AROUND THE HORN

AROUND THE HORN
Monday's other games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Rangers 10, Mariners 1
SEATTLE -- Rafael Palmeiro hit a grand slam and a three-run homer for career-high seven RBIs. With 514 homers, Palmeiro moved into 15th place on the career list, two ahead of Ernie Banks. Palmeiro hit a three-run homer off Ryan Franklin (7-9) in a four-run first, then hit his 11th career slam off Arthur Rhodes in the seventh. It was Palmeiro's 32nd multi-homer game, his second this season. Joaquin Benoit (6-5), pitching on three days' rest for the first time in his two-year major league career, didn't allow a hit until Ichiro Suzuki singled to right leading off the sixth. Benoit struck out seven in seven innings, allowing two hits and two walks.
Angels 2, Athletics 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Tim Salmon and Garret Anderson hit run-scoring singles in the eighth as Anaheim avoided a four-game sweep. After sharp performances by Oakland's Barry Zito and Anaheim's Jarrod Washburn, the game was still scoreless when David Eckstein drew a two-out walk in the eighth from Ricardo Rincon (6-4). Darin Erstad sent Eckstein to third with a single that stopped an 0-for-14 slide and Chad Bradford relieved. Salmon then bounced an 0-2 pitch off the pitcher's glove for an infield hit that put Anaheim ahead, and Anderson followed a run-scoring single to center. All-Star reliever Brendan Donnelly (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth. Troy Percival got three outs for his 23rd save, allowing a leadoff homer in the ninth to Erubiel Durazo.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Reds 6, Phillies 5, 10 innings
CINCINNATI -- Kelly Stinnett hit a bases-loaded single in the 10th inning. Sean Casey tied the game with an eighth-inning homer against Randy Wolf, and Stinnett won the game after Aaron Boone started the 10th with a walk off Terry Adams (1-4). Scott Williamson (5-3) pitched a perfect 10th for the win. Cincinnati, which had been 7-16 since July 2, is fifth in the NL Central at 47-58.
Braves 10, Expos 8
MONTREAL -- Marcus Giles homered twice, hitting his second career grand slam, and had a career-high six RBIs and four hits. Giles, who tied a major league record Sunday by hitting doubles in his first four at-bats, had Atlanta's fifth slam this season, a drive off Javier Vazquez (8-7) that capped a five-run sixth. Vladimir Guerrero homered twice off Mike Hampton (7-5), including a 502-foot drive off the base of Olympic Stadium's middle deck. Hampton won his fourth straight start, allowing five runs -- four earned -- and eight hits before he was ejected in the sixth inning for arguing. John Smoltz gave up a two-run single to Orlando Cabrera and an RBI single to Guerrero, then got his major league-high 38th save when Wil Cordero hit into a game-ending double play.
Marlins 3, Diamondbacks 2
MIAMI -- Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs and Mark Redman (9-4) gave up one run and six hits in 71/3 innings. Florida has won seven of eight. Miguel Batista (7-6) struck out a career-high 11 in seven innings for Arizona, which lost for the eighth time in 10 games and dropped 111/2 games behind first-place San Francisco in the NL West. Florida first baseman Derrek Lee left in the eighth after partially dislocating a joint in his right shoulder.
Brewers 4, Mets 2
NEW YORK -- Scott Podsednik hit a tie-breaking two-run single in the ninth off John Franco after Eddie Perez drew a one-out walk from David Weathers (1-5) and Royce Clayton bunted. Reliever Leo Estrella (3-2) pitched 12/3 perfect innings for the win, and Dan Kolb pitched the ninth for his third save.
-- Associated Press