AROUND THE HORN | Monday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Red Sox 8, Devil Rays 2
BOSTON -- Derek Lowe won his fifth straight decision, and Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz homered in another Boston slugging display. Ramirez and Ortiz also doubled for Boston, which has 605 extra-base hits, two short of the major league record Seattle set in 1996. Lowe (16-6) started with 42/3 hitless innings against the team he no-hit on April 27 last year in Fenway Park. With the Devil Rays chasing his sinker, Lowe allowed four hits in eight innings. Lowe is 5-0 in his last seven starts.
Rangers 6, Mariners 4
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Rafael Palmeiro and Mark Teixeira homered as Texas ended a five-game losing streak and dropped Seattle farther back in the wild card race. Palmeiro's shot made him just the second player in major league history to reach 35 homers and 100 RBIs in nine straight seasons. Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx is the only other player to do it. Palmeiro's 525th career homer came in the fourth inning off Joel Pineiro (14-11) and gave him 103 RBIs. Teixeira, who tied a career-high with four RBIs, capped a four-run sixth inning with a three-run shot. His 23rd home run helped the Rangers erase a 4-2 deficit.
Royals 10, Tigers 4
DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers became the first AL team to lose 111 games since the 1939 St. Louis Browns. Joe Randa tied a career high with five RBIs. He hit a three-run homer in the ninth and Aaron Guiel homered later in the inning. Raul Ibanez had three hits and scored three times and Brent Mayne homered for the Royals.
Yankees 13, Orioles 1
BALTIMORE -- Alfonso Soriano went 4-for-5 with two home runs, and Aaron Boone also connected twice to lead New York's six-homer attack. Soriano set the tone by driving the first pitch of the game into the left-field seats against Rodrigo Lopez (7-10). Jason Giambi and Enrique Wilson homered for the Yankees. Jorge Posada drove in three runs, and Hideki Matsui became only the third Yankees rookie to amass 100 RBIs, joining Joe DiMaggio (125 in 1936) and Tony Lazzeri (114 in 1926).
Athletics 7, Angels 4
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Miguel Tejada hit a grand slam as Oakland beat Anaheim to win its seventh in a row. Ted Lilly (11-9) pitched five innings of one-hit ball for Oakland. Tejada's second grand slam of the season -- and seventh of his career -- came on a 3-2 pitch from Ramon Ortiz (15-12) during a six-run outburst in the fourth inning. Keith Foulke got three outs -- including Robb Quinlan's pop fly to first with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth -- for his 43rd save.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Braves 10, Expos 6
MONTREAL -- Robert Fick hit his first home run in six weeks as Atlanta reduced its magic number for clinching a record 12th straight division title to three. Horacio Ramirez (11-4) won his third straight decision for Atlanta, which got its major league-leading 94th win. Ramirez allowed seven hits and two runs in seven innings.
Cubs 4, Mets 1
CHICAGO -- Matt Clement matched his career high with his 13th victory. Randall Simon had two RBIs for Chicago. The Mets lost for the 10th time in 11 games. New York managed just three infield singles against Clement in seven innings, and the only run he allowed was unearned. Joe Borowski earned his 29th save.
Cardinals 11, Brewers 2
ST. LOUIS -- Brett Tomko allowed six hits over eight innings and drove in three runs as St. Louis snapped a four-game losing streak. Tomko (13-8) went 2-for-4, including a two-run single in the second and an RBI single in the third. Albert Pujols hit his 42nd home run, leaving him tied with Barry Bonds for the NL lead. Jim Edmonds also homered for the Cardinals, who scored seven times in the first three innings off Wes Obermueller (0-5). Tomko didn't allow a baserunner until Keith Ginter homered with one out in the fourth. Bill Hall also homered leading off the sixth.