Orioles 4, Devil Rays 2
Orioles 4, Devil Rays 2
Orioles 8, Devil Rays 2
BALTIMORE -- Dave Borkowski took a shutout into the ninth inning of his first major league appearance since 2001, and Jerry Hairston had four hits and four runs, leading Baltimore past Tampa Bay for a doubleheader sweep.
In the day game, Daniel Cabrera and two relievers limited Tampa Bay to four hits, and Baltimore used successive two-out RBI doubles in the seventh by Luis Matos and Tim Raines Jr. in a victory over Dewon Brazelton (2-1).
Tampa Bay, which has lost three straight after winning 19 of 23, had just 10 hits in the doubleheader.
Yankees 10, Tigers 3
NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, Bernie Williams and Ruben Sierra homered for the Yankees, who had been swept at the New York Mets over the weekend.
Jason Giambi, who hadn't started since June 26 because of intestinal parasites, put the Yankees ahead with an RBI single in the first, and the Yankees led 7-0 by the second.
Jon Lieber (6-5) pitched shutout ball into the seventh and sent Detroit to its fifth straight loss. Tigers reliever Esteban Yan was ejected for throwing over the head of Rodriguez, who hit his 20th homer in a six-run second off Nate Robertson (7-4).
Twins 9, Royals 0
MINNEAPOLIS -- Brad Radke (5-4) pitched a four-hitter for his ninth career shutout and first win since May 22. He had been 0-2 in his previous seven starts.
Kansas City has lost six straight for the second time this year and, at 29-51 have the franchise's worst record after 80 games.
Jacque Jones and Nick Punto hit two-run homers for Minnesota, which scored six runs in the second and won for the third time in four games.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Dodgers 6, Diamondbacks 5
LOS ANGELES -- Eric Gagne's streak of 84 consecutive saves ended against the same team he couldn't hold off two years ago: the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Gagne's major league-record streak ended when he blew a two-run lead for Los Angeles, who came back to win in 10 innings.
Gagne relieved with a 5-3 lead at the start of the ninth but allowed pinch-hitter Luis Gonzalez's RBI double and Chad Tracy's run-scoring single on an 0-2 pitch that went past the glove of a diving first baseman Olmedo Saenz. Both hits came off changeups.
Dave Roberts singled in the 10th off Greg Aquino (0-1), making his second big league appearance. Cesar Izturis sacrificed, Milton Bradley was intentionally walked, and Adrian Beltre walked, loading the bases.
Phillies 6, Mets 5
PHILADELPHIA -- Pat Burrell had two hits and two RBIs and Ryan Madson (6-2) pitched two scoreless innings in relief of an ineffective Paul Abbott.
The NL East-leading Phillies improved to a season-best seven games over .500 (44-37), including 6-2 during a season-high 14-game homestand.
One day after being selected to his ninth NL All-Star team, Tom Glavine (7-6) gave up six runs and 10 hits in six innings in his worst outing this season.
Richard Hidalgo set a team record by homering in his fifth consecutive game, and Cliff Floyd also homered for New York, which fell three games behind the Phillies.
Braves 11, Expos 4
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Andruw Jones hit a three-run homer in a six-run first inning and Chipper Jones had four RBIs.
A day after scoring nine runs in the fifth inning of a 10-4 win over Boston, Atlanta sent 16 batters to the plate in the first two innings and built an 8-0 lead.
Zach Day (5-9) was chased after 47 pitches, allowing eight runs and eight hits in 1 1-3 innings.
Rockies 7, Giants 4
SAN FRANCISCO -- Jeromy Burnitz hit a two-run double and the Colorado stretched a winning streak to four for the first time last July 25-29.
Burnitz, who hasn't homered in nearly a month, is batting .462 (6-for-13) this season at San Francisco, where Colorado had lost nine straight games.
Brewers 1, Cubs 0
MILWAUKEE -- All-Star Ben Sheets struck out 12 and Craig Counsell hit his second home run of the season.
Sheets (8-5) gave up four hits in seven innings to beat Matt Clement (7-7), who walked a season-high six. Clement struck out 10 in seven innings and allowed just three hits -- only one after the first.
Cardinals 4, Reds 1
ST. LOUIS -- Edgar Renteria and Scott Rolen drove in two runs each, and Albert Pujols had three hits.
Backed by his trio of All-Star infielders, Chris Carpenter (9-3) struck out eight and walked none in seven-plus innings. Carpenter allowed five hits, including an RBI single in the sixth to All-Star Barry Larkin.
Jason Isringhausen got three outs for his 19th save. St. Louis is an NL-best 50-32.
Padres 2, Astros 1
SAN DIEGO -- Ryan Klesko singled in the go-ahead run with one out in the eighth inning and Brian Lawrence outlasted Roger Clemens.
Klesko, who moved into the cleanup spot after Phil Nevin went on the disabled list on Monday, singled to right off Dan Miceli (3-4) to bring in Sean Burroughs from second to break a 1-1 tie.
-- Associated Press