BALTIMORE -- Brandon McCarthy won for the first time this season, pitching seven solid innings, and Eric Sogard hit a two-run home run in a three-run second as the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Friday. Wholesale Jerseys Supply . Oakland has won three straight for the second time this season and moved a game over .500 for the first time since May 18, 2011. In McCarthys first five starts, the Athletics scored 10 runs. McCarthy (1-3) gave up two runs and five hits, walked three and struck out four. Ryan Cook struck out four Orioles in the eighth inning, with Adam Jones reaching on a wild pitch. Grant Balfour worked the ninth for his sixth save in seven chances. Jake Arrieta (1-2) allowed four runs on four hits in 5 2-3 for Baltimore, which had a four-game winning streak snapped and failed to go six games over .500 for the first time since July 20, 2005. The Orioles took a 1-0 lead when Nolan Reimould led off the first with a double off McCarthy to increase his hitting streak to 12 games. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Nick Markakis. Oakland took a 3-1 lead in the top of the second off Arrieta. Kila Kaaihue walked with one out, and scored on a two-out double by Kurt Suzuki. Sogard, who was inserted into the lineup because Luke Hughes was scratched because of illness, hit a home run to right field -- his second. In the sixth, Josh Reddick homered to right for the Athletics -- his third of the year -- to make it 4-1. It was his sixth home run in 24 games against the Orioles. Reddick added an RBI single in the eighth. Before the home run, Arrieta (1-2) had retired nine straight. Baltimore scored a run in the sixth on a double by J.J. Hardy and an RBI single by Jones. NOTES: Athletics OF Coco Crisp stole his 26th consecutive base in the eighth inning. ... 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Davis homered and Gee pitched one-run ball for eight innings to help the New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 Saturday and set themselves up to go into the All-Star break on a positive note. Gee (6-7) gave up seven hits without a walk and struck out four to keep up a run of strong starts by Mets pitchers. Theyve gone at least six innings in 19 of the past 21 games, during which they an ERA of 3.16. "He was really good today," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "Thats the Dillon Gee weve seen." Bobby Parnell allowed a leadoff double to Anthony Rizzo, but retired the final three batters for his second save, striking out Steve Clevenger on a 101 mph fastball to end it. One batter earlier, shortstop Ruben Tejada helped out Parnell by ranging into left field to catch Bryan LaHairs blooper, tumbling to the grass as the Citi Field crowd let out a roar. "I didnt think he was going to get to it, but Ill tell you, big-time players make big-time plays and that was a big-time play," Collins said. "He just showed right there that he can play with the elite at shortstop." Jeff Samardzija had another strong outing for the Cubs after a bad month. Before he won last Sunday, the right-hander hadnt had a start longer than 5 1-3 innings since May 29. He went 1-4 in six starts since then. On Saturday, Samardzija (6-8) allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings for his second straight quality start. "Yeah, I mean, he did great," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "The last two outings before the break, you know, he pitched really, really good. So the confidence level, like I said before, is definitely going into the second half with a good frame of mind." Samardzija hit into a double play on a bunt attempt in the third. With one out in the third, he dropped the ball right in front of the plate trying to sacrifice Luis Valbuena to second. Mets catcher Josh Thole pounced on the ball and threw to Tejada to get Valbuena. Tejada fired to first to get Samardzija, who was a star wide receiver at Notre Dame. Davis two-run homer to right that bounced off the facing of the second deck in the third inning and Jordany Valdespins solo shot in the second were enough for the Mets to win for the seventh time in 10 games. After a miserable start this season that had Collins answering questions about sending him to the minors, Davis has seven homers and 28 RBIs in his past 24 games. He still sits sometimes against tough left-handed pitchers, as hee did the night before.dddddddddddd But he played a central role in the Mets near comeback that night, with a two-run pinch-hit single that got New York to within a run before a game-ending double play. He has 12 homers and 49 RBIs this season, and has brought his average up to .204. "At one point this year, I was glad to be over a hundred," Davis said. "Its amazing to me that I am hitting .200 and I have that many RBIs." Although it might be asking a lot to have Davis average ever look pretty this season, the first baseman is on pace for nearly 25 homers and 100 RBIs -- valuable enough for a corner player in the NL. "Ill take those homers and RBIs," Collins said. "Especially with his defence, because he brings something else to the table thats hard to replace." The Cubs, who have won eight of their past 12 games only had three hits through the first five innings against Gee a day after they had a season-high 18. They finally broke through in the sixth, when Valbuena hit a leadoff double and David DeJesus drove him in with one out. But Chicago still stranded two more runners that inning and couldnt do anything else against Gee. Gee had an extra day of rest before Saturdays start, something that hasnt always been beneficial. He was 1-5 with a 5.87 ERA this season with more than normal rest. The right-hander produced one of his best starts of the year Saturday, though. His previous longest had been 7 1-3 innings, and he tied a season-low with only one earned run. "I think Ive pitched better than my record would show," Gee said. "I feel like Im pitching better this season." Last year, Gee won eight of his first nine decisions before finishing 13-6. This season, hes demonstrating the folly of relying on a pitchers record to determine his quality, getting more strikeouts, with far fewer walks. "I cant really explain the 8-1 (start) last year," Gee said. "Ive been a lot more consistent this year." NOTES: New York LHP Johan Santana twisted his left ankle in Fridays game, but the Mets expect him to be ready to start their first game after the All-Star break. ... Cubs SS Starlin Castro was back in the lineup after a day off. He spent the game next to Sveum, who wanted to go over game situations with Castro, who had made some mental mistakes this season and last. Sveum didnt say what questions he posed to the young shortstop, but said of Castros answers: "They were good." ... The Mets celebrated Chinese-American heritage day with opera, kung fu and live musical performances. They also displayed the flag of the Peoples Republic of China on the scoreboard. ' ' '