Madison Bumgarner pitched into the eighth inning and the Giants got home runs from Pablo Sandoval and Aubrey Huff, sending the Cardinals to their season-worst fifth straight loss with a 6-3 victory on Friday night. The slump is getting to Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, who complained about home plate umpire Gary Cederstrom?s calls in the ninth inning while Brian Wilson was finishing for his 35th save in 38 chances. ?You can go ahead and fine me, I don?t care,? La Russa said. ?There were several strikes, a guy as good as Brian Wilson, he doesn?t need. Who knows how that inning would have been??

Buster Posey legged out a double after his slow bouncer caromed off second baseman Jerry Hairston Jr. and then scored the winning run on Juan Uribe?s single in the 11th inning to give the Giants a 3-2 win over the Padres on Saturday, according to an Associated Press report. ?I don?t look at it like I won the game,? Uribe said. ?Buster won the game. Getting the double leading off, this guy won the game for us today.?

?Sometimes milestones are a pain,? Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Saturday night after watching Alex Rodriguez hit three homers in an 8-3 victory over the Royals, according to an Associated Press report. Rodriguez drove in five runs, taking over the major league RBIs lead with 97.

Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg has allowed a career-high six runs in a career-low 4 1-3 innings in his first start since returning from the disabled list, according to an Associated Press report on Tuesday night.

The last-place Mariners welcomed Daren Brown, its new interim manager, by getting its first triple play in 15 years in a 3-1 win over the Athletics on Monday night, as reported by the Associated Press,

Blue Jays rookie catcher J.P. Arencibia hit a two-run homer on the first pitch of his major league career Saturday, hitting a two-run shot to left off Tampa Bay right-hander James Shields, according to an Associated Press report.

The Twins defeated the Rays 8-6 on Thursday night thanks to a pop-up off the bat of Jason Kubel that hit the catwalk at Tropicana Field. The pop-up fell behind the pitcher's mound for what was the go-ahead single in the top of the ninth inning. "I'll take it," Kubel said. "Get a run in, that's all that matters. Anyway it works. I'm happy with that." Tampa Bay had scored six runs in the eighth inning to rally before Minnesota's own rally. "At the last second, at the top, it hit the catwalk and dropped straight down," shortstop Jason Bartlett said. "Reid and I were both at the edge of the dirt right when it hit so I don't think anybody had a chance."

Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to hit 600 home runs and did it with style, driving a pitch into Yankee Stadium?s Monument Park in center field exactly three years to the day after his 500th homer. A-Rod reached the milestone Wednesday after a 12-game drought with a first-inning homer off Toronto?s Shaun Marcum, according to an Associated Press report on Wednesday.

Matt Cain pitched four-hit ball into the eighth inning for the surging Giants, earning his first career win against the Dodgers in a 2-0 victory Sunday night that completed a three-game sweep, as reported by the Associated Press. Edgar Renteria hit a two-run triple in the sixth for San Francisco, which moved to 8-2 in its last 10 games.

Rockies center fielder Carlos Gonzalez hit a game-ending home run to complete the cycle on Saturday night against the Cubs. "I heard everyone saying I was going to do it," Gonzalez said. "You just believe in yourself. I guess it was meant to be. It was my night, it was the Rockies' night." Gonzalez became the sixth Colorado player to hit for the cycle and the first since shortstop Troy Tulowitzki did it last Aug. 10, also against the Cubs. "I put a really good swing on the ball," Gonzalez said. "The pitch helped me. It was 90-something, inside, and I put it right on the barrel."