Miguel Vargas plates five in 22-run outburst

Arozarena led off the game with a solo homer off David Peterson. He then helped Seattle starter Kade Anderson with a spectacular home run robbery in the third inning before drawing a walk. With a runner on, down by one, and two outs in the ninth inning, he bookended the game with another homer, delivering the walk-off blast off Jacob Webb. The 31-year-old outfielder is up to 19 homers, 83 runs scored, and 20 steals while slashing .275/.369/.463 across 526 plate appearances.

Bregman struck out in the first inning to give Kade Anderson his first career punchout. In the sixth, he gave Anderson his first career home run allowed, taking him deep for a game-tying solo blast. It was Bregman’s third home run in the last two games after slugging two in Friday’s contest. The 32-year-old third baseman is hitting .258/.347/.423 with 19 homers, 72 runs scored, and 67 RBI across 580 plate appearances.

Webb got the call to close out Saturday’s contest against the Mariners with a two-run lead in the ninth. He retired the first two batters, then gave up a run on a double and a single, leaving a runner on for Randy Arozarena, who took Webb deep for a walk-off, two-run homer. It was his fifth charged blown save, but his first since June 20. Webb had been pitching well as the team’s closer and could still get the next opportunity as the Cubs work Daniel Palencia back in his return from the injured list.

Anderson tossed a clean first inning, collecting his first career strikeout on Alex Bregman to end the inning. He worked around a walk in the second inning, then tossed a clean third with the help of a spectacular home run robbery by Randy Arozarena. Anderson gave up his first hit to lead off the fourth, then surrendered his first run on a walk, a hit, and a sacrifice fly in the fifth. He returned for the sixth, facing the order for a third time, and gave up back-to-back solo homers to Alex Bregman and Michael Busch, knocking him from the game with two outs at 81 pitches. Still, it was an impressive debut overall for the talented 22-year-old right-hander. He’ll get a chance to build on his solid first start with a matchup against the Blue Jays in Toronto next weekend.

Kimbrel’s save was his first of the year and first with the Royals. Kansas City is the ninth franchise that Kimbrel has recorded a save with. He struck out two in a scoreless ninth inning to slam the door on the Tigers Saturday. Steven Cruz pitched in two of the last three games, which likely made him unavailable. Regardless of Cruz’ availability, Kimbrel has 441 saves in his career. He’s certainly in the mix for saves along with Cruz, who has five saves in his career, all coming this year with the Royals.

Peterson surrendered a leadoff homer to Randy Arozarena in the first inning. He settled in for three scoreless innings before giving up one more run in the fifth on a bases-loaded groundout. Peterson would give the Cubs one more scoreless frame, ending his day after six innings with eight strikeouts. The 30-year-old left-hander will take a 5.17 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, and a 103/49 K/BB ratio across 118 1/3 innings into a start against the Reds in Chicago on Friday.

Mize, who was making his fourth start with the Padres after coming over from the Tigers at the deadline, was hurt slipping down the dugout steps after the second inning. He ended up being charged with four runs in 2 2/3 innings against the Twins.

Basallo started the day on the bench before playing the hero in the eighth inning for the Orioles. Pinch-hitting for Coby Mayo to face Kevin Kelly, he launched a two-run homer to put the Orioles on the board and tie the game. The home run was his 17th of the season while hitting .239/.303/.451 with 35 runs scored and 48 RBI across 323 plate appearances.

Anderson gave up five hits, walked one and struck out four. He fell to 4-5 with the loss. Anderson started the sixth inning, but was pulled after allowing a lead-off double. Tanner Rainey retired the next two batters only to allow the runner to score with two outs on a wild pitch, which was the third run charged to Anderson. He has a 3.66 ERA and 13/6 SO/BB in four starts since the Tigers moved him into the rotation. Anderson is lined up to face the Dodgers at home next weekend.

Beavers didn’t enter the game until the 10th inning, starting on the bench as the Orioles faced Shane McClanahan. With the game tied in the bottom of the 10th, Beavers delivered a double off the wall, just missing a walk-off homer off Bryan Baker. The 25-year-old outfielder is hitting .244/.321/.387 with six homers, 28 RBI, and five steals across 244 plate appearances in a strong-side platoon in left field.