AROUND THE HORN | Sunday's other games



INTERLEAGUE
Yankees 5, Cardinals 2
NEW YORK -- Mike Mussina pitched eight innings and Robin Ventura hit a two-run double as New York finished a three-game sweep. Albert Pujols homered for the Cardinals. Mussina (9-4) retired his final 13 batters and allowed four hits, winning his second start in a row after losing four consecutive decisions. He walked one and struck out five. Woody Williams (8-2) entered second in the NL with a 2.33 ERA but struggled. He walked six, matching his career high.
Blue Jays 5, Cubs 4, 10 innings
TORONTO -- Rookie Reed Johnson led off the bottom of the first and 10th innings with home runs. Johnson, playing in place of the injured Shannon Stewart, homered off Mark Guthrie (0-3). He went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, adding a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning. Troy O'Leary hit a grand slam in the sixth to put the Cubs up 4-2.
Orioles 5, Brewers 4
BALTIMORE -- Rodrigo Lopez returned from the disabled list to earn his first victory of the season, and Tony Batista and Deivi Cruz homered for Baltimore. Pitching for the first time since May 1, Lopez (1-3) allowed two earned runs and six hits over 62/3 innings. He struck out two and walked none. Geoff Jenkins drove in two runs and Brooks Kieschnick homered for the Brewers. Batista and Cruz hit two-run homers in the fourth inning.
Rockies 5, Tigers 4
DETROIT -- Mark Sweeney's three-run double capped a five-run fifth inning and Colorado won its first road series of the season. Jason Jennings (6-5) won his third straight start, allowing three runs on six hits and three walks in six innings. Gary Knotts (2-5) gave up five runs and nine hits in 42/3 innings. He is 0-2 in his last four starts.
Padres 1, White Sox 0
CHICAGO -- Oliver Perez pitched 62/3 scoreless innings and Rod Beck closed for his first save since 2001. Mark Loretta's single drove in the only run.
Royals 5, Giants 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Mike Sweeney lined an 0-2 pitch into the alley in right-center field for a two-out, two-run single in the ninth inning. Barry Bonds hit career home run No. 632 to help stake the Giants to an early 4-2 lead.
Diamondbacks 12, Twins 8
MINNEAPOLIS -- Tony Womack had four hits, including a bunt single during a four-run eighth inning for Arizona. Nine different players scored runs for the banged-up Diamondbacks, who wasted leads of 1-0, 5-1 and 7-5. A.J. Pierzynski had three hits and drove in three runs for the Twins and Corey Koskie had three hits and scored three times.
Athletics 9, Expos 1
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Eric Byrnes hit a three-run homer and Tim Hudson won for the first time since May 20 as Oakland completed a three-game sweep. Byrnes, who had a 22-game hitting streak earlier in the season, extended his current string to 10 games with a third-inning single, then homered four innings later.
Mets 8, Angels 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Steve Trachsel pitched his second career one-hitter and rookie Jose Reyes hit a grand slam for the Mets. Jeromy Burnitz drove in three runs with a pair of homers for New York. Trachsel (5-4) earned his sixth shutout and 17th complete game in 278 career starts. Jarrod Washburn (6-7) lost his fourth straight at home, allowing seven runs and six hits over 51/3 innings in his shortest outing of the season.
Red Sox 3, Astros 2, 14 innings
BOSTON -- Nomar Garciaparra hit three doubles and a triple, then put down his first sacrifice bunt since 1997 to set up Manny Ramirez's winning single. Todd Walker opened the 14th with a single off Nathan Bland (1-2). Pete Munro relieved and Garciaparra bunted. Ramirez, who had grounded out with the bases loaded to end the 11th, followed with a single.
Mariners 2, Braves 1
SEATTLE -- Gil Meche, back in the majors after two shoulder operations, outdueled four-time Cy Young winner Greg Maddux. Ichiro Suzuki had a pair of infield singles, scored both Mariner runs and stole three bases. Bret Boone had both RBIs. Meche (9-3) pitched 71/3 innings, allowing four hits and one run with six strikeouts and two walks.
Marlins 10, Rangers 4
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Mike Lowell hit two homers and had four RBIs, and Florida scored five runs in the fourth inning. Lowell, who went 3-for-4, had an RBI double in the first inning before hitting a two-run home run in the fourth and a solo shot in the ninth. Marlins starter Mark Redman (5-2) gave up two runs and eight hits over seven innings to remain unbeaten in three road decisions.