SAN FRANCISCO -- Yoenis Cespedes doesn't feel his timing is all back after a stint on the disabled list.
But it's hard to imagine it's off that much, either.
Cespedes hit two long home runs and added an RBI double in his second game back from the disabled list, boosting Bartolo Colon and the New York Mets over the San Francisco Giants 9-5 Saturday.
The Mets had lost five of six before topping the team that began the day leading the NL West. The Giants dropped to 11-22 since the All-Star break.
Cespedes, who'd been out since Aug. 4 with a strained right quadriceps, drove in three runs. He has 24 homers this season.
"It was his show today," Mets second baseman Neil Walker said. "He had a great day."
The slugger's shot off Matt Moore (7-10) in the third inning went 457 feet, according to Statcast.com (see full recap).
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Scruggs, Phelps power Marlins to 3-1 win over Pirates
PITTSBURGH -- Xavier Scruggs hit his first major league home run and David Phelps pitched six scoreless innings to help the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 Saturday night.
Miguel Rojas scored on an error in the third, and Ichiro Suzuki doubled down the right field line in the fourth - for his 3,008th hit in the majors to move into 28th place on the career list - ahead of Scruggs' shot into the bleachers in left field.
Phelps (7-6) allowed two hits and two walks with nine strikeouts while throwing 96 pitches in six scoreless innings in his fourth start of the season. He had not gone more than 5 1/3 innings or thrown more than 90 pitches in his previous three starts.
Fernando Rodney got the last three outs for his sixth save with the Marlins and 23rd save overall.
Miami has won two straight after a three-game skid, and handed Pittsburgh is second straight loss after winning six of its previous seven (see full recap).
Castro homers, drives in 4 as Astros rout Orioles 12-2
BALTIMORE -- Jason Castro homered and drove in four runs to help the Houston Astros notch their second straight blowout victory over the struggling Baltimore Orioles, 12-2 on Saturday night.
Alex Bregman and George Springer also homered for the Astros, who defeated Baltimore 15-8 one night earlier to snap a five-game losing streak.
Bregman got this rout started with a two-run homer in the first inning off Chris Tillman (15-5), who had been given an extended rest because of a sore shoulder. Houston increased its lead to 6-0 in the third and went up 10-1 in the sixth.
Chris Davis homered in a fourth straight game and Steve Pearce also went deep for the Orioles. But Baltimore has dropped eight of 12 overall to fall into the third place in the AL East.
Baltimore pitchers combined to allow a season-high 10 walks. Utility infielder Ryan Flaherty worked the ninth inning, giving up two runs and three hits.
Mike Fiers (9-6) had little trouble in his first career appearance against the Orioles. The right-hander went seven innings, allowing one run and five hits to lower his ERA on the road from 6.27 to 5.71 (see full recap).
Encarnacion, Osuna lead Blue Jays over Indians 6-5
CLEVELAND -- Edwin Encarnacion homered, Roberto Osuna bounced back from a nightmarish outing to record the save and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Indians 6-5 on Saturday night.
The Blue Jays were stunned Friday night on Tyler Naquin's game-ending inside-the-park home run off Osuna that gave the Indians a 3-2 win.
The latest matchup between division leaders also had plenty of drama, with Osuna retiring Naquin on a groundout to end it.
Toronto built a 5-0 lead, but then Cleveland scored five times in the fourth.
Encarnacion's leadoff homer in the fifth, his 35th of the season, put Toronto back on top.
Joe Biagini (4-2) pitched two scoreless innings. Osuna also gave up a tying homer to Jose Ramirez on Friday, but pitched a perfect ninth Saturday for his 28th save (see full recap).
