AROUND THE HORN Monday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Blue Jays 8, Yankees 1
TORONTO -- Roy Halladay pitched a four-hitter and tied for the AL lead with his 18th victory of the season. Halladay (18-6) allowed one run and tied a season high with 10 strikeouts for his fifth complete game this year. He tied Chicago's Esteban Loaiza for the league lead in victories, and also tied New York's Roger Clemens for the league lead in strikeouts with 172. Josh Phelps homered and drove in four runs for the Blue Jays. David Wells (12-6) allowed five runs on nine hits in seven innings.
Angels 10, Twins 2
MINNEAPOLIS -- Scott Spiezio hit a grand slam and John Lackey (9-13) gave up two runs on five hits and three walks, and struck out four. Bengie Molina and Garret Anderson also homered for the Angels, who won their third in a row. Michael Ryan hit his first major league homer for the Twins.
Rangers 7, Royals 3
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Mark Teixeira homered twice and Colby Lewis (7-9) allowed three runs and four hits, struck out three and didn't issue a walk. Teixeira and Hank Blalock homered on consecutive pitches in the second inning against Darrell May (8-7), and Teixeira added another solo shot in the fourth. Teixeira, 3-for-4 with three RBIs, nearly had a third homer in the sixth, but his drive hit high off the wall in left-center for an RBI double.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Marlins 5, Expos 2
MIAMI -- Ivan Rodriguez capped a seventh-inning comeback with a go-ahead single, and Florida took sole possession of the lead in the NL wild-card race, completing their first four-game series sweep since May 1996. Jeff Conine, acquired from Baltimore in a trade late Sunday, played for Florida for the first time since the 1997 World Series and had a single and a sacrifice fly. Brad Penny (12-10) combined with two relievers on a three-hitter.
Mets 3, Braves 2
NEW YORK -- Greg Maddux (13-10) has some work to do in September to keep up his streak of 15-win seasons. Maddux allowed two runs in six innings but didn't get a decision. Timo Perez hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the seventh off Trey Hodges (3-3).
Reds 5, Brewers 4
MILWAUKEE -- Tim Hummel, Ryan Freel and Wily Mo Pena hit solo home runs to back Seth Etherton's pitching. The Brewers lost for only the second time in 14 games. Etherton (2-2) allowed one run and three hits in six innings. He struck out two and walked three.
Giants 2, Diamondbacks 0
PHOENIX -- Hours after being released from the hospital, Barry Bonds hit a two-run, bases-loaded single in the ninth inning. Bonds, scratched from the lineup minutes before the first pitch Sunday because of exhaustion, was released from the hospital after staying overnight to have his vital signs monitored. Bonds was hitless in three at-bats against Curt Schilling, but lined a 1-0 pitch off Mike Myers just to the left of the mound and into the outfield, scoring two of the three runners Myers inherited from Oscar Villarreal (7-6). Sidney Ponson (3-3) worked eight innings for the victory, and Tim Worrell pitched a perfect ninth for his 32nd save.
Cubs 7, Cardinals 0
CHICAGO -- Mark Prior scattered five hits over eight innings for his sixth straight win as Chicago beat St. Louis in the rain-delayed opener of a five-game series. Prior (14-5), 6-0 since coming off the disabled list Aug. 5, also hit an RBI single in the Cubs' six-run fifth-inning outburst against Woody Williams. Prior walked three and struck out eight in a 131-pitch outing in a game delayed 4 hours, 17 minutes. Williams (14-7) failed to get his 15th win for the seventh time, and is winless since July 26 with four losses and three no decisions in that stretch.
Astros 10, Dodgers 1
LOS ANGELES -- Jeff Kent hit a grand slam and had six RBIs as Houston moved into a tie for the Central Division lead. Kent went 3-for-5, including his 10th career slam, and Brad Ausmus also homered and drove in two runs. Craig Biggio and Geoff Blum each had three hits in an 18-hit attack. Wade Miller (12-11) won for the fourth time in five decisions, allowing four hits and four walks. Hideo Nomo (15-11) allowed four runs -- two earned -- and nine hits over five innings in his second attempt to get his career-high 16th victory.