AROUND THE HORN Monday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
White Sox 4, Angels 2
CHICAGO -- Frank Thomas's two-run homer in the seventh inning tied it, and his two-run shot in the ninth won it. Tony Graffanino led off the ninth with a double off Jarrod Washburn and moved to third on Roberto Alomar's sacrifice. Thomas followed with his 30th homer on a 3-2 pitch. Washburn (9-12) took a no-hitter into the seventh, but lost it on Alomar's leadoff single. Thomas followed his first homer of the game. Tom Gordon (6-5) pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the win. Washburn retired the first 14 batters he faced and had a perfect game until he hit Carl Everett with a pitch in the fifth.
Yankees 11, Royals 6
NEW YORK -- Jorge Posada and Karim Garcia homered as New York sent Kansas City's Jose Lima to his first loss of the season. Jeff Weaver (7-9) won despite another shaky outing, allowing four runs, six hits and three walks in 52/3 innings. Nick Johnson had three hits and Hideki Matsui scored three times as New York took the opener of a three-game series between division leaders after losing two of three in Kansas City last week. Lima (7-1) struggled in his return from the disabled list -- the right-hander had been out since Aug. 2 with a groin strain. He lasted four innings, giving up six runs and seven hits. His ERA rose from 2.96 to 3.72. Carlos Beltran homered, tripled and singled for the Royals, driving in three runs. Needing a double for the cycle, he grounded out against Jeff Nelson leading off the eighth.
Rangers 4, Tigers 2, 16 innings
DETROIT -- Alex Rodriguez won the game with a two-run homer. Hank Blalock led off the 16th with a single and Rodriguez followed with a homer over the scoreboard in right-center, his 34th of the year. Rodriguez was 0-for-6 before the home run. Ron Mahay (2-0) got the win, striking out seven batters in three scoreless innings of relief. R.A. Dickey, tonight's scheduled starting pitcher, worked the 16th for his first career save. Steve Sparks (0-6) took the loss.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Mets 8, Rockies 0
NEW YORK -- Steve Trachsel pitched his third career one-hitter, allowing only a sixth-inning double to pitcher Chin-Hui Tsao, as New York completed a four-game sweep. Trachsel (12-7) retired the first 17 batters before Tsao lined a ball over center fielder Timo Perez's head for a two-out double. Perez was playing shallow against Tsao, who was 0-for-8 in his career before the hit. The only other baserunner against Trachsel came in the ninth when Greg Norton reached on an error by first baseman Jason Phillips. The play was originally ruled a hit but changed to an error after the game. Mike Piazza and Phillips hit two-run homers off Tsao (2-1) for the last-place Mets, who won their season-high sixth straight game.
Braves 6, Diamondbacks 1
ATLANTA -- Mike Hampton (11-5) won his eighth in a row with an eight-inning performance, and Robert Fick drove in three runs. Marcus Giles and Gary Sheffield hit solo homers for the Braves, who had only two hits and struck out 15 times in a 2-0 loss to the Diamondbacks on Sunday. The NL's highest-scoring team finished off the four-game series with a more typical performance. Two batters into the game, the Braves were ahead on Giles' run-scoring double. Fick added an RBI single before the inning was done.
Expos 4, Giants 0
MONTREAL -- Javier Vazquez pitched a three-hitter for his first shutout in nearly two years as Montreal completed a season sweep of San Francisco. San Francisco finished 0-7 against Montreal overall, the first time in the franchise's 121-year history it was swept in a season series involving more than three games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Giants went 0-3 against Texas in 1999. Vazquez (11-8) struck out seven and walked three for his sixth career shutout -- his first since Aug. 28, 2001. He won for the fifth time in seven starts, pitching his third complete game over that span. The six-game losing streak is the Giants' longest since they lost eight in a row in from May 12-20, 2000. But San Francisco still leads the NL West by 81/2 games over Arizona.
-- Associated Press