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England lock Maro Itojes return to action ended in defeat as champions Saracens suffered only a second loss of the league campaign.Three Tom Homer penalties and a Max Clark try lifted Bath into second place as they edged out Saracens 14-11 at the Recreation Ground.Wing Sean Maitland touched down for the Aviva Premiership leaders, while fly-half Alex Lozowski - he was also yellow-carded - kicked a penalty and drop-goal, before sending a 52-metre chance wide with the games final kick.European player of the year Itoje missed Englands four-Test autumn series after breaking his right hand during Saracens European Champions Cup clash against the Scarlets in late October.A six week lay-off ensued, but he reappeared as Saracens looked to maintain their place at the Premiership summit, with his comeback arriving a week before they resume their European campaign through back-to-back games against Sale Sharks.Itojes selection was the headline team news, but Bath were also bolstered by wing Semesa Rokodoguni and lock Dave Attwood being released from England duty, while Wales internationals Luke Charteris and Taulupe Falteau also featured.Homer kicked Bath into a sixth-minute lead as the home side dominated early territory and possession, only for Lozowski to tie things up midway through the first-half, before a second Homer strike - his 10th successful kick from the last 10 attempts - edged the home side back in front.Baths control had to tell in terms of a try, and they finally breached Saracensdefence when centre Ben Tapuai ran strongly before delivering a superb pass to his midfield partner Clark, who touched down.Homer drifted the conversion wide, but Bath were good value for an 11-3 lead as Saracens, at times, struggled to repel their attacking fluency.The visitors, from their most threatening spell of the first-half, went close to a try after pummelling Baths forwards, but they could find no way through as Bath held out despite Faletau going off after he appeared to take an accidental finger in the eye.Saracens, though, kept plugging away, and they reaped a reward just two minutes before the break when patient attacking play ended with Scotland international Maitland crossing wide out as Baths lead was trimmed to three points.And Saracens dominated the opening flurries of the second period, launching several attacks before they settled for a Lozowski drop-goal that levelled the score.But Lozowski then blotted his copybook when he was sin-binned by referee Greg Garner for a high tackle on his opposite number Dan Bowden, and Homer kicked the resulting penalty for a 14-11 advantage.Full-back Alex Goode, handed the kicking duties while Lozowski was off, missed a long-range chance to haul Saracens level, although it was the cue for a sustained spell of pressure.Baths poor kicking out of hand invited Saracens - led by Goode - to attack them - and it seemed only a matter of time before such territorial control would result in a try.But no matter how much they huffed and puffed, Saracens could not find a way through and Bath held on for what could prove to be a significant victory in their quest for a title play-off spot. 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CHICAGO -- Chris Sale returned from his jersey-trashing suspension and threw six effective innings, but John Lackey outpitched him and Aroldis Chapman got the final four outs to save the Cubs 3-1 victory over the White Sox in Chicagos rivalry series Thursday night.Sale (14-4) was greeted with smiles and hugs from his teammates following a five-day ban for tearing up 1976-style uniforms he didnt want to wear before his previous scheduled start. He had command issues, but worked out of trouble while allowing two runs and six hits.Lackey (8-7) allowed one run in six innings for his first win since June 8. Chapman, in his second appearance since being acquired from the Yankees, struck out two and consistently hit 102 mph in his first save for his new team.Kris Bryant, who homered against Sale in the All-Star Game, hit an RBI double off the center field wall in the first inning. Ben Zobrist added an RBI single in the third and doubled and scored in the eighth as the Cubs earned a split of the four-game series and spoiled Sales night.The lefty was scratched from his start Saturday, sent home and then suspended five days for cutting up a number of collared throwback jerseys the team was supposed to wear for the game. Sale said they were uncomfortable and became enraged when the team wouldnt switch them out.CARDINALS 5, MARLINS 4MIAMI -- Aledmys Diaz homered, doubled and drove in three runs against childhood pal Jose Fernandez, helping