Josh Hamilton had four hits, including a homer, and drove in three runs to help the Texas Rangers outslug the Seattle Mariners 7-6 on Saturday night, extending their division lead to 4 1-2 games over the Los Angeles Angels in the AL West.