INTERLEAGUE Devil Rays down Braves to end skid

Tampa Bay won only its third interleague games in 17 outings this year.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Damian Rolls drove in three runs to back the pitching of Victor Zambrano, as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays stopped a four-game losing streak with a 9-7 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.
Zambrano (5-4) allowed six runs on eight hits, walked six and struck out six in six innings to help the Devil Rays win for just the third time in 17 interleague games and improve to 5-25 in June.
Jesus Colome pitched two scoreless innings and Lance Carter worked the ninth for his 13th save in 18 chances, allowing an RBI double to Robert Fick.
Rolls had an RBI single and a two-run double in his first two at-bats against Shane Reynolds (5-3). Aubrey Huff and Marlon Anderson each had two RBIs, and Julio Lugo and Rocco Baldelli drove in one apiece for Tampa Bay.
Vinny Castilla hit his 12th homer, a two-run shot in the sixth, for Atlanta. Javy Lopez, Matt Franco, Fick and Gary Sheffield also drove in runs for the Braves.
Zambrano improved to 7-1 lifetime in interleague play, including all three of Tampa Bay's wins this season.
He has four of the club's five victories in June, with fellow Venezuelan Jeremi Gonzalez the only other Devil Rays pitcher to win this month.
ATLANTATAMPA BAY
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Furcal ss3010Crwfrd lf5230
DeRosa 2b5110Baldelli cf4221
Shffield rf4101Huff rf4112
CJones lf5010Tyner rf0000
AJones cf3210TLee 1b4110
Fick 1b4132Grieve dh2100
JLopez c5011Rolls 3b4123
MFrco dh3111MAndn 2b4022
Castilla 3b3112Hall c4110
Lugo ss4011
Totals357107Totals359139
Atlanta000213001--7
Tampa Bay30411000x--9
E--Baldelli (2). DP--Tampa Bay 1. LOB--Atlanta 9, Tampa Bay 9. 2B--DeRosa (4), Fick (17), Baldelli (18), Huff (29), Rolls (5), Hall (9). 3B--TLee (2). HR--Castilla (12). SB--Furcal (13), Crawford (19), Baldelli 2 (14). CS--Rolls (1). SF--Fick.
IPHRERBBSO
Atlanta
Reynolds L,5-33 1-388844
Hodges1 2-331102
Bong2 2-320034
Gryboski1-300000
Tampa Bay
Zambrano W,5-4686566
Colome200012
LCarter S,13121100
WP--Colome. PB--JLopez. Umpires--Home, Joe West; First, Jeff Kellogg; Second, Bill Miller; Third, Lance Barksdale. T--3:05. A--26,696.
Phillies 9, Orioles 5
BALTIMORE -- Jim Thome homered, doubled and scored two runs as Philadelphia defeated Baltimore before the largest crowd in the 12-year history of Camden Yards.
Ricky Ledee and Tomas Perez also homered, and Placido Polanco had four hits and three RBIs to help the Phillies to their seventh win in eight games.
The interleague game attracted 49,549 fans -- the most ever to see a game at Camden Yards. The old record was 49,137, for Game 3 of the 1997 AL division series against Seattle.
Many in the crowd drove down from Philadelphia, and they were not disappointed.
Although the Phillies let an early seven-run lead dwindle to 7-5, they pulled away to move nine games over .500 (43-34) for the first time this year.
Brett Myers (7-6) earned the win despite giving up five runs and 10 hits in six innings.
Jay Gibbons and Tony Batista homered for the Orioles, who slipped a season-high eight games under .500 (35-43).
PHILABALTIMORE
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Planco 2b6043BRbrts 2b5130
DaBell 3b5100Matos cf5012
Thome 1b4222Mora lf4000
BAbreu rf3100Conine 1b4010
Lbrthal c5131Gbbons rf4221
Ledee dh5222TBtsta 3b4122
Burrell lf4120Surhoff dh4010
Punto pr0000DCruz ss4010
Mchels lf0000GGil c4110
ToPerz ss4111
Byrd cf4000
Totals409149Totals385125
Philadelphia212200110--9
Baltimore000122000--5
DP--Philadelphia 1. LOB--Philadelphia 11, Baltimore 6. 2B--Polanco (18), Thome (13), Burrell (20), Conine (21), Surhoff (10). 3B--Matos (1), DCruz (1). HR--Thome (19), Ledee (7), ToPerez (1), Gibbons (14), TBatista (15). SB--Polanco (8), Punto (1). S--ToPerez.
