Cardinals, Yankees: Brendan Donovan hit a three-run homer, Kyle Gibson pitched seven strong innings and the Cardinals beat the Yankees 6-5 on Saturday for their first regular-season win at Yankee Stadium. It was the first victory for the Cardinals in the Bronx since Tim McCarver hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning in Game 5 of the 1964 World Series and Bob Gibson pitched a complete game in a 5-2 win. The Cardinals improved to 1-7 at Yankee Stadium in the regular season. The Cardinals went ahead to stay with four runs in the third against rookie Will Warren (0-3). Nolan Arenado hit a tying RBI single before Donovan connected for his 11th homer. It was his first three-run drive since July 23, 2023. Iván Herrera hit an RBI double in the sixth and scored on a throwing error by Yankees catcher Austin Wells following a wild pitch by Mark Leiter Jr. Herrera reached three times and hit a single in the third when Paul Goldschmidt was thrown out at the plate. Gibson (8-6) allowed one run and five hits. After struggling through his worst outing this season Monday against the Padres, he got his first win since July 7 at Washington.

Rangers: Max Scherzer feels confident that he has figured out what was causing a nerve issue that has kept him from pitching for a month, and the three-time Cy Young Award winner is now ready to rehab to get back on the mound for the Rangers. Scherzer said Saturday that a change in mechanics alleviated the irritation of the triceps nerve that was only happening when he was pitching. He came out of a full bullpen session Friday without any pain. “I feel like I can overcome this, because there’s nothing wrong. ... I don’t have an injury here. This was just nerve irritation,” Scherzer said. “I feel like I potentially have solved this, and now I can actually build back up.” Even with reigning World Series champion Texas already shifting its focus to 2025 — the Rangers went into Saturday night’s game 10 games back in the AL West — the 40-year-old Scherzer said he definitely wants to pitch again this season, and still plans to pitch more after that. “I’ve got to go out there and prove it,” he said. “And if I do, then, yeah, I definitely want to pitch next year. I said that coming in. I came into this year thinking I was going to pitch next year, so nothing’s changed. Obviously if I fail at this, you know, I’ve got to rethink, but I don’t think I’ll have to rethink. I think I’ve got to go out there and execute this.”

Rays: Touted rookie Junior Caminero hit a three-run homer, José Caballero had four RBIs and the Rays beat the Padres 11-4 on Saturday. Caminero went deep against Randy Vásquez (4-7) in a four-run second inning to help the Rays take a 5-2 lead. Baseball’s top-ranked prospect has three homers and seven RBIs in 17 major league games.