White Sox's play as cold as the weather in 6-1 loss to Tigers  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Growing up near Cincinnati, White Sox center fielder Adam Engel knows what it's like to play in subarctic conditions.  —  But before Saturday's 6-1 loss to the Tigers on a 32-degree afternoon on the South Side …

Suarez powers Reds past Pirates 7-4  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Eugenio Suarez hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds cooled off the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 7-4 victory on Saturday night.  —  Pittsburgh opened the season with six wins in seven games …

Franco, Altherr hit slams and Phillies rout Marlins 20-1  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Long counts and long drives helped the Philadelphia Phillies to an easy win.  —  Maikel Franco and Aaron Altherr each hit a grand slam, Carlos Santana and Jorge Alfaro also went deep and the Phillies routed the Miami Marlins 20-1 Saturday night.

Ian Happ's two-run single in ninth helps lift Cubs to 5-2 victory  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Ian Happ's extended pause seemed as long as the wait for the Cubs' first clutch hit or the gap since closer Brandon Morrow's last appearance.  —  But the suspense was lifted in a manner that brought relief …

Juan Lagares makes most of Saturday's start; Zack Wheeler looks ‘fantastic’ in first Triple-A start  —  WASHINGTON - After spending most of spring training hitting against left-handed pitchers, Michael Conforto was surprisingly not in the lineup Saturday against Nats lefty Gio Gonzalez.

Record low for Cardinals home game: 37 degrees  —  The game-time temperature for the Cardinals' contest Saturday against Arizona was 37 degrees, the coldest recorded for a Cardinals game in St. Louis.  —  “It's cold,” said manager Mike Matheny before the game, “but fans are cold, too.

Bottom of Yankees lineup carries the load in much-needed win  —  The bottom half of the Yankees' lineup resembled a hodge-podge group that would have taken one of those long bus rides to Fort Myers for a spring-training game in March.  —  This was hardly the Murderer's Row redux …

Just chillin': Record low cold in Minny, Mariners win  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Playing in a Twins-record low of 27 degrees, the Seattle Mariners eventually heated up at the plate as Kyle Seager and Guillermo Heredia homered Saturday in an 11-4 win over Minnesota.

Duda's homer carries Royals past Indians 1-0  —  Kansas City Royals' Alex Gordon reacts after striking out to Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Cody Allen during the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 6, 2018, in Cleveland.  The Indians won 3-2.  (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Loaisiga leads Tampa to 2-0 win over Lakeland  —  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jonathan Loaisiga allowed just four hits over five innings, leading the Tampa Tarpons over the Lakeland Flying Tigers in a 2-0 win on Saturday.  —  David Sosebee got Jose Azocar to fly out with runners on first and second …

Red Sox beat Rays 10-3 for 7th straight win  —  BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts hit the first grand slam for Boston since the end of the 2016 season and drove in a career-best six runs to carry the Red Sox to a 10-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday for their seventh straight victory.

A's to place Chad Pinder on DL, call up top prospect  —  ANAHEIM - The A's will be making another transaction Saturday along with adding outfielder Trayce Thompson.  —  The Chronicle has learned that utility player Chad Pinder will go on the disabled list with a hyperextended left knee …

Rainiers Fall to River Cats; Add Catcher  —  Tacoma fell to 1-1 on the season with an 8-2 loss to Sacramento on Friday night.  It was a pleasant night at the ballpark (especially for April!), but the Rainiers never had the lead and couldn't really get anything going.

Robertson, Billings lift Palm Beach over Jupiter 7-3  —  JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Kramer Robertson tripled and singled twice, scoring a run and also driving one home as the Palm Beach Cardinals defeated the Jupiter Hammerheads 7-3 on Saturday.  —  Shane Billings singled three times with an RBI and a run for Palm Beach.

Minor freezes up Jays for 1st win as starter since '14  —  Mike Minor pitched two-hit ball over six innings to win a start for the first time since 2014 and the  —  Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 Saturday night in one of the coldest games ever at Globe Life Park.  —  It was 42 degrees when Minor threw …

Assad leads South Bend to 1-0 win over West Michigan  —  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Javier Assad allowed just three hits over five innings, leading the South Bend Cubs over the West Michigan Whitecaps in a 1-0 win on Saturday.  —  Assad (1-0) picked up the win after he struck out five.