Angels' sixth straight loss comes on same night Pujols tops Ruth on Elias RBI list  —  ANAHEIM, Calif.-There was a time not long ago when Angels starting pitcher Trevor Cahill was thought of as groundball specialist.  His 54.9% career groundball rate entering Saturday's game against the Seattle Mariners …

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge injures side during win over Royals  —  All-Star slugger Aaron Judge hurt his left oblique while taking a swing and likely was headed to the injured list as the already banged-up New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 Saturday.

Reds top tumbling Padres, 4-2  —  SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres are officially, statistically just ordinary.  —  If not for the fact they had been so much more for a couple weeks, playing so extraordinarily in San Diego and St. Louis and San Francisco and Phoenix, mediocre might be an achievement …

Chris Flexen gets roughed up as Mets get crushed by Cardinals, 10-2  —  ST. LOUIS — Miles Mikolas tossed eight stellar innings and also drove in two runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the New York Mets 10-2 on Saturday.  —  Cardinals third baseman Matt Carpenter left the game after the sixth inning with a bruised left knee.

Cubs pitcher Tyler Chatwood makes first start in series finale against the Diamondbacks  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Tyler Chatwood makes a spot start Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field as the Cubs and Diamondbacks square off in the series finale.  —  Chatwood has a 6.00 ERA in four relief outings …

Corey Kluber, Indians down Atlanta Braves 8-4 in opener of doubleheader  —  Max Moroff homered and had two RBIs for Cleveland, which won its fourth straight.  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — Corey Kluber bounced back from one of his worst outings in recent years by working seven innings …

Rosario, Twins go deep to sweep Orioles, 6-5 and 16-7  —  Eddie Rosario extended his power surge with three home runs in a doubleheader sweep by the  —  Minnesota Twins, who slammed a record-tying eight long balls against the  —  Baltimore Orioles in a 16-7 victory Saturday night after hitting three in the opener.

One to remember: Braves overcome 7-run deficit to defeat Indians  —  The Braves had a little juice leftover from 2018 after all.  A seven-run deficit was just another minor blockade in their latest last-out comeback.  —  After an uninspiring Game 1 loss, the Braves made the most of their Saturday nightcap in Cleveland.

Harper, Phillies outlast Rockies in Denver  —  Bryce Harper homered, Phil Gosselin drove in three runs with a double, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 8-5 in Denver on Saturday night.  —  Andrew McCutchen also homered and Rhys Hoskins had three hits for the Phillies.

Games of the Day  —  The Red Sox go for a sweep of the Rays as David Price battles Tyler Glasnow.  Price stands as the Red Sox only effective starter this season.  He's achieved that through power and control, with 20 strikeouts and just three walks in 19 innings.

Amid plunking debate, MLB's marketing is all-in on bat flips  —  NEW YORK (AP) — When Tim Anderson spiked his bat and yelled toward his White Sox teammates, Major League Baseball's self-described “spicy” Twitter account was among the first to weigh in.  —  “LET THE KIDS PLAY,” proclaimed @Cut4 …

Mikolas rolls through 8 innings, and hits, too, in Cardinals' win  —  Sometime around the seventh inning Saturday at Busch Stadium, 2-year-old Lillianne Mikolas turned to her aunt and said it was time to go, time to go home to see her

Iowa Cubs pitcher Trevor Clifton finds peace, quiet and affordability in his tiny house  —  Trevor Clifton pulls out his key, gets on the back of a trailer and walks across the metal platform to a door.  —  That door marks the start of about 104 square feet of wooden housing.

Norris gets first start as Tigers host White Sox  —  The Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers got an unscheduled day off during the holiday weekend.  They'll be back in action on Easter Sunday.  —  Their game on Saturday was postponed due to steady rain in the Detroit area.