AROUND THE HORN | Friday's other games

INTERLEAGUE
Red Sox 25, Marlins 8
BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox had one of their greatest offensive performances ever in a victory marred by a frightening injury to Florida Marlins pitcher Kevin Olsen. Fenway Park fell silent when Todd Walker's seventh-inning line drive hit Olsen on or just behind the right ear. Olsen lay on the mound for nine minutes and moved his feet and blinked before being carried from the field on a stretcher. Olsen's injury was considered minor and he was in good condition, according to Dr. Richard Wolfe. The Red Sox tied a club record of 28 hits set on June 8, 1950, against the St. Louis Browns. They won that game 29-4, the only other time they scored more than 24 runs. For the game, Bill Mueller had a career-high six RBIs, Jason Varitek had four and Johnny Damon, Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz and Walker three each.
White Sox 4, Cubs 3
CHICAGO -- Jose Valentin hit a one-out homer in the bottom of the ninth as the Chicago White Sox beat the cross-town Cubs. Valentin sent a pitch from Antonio Alfonseca (0-1) well over the fence in right center for his 11th homer of the season, raising his arms in triumph and sprinting happily around the bases before being mobbed at the plate. The White Sox, winners of five of their last seven overall, have also captured three of the first four meetings with the Cubs in their spirited interleague series.
Yankees 6, Mets 4
NEW YORK -- Hideki Matsui and Jason Giambi hit early two-run doubles and David Wells somehow hung on, leading the New York Yankees over the New York Mets. Wells (10-2) won despite allowing 12 hits -- one shy of his career high -- in six innings. Still, he managed to earn his 195th career victory, helped by the Yankees' bats -- they've averaged about 71/2 runs in his starts. After Chris Hammond pitched two scoreless innings, Dan Miceli worked the ninth for his first save.
Diamondbacks 8, Tigers 3
DETROIT -- Arizona tied a franchise record with its ninth straight win. Chad Moeller scored on a wild pitch to break a 3-3 tie in the seventh, then added an RBI single in the eighth for the Diamondbacks, who have had three other nine-game winning streaks, the most recent from August 10-19, 2001. Stephen Randolph (2-0) picked up his second career win with two shutout innings of relief.
Braves 8, Devil Rays 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Horacio Ramirez won his sixth straight decision and Chipper Jones went 4-for-5 with a two-run homer for Atlanta. Gary Sheffield and Andruw Jones also homered to give manager Bobby Cox his 1,500th victory with the Braves. Rafael Furcal hit a three-run double for the NL East-leading Braves (50-27), the first NL team this season to reach 50 wins. Ramirez (7-2) allowed two runs and seven hits over 6 2-3 innings. He struck out a career-high eight and walked one.
Royals 6, Cardinals 3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Darrell May earned his first win since last September in his 14th start of the season, and Kansas City extended its winning streak to five games. May (1-4) had gone 16 starts and 19 appearances without a win since beating the Chicago White Sox 9-6 Sept. 11. He went seven innings against St. Louis, giving up two runs on five hits with one walk and two strikeouts.
Blue Jays 6, Expos 5
TORONTO -- Montreal reliever Julio Manon walked Shannon Stewart with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving Toronto the victory. Toronto ace Roy Halladay failed to win his 12th straight start, allowing five runs on nine hits in eight innings for a no-decision. He was trying to become only the fourth pitcher since 1950 to win 12 consecutive starts -- Bob Gibson, Pat Dobson and Brad Radke have done it.
Rangers 10, Astros 7
HOUSTON -- Rafael Palmeiro hit his 508th career homer, a three-run shot that led the Texas Rangers to a victory over the Houston Astros. Before the game, Texas slugger Juan Gonzalez rejected a trade to the Montreal Expos, exercising a no-trade clause in his contract three days after the teams agreed to a deal. Gonzalez walked as a pinch-hitter in the ninth, his first action since the Rangers agreed to trade the two-time AL MVP.
Brewers 13, Twins 1
MINNEAPOLIS -- Matt Kinney allowed eight hits in his first career complete game, and Richie Sexson had three hits and five RBIs to power the Milwaukee Brewers past the Minnesota Twins. Sexson, John Vander Wal, Brooks Kieschnick and Eddie Perez each homered and Scott Podsednik had a career-high three hits for the second straight game for the Brewers, who own the NL's second-worst record but have beaten their neighbors three out of four times this season.
Angels 3, Dodgers 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- John Lackey pitched into the eighth inning, and David Eckstein's RBI triple snapped a scoreless tie in the seventh as the Anaheim Angels beat Kevin Brown and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Lackey (5-7), who has struggled much of this year, outpitched Brown as the Angels beat the Dodgers' ace for the second time in six days.