ST. LOUIS — Jake Arrieta remained unbeaten on the season despite allowing as many as four runs for the first time in nearly a year and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 on Wednesday.

Arrieta (9-0) joined Chris Sale of the White Sox as the only nine-game winners in the majors.

Arrieta allowed four runs in a regular-season game for the first time since June 16, 2015.

Arrieta became the first Cub to win his first nine decisions since Kenny Holtzman in 1967 and it is the best start to a season for the team since Jim McCormick went 16-0 in 1886.

Kris Bryant hit a three-run homer, and Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist each drove in two for the Cubs.

METS 2, NATIONALS 0: Steven Matz pitched a career-high eight innings to win his seventh consecutive start, this one on the road.

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David Wright hit his sixth homer and Rene Rivera singled in a run in the seventh.

Jeurys Familia worked out of trouble in the ninth for his 16th save.

Tanner Roark (3-4) allowed two runs – one earned – over seven innings for Washington

GIANTS 4, PADRES 3: Brandon Crawford singled in Matt Duffy with two outs in the 10th inning, and surging host San Francisco completed a three-game sweep for its 13th win in 14 games.

PIRATES 5, DIAMONDBACKS 4: David Freese hit a long two-run home run to cap a four-run fifth inning, Sean Rodriguez also homered and host Pittsburgh rallied over Arizona.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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INDIANS 4, WHITE SOX 3: Corey Kluber allowed two runs over 71/3 innings and Cleveland roughed up a top Chicago pitcher for the second straight day.

After sending Chris Sale to his first loss after a 9-0 start, the Indians got three runs and five hits in six innings against Joel Quintana (5-4). Quintana’s ERA, an AL-best 1.98 at the start of the day, rose to 2.22.

Before Tuesday, the host White Sox had been 15-3 in games started by Sale and Quintana.

ASTROS 4, ORIOLES 3: Evan Gattis hit a two-run homer and Luis Valbuena had a tiebreaking solo shot in the sixth inning that gave host Houston a win over Baltimore.

BLUE JAYS 8, YANKEES 4: Russell Martin hit his first two home runs of the season, Michael Saunders also went deep and Toronto finally broke out its big bats again, halting host New York’s six-game winning streak.

RANGERS 15, ANGELS 9: Rookie Nomar Mazara hit the longest home run in the majors this season, Rougned Odor drove in three runs in likely his last game before a suspension and Texas won at home.

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Mazara led off the second with a drive into the second deck of the right-seat seats that would have traveled 491 feet had it landed unimpeded, according to Major League Baseball’s Statcast program. Along with his eighth homer of the season, he had a two-run single.

TWINS 7, ROYALS 5: Miguel Sano hit the go-ahead two-run home run in the fifth inning after host Minnesota lost an early lead, and the Twins staved off another series sweep by beating Kansas City.

INTERLEAGUE

PHILLIES 8, TIGERS 5: Odubel Herrera and Peter Bourjos homered off Anibal Sanchez, and Philadelphia salvaged the finale of their three-game series at Detroit.

MARLINS 4, RAYS 3: Cole Gillespie had a late tie-breaking RBI single, Marcell Ozuna drove in two runs and Miami won at St. Petersburg, Florida.


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