Kershaw’s 14 Ks lift Dodgers

WASHINGTON — Clayton Kershaw struck out a season-high 14 in eight shutout innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Washington Nationals, 4-2, to earn a split of the two games decided Saturday.

Hours earlier, pinch-hitter former Met Matt den Dekker lined a two-run homer in the eighth inning that lifted the Nationals over the Dodgers, 5-3, in the completion of a game suspended a day earlier after the fifth because of a lighting malfunction.

CUBS 4, BRAVES 0: Jon Lester lost his bid for a no-hitter in the eighth inning — a try revived by an official scorer’s reversal — but ended the longest winless streak of his career as Chicago beat host Atlanta. A chopper in the first inning by Atlanta’s Nick Markakis was originally ruled a hit, then the scorer changed it in the top of the seventh to an error on third baseman Kris Bryant. A.J. Pierzynski led off the eighth with a line-drive single for the Braves’ first hit.

ROYALS 7, WHITE SOX 6 (13): Lorenzo Cain homered in the 13th inning and Kansas City outlasted host Chicago in a game that took nearly five hours.

ORIOLES 3, TIGERS 0: Chris Tillman gave up a leadoff single and not much else and combined with Zach Britton on a one-hitter to lead visiting Baltimore.

RAYS 3, BLUE JAYS 2: Curt Casali hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning to lead visiting Tampa Bay.

ANGELS 3, RED SOX 0: Garrett Richards pitched a two-hitter for his second career shutout, Kole Calhoun hit two homers, and host Los Angeles got its 13th victory in 16 games.

INDIANS 9, REDS 4: Michael Brantley, Brandon Moss and Yan Gomes homered and Cleveland ended a nine-game losing streak in Cincinnati.

BREWERS 8, PIRATES 5: Jonathan Lucroy, Aramis Ramirez and Khris Davis homered for host Milwaukee. Pittsburgh starter Francisco Liriano was scratched minutes before the game began due to neck stiffness.

RANGERS 7, ASTROS 6: Rougned Odor homered early, then got into a testy exchange at home plate in the ninth inning that escalated into a shouting match between the managers as Texas beat host Houston.

GIANTS 8, D-BACKS 4: Jake Peavy got his first win of the season, Buster Posey drove in four runs and visiting San Francisco won its fifth straight.

ATHLETICS 3, TWINS 2 (10): Stephen Vogt hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning to lift host Oakland past Minnesota.