IPHRERBBSO
Philadelphia
BMyers W,7-66105503
Adams100001
CSilva110000
Mesa110002
Baltimore
Hentgen L,1-5597755
BRyan1 1-300002
WRoberts2 2-352214
Umpires--Home, Brian Runge; First, Ed Montague; Second, Brian Gorman; Third, Bruce Dreckman. T--2:45. A--49,549.
Twins 5, Brewers 2
MINNEAPOLIS -- Torii Hunter and Corey Koskie spoiled Dave Burba's season debut with solo homers.
Hunter went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Luis Rivas went 3-for-4 with an RBI for the Twins, who won for just the fourth time in 14 games and the fifth time in their last 15 home games.
Scott Podsednik was 2-for-4 and drove in two runs for the Brewers, who lost to Twins starter Kenny Rogers for the second time in six days.
J.C. Romero and LaTroy Hawkins each pitched an inning, and Eddie Guardado pitched the ninth for his 20th save in 21 chances -- his first in 14 games.
Burba, who turns 37 on July 7, scattered nine hits and three runs over 52/3 innings in his first major league outing since last Sept. 28, when he was with Cleveland.
He walked one and struck out three.
MILWAUKEEMINNESOTA
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EYong dh5110JJones lf5000
Pdsdnk cf4022CGzmn ss5110
Jenkins lf4010Koskie 3b4121
Sexson 1b2010Mrneau dh3000
KGintr 2b4020Ford dh1000
Helms 3b4000THnter cf4232
BClark rf4000Mntkw 1b4121
EddPrz c4110Kielty rf3010
Clayton ss4010LeCroy c3010
Prince c1000
Rivas 2b4031
Totals35292Totals375135
Milwaukee000010100--2
Minnesota02001020x--5
E--JJones (2). DP--Minnesota 1. LOB--Milwaukee 8, Minnesota 9. 2B--EYoung (15), EddPerez (4). HR--Koskie (12), THunter (11). SB--CGuzman 2 (7), THunter (3), Kielty (4). CS--Podsednik (5).
IPHRERBBSO
Milwaukee
Burba L,0-15 2-393313
de los Santos1 1-332202
LVizcaino110001
Minnesota
Rogers W,7-3661126
Romero121101
Hawkins110001
Guardado S,20100000
WP--Romero. Balk--Rogers. Umpires--Home, Gary Darling; First, Chris Guccione; Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Dan Iassogna. T--2:54. A--27,271.
Marlins 10, Red Sox 9
BOSTON -- Mike Lowell hit a three-run homer in the ninth as Florida rallied to overcome another big Boston inning.
One night after Boston scored a record 10 runs before making an out in a 14-run first inning, the Red Sox took a 9-2 lead with seven runs in the sixth.
But the Marlins scored four in the eighth and four more in the ninth to take the lead and snap Boston's five-game winning streak.
Nate Bump (1-0) earned the win in his major league debut after being called up from Triple-A Albuquerque earlier in the day. He allowed two runs on three hits in 21/3 innings.
Braden Looper pitched the ninth for his 14th save.
He gave up a one-out double to pinch-hitter Jason Varitek, but he was doubled up for the game's final out when Juan Pierre made a diving catch of Johnny Damon's liner and threw it to second.
Brandon Lyon (3-4) blew his first save in 10 opportunities, giving up three singles -- including an RBI hit by Ivan Rodriguez -- before Lowell hit an 0-2 pitch into the Boston bullpen with two outs in the ninth.
FLORIDABOSTON
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Pierre cf4240Damon cf6110
LCstillo 2b5210Mueller 3b3110
IRdrgz c5223Grcprr ss4224
Lowell dh5113MRmrz lf4121
JEcrcn rf5223DJcksn lf0000
DeLee 1b4010DOrtiz dh4110
Cbrera 3b3000Millar 1b3110
AGnzlz ss4010Kapler rf5143
BBanks lf4110Mrbelli c4010
TWalkr ph1000
Snchez 2b4111
Varitek ph1010
Totals3910139Totals399159
Florida110000044--10
Boston000207000--9
E--Mueller (7). DP--Florida 2, Boston 1. LOB--Florida 4, Boston 10. 2B--Mueller (29), Garciaparra (23), DOrtiz (22), Kapler 2 (2), Varitek (16). 3B--Kapler (1). HR--Lowell (25), JEncarnacion (11), Garciaparra (12). SB--Pierre 2 (35), JEncarnacion (13). CS--Pierre (10).
IPHRERBBSO
Florida
Phelps5 2-3117733
Bump W,1-02 1-332231
Looper S,14110000
Boston
Wakefield7 1-396622
Timlin2-300001
Lyon L,3-4144400
HBP--by Bump (Millar). Umpires--Home, Rob Drake; First, Gerry Davis; Second, Paul Nauert; Third, Mark Carlson. T--2:53. A--34,804.