AROUND THE HORN Tuesday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
White Sox 8, Twins 6
CHICAGO -- Mark Buehrle got another win against Minnesota, and the Chicago White Sox held on to beat the Twins and take a two-game lead in the AL Central. Buehrle (12-13) allowed seven hits and two runs in six innings and improved his career record against the Twins to 10-4 -- his most wins against any team. Magglio Ordonez, Roberto Alomar and Carlos Lee homered. The Twins made it close with four runs in the ninth, but Tom Gordon finished for his 11th save.
Red Sox 9, Orioles 2
BALTIMORE -- Derek Lowe pitched six innings of six-hit ball, and David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs to lead Boston past Baltimore. Lowe (15-6) struck out five and walked two, throwing 109 pitches in winning his fourth straight decision since losing two in a row to Baltimore in early August. The Red Sox went up 2-0 in the second inning against Damian Moss (1-4). Damian Jackson drove in a run with the third of four straight Boston singles, and Mueller added a sacrifice fly.
Yankees 4, Tigers 2
NEW YORK -- Pinch-runner Drew Henson stumbled home to score the tiebreaking run on Bernie Williams' eighth-inning single. Detroit (37-106) needs six wins in its final 19 games to avoid matching the post-1900 record of 120 losses in a season set by the 1962 New York Mets. Fernando Rodney (0-3) walked Jorge Posada with one out in the eighth and he was replaced by Henson.
Devil Rays 11, Blue Jays 6
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Carl Crawford hit a three-run homer and rookie Doug Waechter won his third straight game. Crawford put the Devil Rays ahead 6-4 with his three-run shot in the fourth. Waechter (3-0) gave up four runs and eight hits over six innings. The right-hander has won all three games he has appeared in -- including both starts -- since being called up from Triple-A Durham on Aug. 25.
Rangers 5, Mariners 4, 10 innings
SEATTLE -- Mark Teixeira's RBI single in the 10th inning snapped a four-game losing streak. Alex Rodriguez drew a one-out walk off reliever Shigetoshi Hasegawa (2-2) and later scored the go-ahead run. Rodriguez reached third on a one-out single by Rafael Palmeiro, whose three-run homer tied it at 4 in the eighth. Seattle fell 21/2 games behind Oakland in the AL West and 21/2 games behind Boston for the AL wild card.
Athletics 8, Angels 1
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Miguel Tejada and Eric Chavez each drove in three runs to back Justin Duchscherer's successful return to the big leagues. Duchscherer (1-0) who last appeared with the Texas Rangers late in the 2001 season, allowed four hits over seven innings, striking out six and walking two. Chris Bootcheck (0-1) failed to get out of the fourth inning in his major league debut.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Phillies 18, Braves 5
ATLANTA -- Tomas Perez and Jason Michaels both hit grand slams and Philadelphia reached a season high in runs with a rout of the Atlanta Braves, keeping the Phillies even with Florida in the NL wild-card race. Shane Reynolds (11-9) lasted 1 1-3 innings, matching the second-shortest start of his career. For the second night in a row, Lieberthal gave the Phillies a quick lead with a three-run homer in the first.
Astros 7, Brewers 6
MILWAUKEE -- Lance Berkman doubled home the go-ahead run with two outs in the ninth inning and Houston rallied past Milwaukee. The Astros tied it on pinch-hitter Jose Vizcaino's three-run homer in the eighth, then went on to with their fifth in six games. Houston remained in a first-place tie with Chicago in the NL Central. With two outs in Astros ninth, Dan Kolb (1-2) walked Jeff Bagwell. Jeff Kent followed with a single and Berkman doubled.
Rockies 8, Cardinals 1
ST. LOUIS -- Gregg Zaun homered and drove in four runs for the Colorado Rockies, who snapped an eight-game losing streak. The loss left the Cardinals 21/2 games behind Chicago and Houston in the NL Central with 17 to play. Colorado starter Jason Jennings (12-12) ended a personal road losing streak of six games, allowing one earned run on six hits over six innings. He struck out three and walked two.
Cubs 4, Expos 3
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Moises Alou hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh inning, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a scary moment when Sammy Sosa was hit in the helmet. Sosa was plunked by Zach Day (7-7) in the fourth inning, drawing boos from the crowd of 15,632 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium. He stayed in the game and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Aramis Ramirez.
Dodgers 4, Diamondbacks 1
PHOENIX -- Edwin Jackson, two years out of high school and two days out of Double-A ball, pitched six innings to win his major league debut for Los Angeles. Eric Gagne worked the ninth for his 50th save, extending his major league record to 58 straight and becoming the first in major league history to record 50 saves in two seasons. He had 52 saves last season.
Giants 8, Padres 3
SAN DIEGO -- Marquis Grissom hit his 200th homer and four others also connected as San Francisco powered past San Diego. Grissom and J.T. Snow both hit two-run homers in the seventh inning off reliever Luther Hackman, and Edgardo Alfonzo hit a two-run shot off Mike Bynum in the ninth. Yorvit Torrealba and Rich Aurilia had solo homers, both off rookie starter Ben Howard (1-1).
Marlins 3, Mets 1
NEW YORK -- Alex Gonzalez tripled in two runs with two outs in the ninth to keep the Florida atop the NL wild card standings. The Marlins won for the 10th time in 12 games and moved to a season-high 15 games over .500 (80-65). David Weathers (1-6) hit Derrek Lee with a pitch to put runners at first and second and struck out Miguel Cabrera before allowing triple.
-- Associated Press