AROUND THE HORN Friday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Red Sox 6, Yankees 2
BOSTON -- Tim Wakefield shut down the Yankees' third baseman six months too late. Boston's knuckleball pitcher ruined Alex Rodriguez's visit to the park that nearly was his home, holding him to an infield single and leading the Red Sox to victory before a packed house at Fenway on Friday night. Last October, third baseman Aaron Boone won the AL championship series for New York when he hit Wakefield's first pitch of the 11th inning into the left-field seats for a 6-5 win in Game 7 at Yankee Stadium. Rodriguez finished 1-for-4 after lining out in the eighth against Scott Williamson and didn't hit the ball out of the infield. Manny Ramirez, who would have been traded for Rodriguez, AL batting champion Bill Mueller and Doug Mirabelli homered off Javier Vazquez (1-1). Jorge Posada hit his fifth homer for New York. Wakefield (1-0) allowed two runs, five hits and four walks in seven innings. He struck out four.
Orioles 11, Blue Jays 2
TORONTO -- Javy Lopez homered to spark a six-run second inning, and Matt Riley pitched one-hit ball for seven dominant innings. Toronto managed just two hits in all, and Miguel Batista (0-2) had poor command throughout his four-plus innings.
Devil Rays 3, White Sox 0
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Paul Abbott allowed four hits in seven innings and Tampa Bay got home runs from Carl Crawford and Julio Lugo. Abbott (1-1) struck out five and walked two. Trever Miller, Chad Gaudin and Danys Baez completed the four-hitter. Baez pitched the ninth for his first save for Tampa Bay (5-4), which matched its best start to a season through nine games.
Twins 9, Royals 7
MINNEAPOLIS -- Lew Ford went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and a clutch RBI triple, helping Minnesota hand Kansas City its fourth straight loss. Carlos Beltran capped a Royals rally with a three-run homer that tied it at 7 in the seventh, but Kansas City reliever Jason Grimsley gave up an RBI single to Jacque Jones in the bottom of the inning before Ford drove him in with a triple.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cubs 11, Reds 10
CHICAGO -- Sammy Sosa homered to tie the game in the ninth and Moises Alou immediately followed with the game-winner to lift the Cubs. Sosa's home run was his 512th with the Cubs, tying Ernie Banks' club record. Aramis Ramirez homered for a third straight day and finished with five RBIs, one shy of his career high. Alou had four hits and three RBIs. Ken Griffey Jr. hit his third homer of the year for the Reds.
Astros 2, Brewers 0
HOUSTON -- Roy Oswalt pitched a three-hitter and struck out 10 in his second career shutout. Oswalt (2-0) retired 17 of his final 18 batters and threw just 94 pitches. He walked none and matched a career low for hits allowed, accomplished twice before. The right-hander's other shutout was Sept. 9, 2001, also against Milwaukee. This was his fourth career complete game.
Braves 5, Marlins 4
ATLANTA -- Eli Marrero and Chipper Jones each hit a two-run homer, and Julio Franco knocked in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in a three-run sixth, helping end Florida's seven-game winning streak. The Braves also ended the Marlins' team-record scoreless string at 31 innings when Marrero hit a two-run homer off Darren Oliver (1-1) after a single by Johnny Estrada to tie it at 2.
Cardinals 13, Rockies 5
ST. LOUIS -- Tony Womack and Reggie Sanders hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning and Sanders added another for his second two-homer game of the season, helping St. Louis halt an early slump at home. Womack added a double and single, and Marlon Anderson also homered and had three hits for the Cardinals, who opened the season 1-6 at Busch Stadium for the first time since 1973.
Phillies 4, Expos 2
PHILADELPHIA -- Jim Thome went 4-for-4 with a home run, and Pat Burrell also homered to lead Philadelphia over Montreal in the first night game at Citizens Bank Park. Eric Milton (1-0) allowed two runs over six innings for Philadelphia, which has won two straight for the first time this season.
-- Associated Press
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