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MILWAUKEE (AP) - Jhonny Peralta, Tommy Pham and Aledmys Diaz homered, helping Carlos Martinez and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-1 Saturday. Martinez struck out a season-high 11 in five innings.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Salvador Perez homered and made a key pickoff throw Saturday to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Marines 5-3. Perez hit a solo home run off the foul pole in the seventh inning that gave the Royals a two-run lead. In the eighth, the World Series MVP made the defensive play of the game. With runners at the corners and one out, the star catcher trapped Kyle Seager off first base. The pickoff was Perez's first of the season and 18th of his career.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Josh Bell hit a grand slam in his second major-league at bat, one of four homers by the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 12-6 win over the Chicago Cubs Saturday night. Cubs starter Jon Lester, the National League pitcher of the month for June, has struggled of late - allowing 13 runs in 4 1/3 innings in July.

CHICAGO (AP) - Todd Frazier hit his 25th homer, Jose Quintana bested Julio Teheran in the majors' first all-Colombian pitching matchup, and the Chicago White Sox held off the Atlanta Braves 5-4 Saturday. Quintana won his second straight start despite giving up home runs to Gordon Beckham, Jeff Francoeur and Freddie Freeman in six innings.

INTERLEAGUE

Final Chi White Sox 5 Atlanta 4

Amer. League

Final Detroit 3 Toronto 2

Final Baltimore 3 L.A. Angels 2

Final Boston 4 Tampa Bay 1

Final Oakland 3 Houston 2

Final N-Y Yankees 7 Cleveland 6, 11 Innings

Final Kansas City 5 Seattle 3

Final Minnesota 8 Texas 6

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NATIONAL LEAGUE