St. Louis beat Miami.Fernandez gave up five runs in five innings and fell to 26-2 at Marlins Park.Miamis Dee Gordon, the 2015 NL batting and stolen bases champion, returned from an 80-game suspension for failing a drug test and went 0 for 4. Ichiro Suzuki doubled as a pinch hitter in the seventh for Miami and needs two hits for 3,000.Diaz and Matt Holliday homered in the third inning against Fernandez (12-5), who had never previously given up more than one homer in a home game. His only other loss at Marlins Park came on opening day this year against Detroit.Michael Wacha (6-7) allowed three runs in six innings, and three relievers completed an eight-hitter. Seung Hwan Oh pitched around a one-out single in the ninth for his seventh save.Diaz and Fernandez were neighbors growing up in Santa Clara, Cuba, and the Cardinals enjoyed their reunion. Fernandez walked Jeremy Hazelbaker to start the third inning, and Diaz followed with his 14th homer. Two batters later, Holliday hit his 18th homer just inside the right-field foul pole, prompting a rueful grin from Fernandez. The outing was his shortest since May 4.ROCKIES 2, METS 1NEW YORK -- -- New York closer Jeurys Familia stumbled for a second straight game, allowing two runs in the ninth inning in a loss that handed Colorado its seventh victory in eight games.Less than 24 hours after Familias streak of 52 consecutive regular-season saves was snapped, the right-hander entered in the top of the ninth with a 1-0 lead, and couldnt hold it.Trevor Story had a leadoff single and stole second. After fellow rookie David Dahl walked, Daniel Descalso bunted up the first base line. Mets catcher Rene Riivera watched as the ball spun toward foul territory but it stopped fair, loading the bases with no out.ddddddddddddWith one out, Familia (2-3) got pinch-hitter Cristhian Adames to hit a slow grounder to the right side. First baseman James Loney booted the ball and Story scored to make it 1-all. Familia then threw a wild pitch, allowing Dahl to cross the plate with the go-ahead run.Jordan Lyles (3-3) pitched a scoreless eighth for the Rockies, and closer Carlos Estevez had a perfect ninth for his 11th save.RANGERS 3, ROYALS 2ARLINGTON, Texas -- Mitch Morelands second homer of the game broke a tie in the eighth inning and Cole Hamels earned his 12th win of the season in Texas victory over Kansas City.Hamels (12-2) allowed two runs and six hits in eight innings, matching his longest start of the season. Sam Dyson earned his 21st save in 23 opportunities, stranding the tying run at third base.Both homers by the left-handed hitting Moreland were to the opposite field and came off Yordano Ventura (6-9). It was Morelands 10th career multi-homer game and second of the season. He has five homers in his last 11 hits.TWINS 6, ORIOLES 2MINNEAPOLIS -- Rookie Max Kepler continued his midseason surge with a tying home run and finished with two RBI to help Minnesota beat Baltimore,The teams were squeezing in a make-up game from a May 9 postponement with Minnesota in the middle of a homestand and Baltimore heading for a weekend series at Toronto.Kepler hit his 11th home run off reliever Odrisamer Despaigne (0-2) leading off the sixth inning to tie it at 2 after Baltimore starter Ubaldo Jimenez lasted five innings in his first start since July 8. Kepler had an RBI double in four-run seventh.Ryan Pressly (5-5) combined with two other relievers to allow just two hits the final three innings.PHILLIES 7, BRAVES 5ATLANTA -- Aaron Altherr and Maikel Franco homered, Aaron Nola won for the first time in eight starts and Philadelphia beat Atlanta.Altherr returned to the lineup after missing the first 103 games of the season with a broken left wrist. He went 3 for 4 with two RBI.Nola (6-9) gave up eight hits, three runs, three walks and struck out five in five innings. Jeanmar Gomez earned his 27th save.Braves starter Matt Wisler (4-11) gave up three homers and has allowed eight homers in his past four starts, a span of 20 1/3 innings.BREWERS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 4MILWAUKEE -- Hernan Perez hit a two-run homer, singled and scored the go-ahead run in the sixth, Zach Davies pitched 6 1/3 innings and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Thursday.Perez, who started at shortstop for benched Jonathan Villar, crushed the first pitch from Robbie Ray (5-10) 458 feet off the facing of the scoreboard in deep center for the two-run homer in the third.Davies (8-4) allowed three runs -two earned- on six hits. Jeremy Jeffress pitched the ninth for his 24th save. Milwaukee added a run when Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered off Tyler Clippard leading off the eighth. ' ' '