HOUSTON: Scott Kazmir pitched six solid innings, and Jose Altuve and Luis Valbuena homered as the Houston Astros defeated Zack Greinke and the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 Saturday.

A night after teammate Mike Fiers pitched a no-hitter against the Dodgers, Kazmir (7-8) didn’t permit a runner until Jimmy Rollins singled to start the fourth inning.

The Astros won a matchup of division leaders and ended an eight-game winning streak by Greinke (13-3).

Kazmir rebounded from his worst start with the Astros, giving up one run and six hits while striking out eight.

The New York Mets downed the Colorado Rockies 14-9, the exact same score for the second straight day, as Juan Uribe homered to start an eight-run burst in the third inning.

The NL East leaders got a season high-tying 21 hits, including 10 for extra bases. Every New York starter had at least one hit, with pitcher Jonathon Niese (8-9) delivering a two-run single in the big third.

Toronto’s Josh Donaldson had four hits from five at bats with a three-run homer, driving in six runs and propelling the Blue Jays to a 15-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels and their 18th victory in 22 games.

Jose Bautista had a two-run triple during a seven-run fourth inning by the streaking Blue Jays. They followed up their 9-2 win at the Big A on Friday with the highest-scoring performance in three years by the majors’ most productive offense.

In Pittsburgh, Starling Marte hit a solo home run off George Kontos with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Pirates over the San Francisco Giants 3-2.

Kang Jung-ho hit a pair of solo homers for the Pirates in the matchup of playoff contenders.

The New York Yankees downed the Cleveland Indians 6-2 as Luis Severino earned his first major league win, and Brett Gardner and Brian McCann each hit a pair of home runs.

Making his fourth career start, the 21-year-old Severino (1-2) gave up a one-out homer in the first to fellow rookie Francisco Lindor, but yielded only two singles and four walks in the remainder of his gritty innings.

In other games, Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer as the AL Central-leading Kansas City Royals ended the Boston Red Sox’ four-game winning streak 6-3, the Minnesota Twins edged the Baltimore Orioles 3-2, the Texas Rangers downed the Detroit Tigers 5-3, the Chicago Cubs beat the Atlanta Braves 9-7 and the Washington Nationals were 6-1 winners over the Milwaukee Brewers.

Paul Goldschmidt hit a pair of two-run homers as the Arizona Diamondbacks trounced the Cincinnati Reds 11-7, the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Miami Marlins 4-2, the San Diego Padres Blanked the Str. Louis Cardinals 8-0, the Tampa Bay Rays eased past the Oakland Athletics 5-4 and the Chicago White Sox needed 10 innings to beat the Seattle Mariners 6-3.

In Miami, Aaron Altherr and Darin Ruf hit back-to-back solo home runs in the ninth inning, sending Philadelphia past Miami.

Altherr broke the tie with a homer off A.J. Ramos (1-4). Ruf followed with a homer on the next pitch to give the Phillies consecutive homers for the first time this season.

Elvis Araujo (2-1) got the final out of the eighth inning to earn the win. Ken Giles pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save in 12 chances.

Ian Kennedy combined with five relievers on an eight-hitter, and Matt Kemp and Justin Upton keyed a seven-run seventh inning, leading San Diego over St. Louis.

The Padres, who have won nine of 11, tied their season high with their fifth straight win.

Kennedy (8-11) allowed the first two runners to reach base in the seventh before three relievers each struck out a batter.

Carlos Martinez (12-6) lost his second straight start.

In Oakland, Asdrubal Cabrera homered and then hit a two-run double in the ninth inning as Tampa Bay rallied past Oakland.

The Rays got just five hits off A’s starter Sonny Gray before coming back for their first win this season when trailing going into the ninth.

Daniel Nava, a replacement after James Loney was ejected, drew a one-out walk against switch-pitcher Pat Venditte (0-2). Logan Forsythe doubled and Cabrera, who hit a solo shot in the seventh, doubled on the first pitch from Drew Pomeranz.

Alex Colome (6-4) recorded six outs for the win.

In Seattle, Chicago scored two runs in the ninth inning to tie the game and then took advantage of the Seattle bullpen’s wildness for a three-run 10th to beat the Mariners.

After tying the game against Carson Smith on Alexei Ramirez’s RBI single and pinch-hitter Adam LaRoche’s groundout, Tyler Saladino walked to open the 10th against Danny Farquhar (0-4), who failed to retire any of the four batters he faced.

Jose Abreu followed with a double off the wall in right-center. Melky Cabrera was walked intentionally to load the bases and Garcia walked to force in a run that made it 4-3.

Edgar Olmos relieved and after an out, Cabrera scored on a passed ball by Mike Zunino to make it 5-3. Ramirez reached on a fielding error by second baseman Robinson Cano to reload the bases and Garcia then scored on Carlos Sanchez’s fielder’s choice.

Nate Jones (1-0) pitched the ninth and David Robertson worked the 10th for his 25th save.