Montero, Soler Homer in 8th to Lift Cubs Over Braves 9-7  —  CHICAGO — Miguel Montero and Jorge Soler broke a tie with back-to-back solo homers to start the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs overcame homers from both sides of the plate by Nick Swisher in a 9-7, comeback win over the Atlanta Braves …

Marte's 2-Out HR in Bottom of 9th Lifts Pirates Over Giants  —  PITTSBURGH — Starling Marte hit a solo home run off George Kontos with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.  —  Jung Ho Kang hit a pair …

Twins Acquire Neal Cotts  —  The Twins have acquired lefty Neal Cotts from the Brewers, Milwaukee announced on Twitter.  Milwaukee will receive a player to be named later or cash in the deal.  —  Minnesota was obviously the team that won the waiver claim for Cotts, as was reported earlier today.

Mets' Cespedes Homers 3 Times Against Rockies  —  DENVER — Yoenis Cespedes has hit three home runs for the New York Mets, including a grand slam Friday against the Colorado Rockies.  —  The power display began with a slam off rookie Jon Gray in the Mets' 6-run second inning.

Diamondbacks slugger Paul Goldschmidt's August slump continues vs. Cincinnati Reds  —  CINCINNATI -Paul Goldschmidt had another quiet day at the plate on Friday night, going 0 for 4 with three strikeouts and a hit by pitch to drop his August batting average to an uncharacteristically low .208.

Tigers Say Injured Fan Released From Hospital  —  DETROIT — A day after hitting a foul ball that injured a fan behind the Detroit dugout, Anthony Gose said there's nothing a spectator in that situation can do.  —  “Even if you're paying attention you can't react that fast.

Jorge Posada has No. 20 retired by Yankees on ‘one of the happiest days of my life’  —  Calling it “one of the happiest days of my life,” Jorge Posada delivered an emotional speech Saturday afternoon as his No. 20 jersey was retired by the Yankees and he got a plaque in Monument Park.

Sale Outpitches Mariners' Hernandez as White Sox Win 11-4  —  SEATTLE — Chris Sale struck out 14 in seven strong innings to outpitch Seattle's Felix Hernandez, rookie Carlos Sanchez had a career-high four RBIs to lead the Chicago White Sox to an 11-4 victory over the Mariners on Friday night.

Fiers Throws No-Hitter Against Dodgers in 3-0 Win by Astros  —  HOUSTON — Mike Fiers has pitched the second no-hitter in the major leagues in nine days, leading the Houston Astros to a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.  —  Fiers (6-9) struck out Justin Turner …

Santana Homers as Brewers Beat Struggling Nationals 10-3  —  WASHINGTON — Domingo Santana homered in his Milwaukee debut and the the Brewers took advantage of several defensive miscues in a 10-3 victory over the struggling Washington Nationals on Friday night.

Inside Baseball: More GMs and managers on the hot seat; plus notes  —  Eight general managers have been fired, released or vacated their positions within the past 15 months, and the likelihood is that one or two more will go before the year's up.  Many of the departed executives were seemingly doing well, too.

Cherington On Ramirez, Donaldson, Sandoval  —  Ben Cherington, who recently stepped down as GM of the Red Sox, spoke at Saberseminar in Boston on Saturday (joking that the forum was “a progressive event that even invites the unemployed") and was unusually candid about his work with the Sox …

Solarte, Wallace Homer; Jankowski Has Big Debut for Padres  —  SAN DIEGO — Yangervis Solarte hit a two-run homer in a wild five-run fifth inning and Travis Jankowski had two hits, an RBI and scored a run in his big league debut as the San Diego Padres beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 Friday night.