AROUND THE HORN Thursday's other games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Red Sox 6, Tigers 4
BOSTON -- Pedro Martinez picked up his first victory since May 15 as Boston completed a sweep of baseball's worst team. Trot Nixon drove in three runs for Boston. Martinez (5-2), in his fourth start since a 26-day stay on the disabled list, struck out eight and allowed four runs, seven hits and three walks in 62/3 innings.
White Sox 5, Twins 1
MINNEAPOLIS -- Mark Buehrle won his third straight start with a five-hitter. Jose Valentin went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and D'Angelo Jimenez and Aaron Rowand each drove in runs for the White Sox. Buehrle (5-10) struck out a career-high nine and walked two. He lost his shutout bid on Corey Koskie's RBI double in the ninth inning.
Yankees 4, Devil Rays 3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Jason Giambi and Raul Mondesi hit two-run homers to back Mike Mussina, and newly acquired reliever Dan Miceli made an immediate contribution. Mussina (10-4) allowed two runs and eight hits, struck out five and walked none before being replaced by Miceli with the tying runs on base and one out in the bottom of the eighth. Miceli got out of the jam by getting Rocco Baldelli to fly out and Aubrey Huff to ground back to the mound.
Blue Jays 13, Orioles 8
TORONTO -- Carlos Delgado homered twice to increase his American League-leading total to 25. Delgado tied his season high with five RBIs and now has driven in a major league-best 86 runs. Delgado's two-run homer in the eighth off Buddy Groom made it 12-8.
Athletics 13, Rangers 0
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Scott Hatteberg, Eric Chavez and Terrence Long all homered in the third inning, and Tim Hudson pitched three-hit ball for seven innings. Miguel Tejada and Ramon Hernandez also homered as Oakland hit a season-high five home runs and equaled a season-best with 13 runs. The Athletics had 15 hits.
Mariners 10, Angels 6
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Edgar Martinez set the Seattle club record for career RBIs with a two-run homer, and Bret Boone also hit a two-run shot for Seattle. Martinez and Boone each had three hits, and Randy Winn drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with a double during a five-run sixth inning.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brewers 5, Cubs 3
CHICAGO -- Mark Prior struck out a career-high 16 in eight innings, but wound up with a no-decision when Milwaukee's Geoff Jenkins hit a three-run homer in the ninth. Prior allowed two runs on four hits with no walks. He posted the highest strikeout total in the majors this season. But with his pitch count at 126, Cubs manager Dusty Baker pulled Prior with a 3-2 lead -- an edge built on Sammy Sosa's home run. Cubs reliever Joe Borowski (1-1) gave up a leadoff single to Scott Podsednik in the ninth and walked Keith Ginter. Jenkins followed with a shot onto Sheffield Avenue. Jenkins homered for the fourth straight game.
Marlins 6, Mets 1
NEW YORK -- Rookie Dontrelle Willis won his seventh straight start and Florida took advantage of four errors and three wild pitches by New York. Willis (8-1) defeated the Mets for the second time in 10 days. On June 16, he pitched a one-hitter against them to win 1-0 at Miami. The hard-throwing lefty with the high leg kick gave up one run and nine hits in seven innings. He struck out seven and walked two.
Phillies 8, Braves 1
ATLANTA -- Randy Wolf pitched six innings and Jim Thome and Mike Lieberthal homered as Philadelphia won its second straight series against Atlanta. Wolf (9-3) allowed three hits and one run, striking out five. He improved to 4-0 in five starts this month. Thome's 18th homer, an opposite-field solo shot to left off reliever Jung Bong, gave the Phillies a 6-1 lead in the sixth. Lieberthal's fifth homer, a two-run shot off Kevin Gryboski, ended the scoring in the eighth.
Cardinals 11, Reds 7
ST. LOUIS -- Tino Martinez went 3-for-4 with a three-run homer and rookie Bo Hart had three more hits for St. Louis. Woody Williams won his 10th game, Jim Edmonds had four RBIs and Albert Pujols had four hits for the Cardinals, who took two of three from the Reds. Hart was 3-for-5 with an RBI single and a run scored, and is batting .514 (18-for-35) since being called up seven games ago.
-- Associated Press