Devil Rays continue hot streak with 6-4 victory over Marlins

It was Tampa Bay's 13th straight interleague victory.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Carl Crawford drove in three runs, including a go-ahead RBI double in the seventh, and Tampa Bay tied a major league record with their 13th straight interleague victory with a 6-4 victory over the Florida Marlins on Saturday.
The Devil Rays also became the first team in major league history to climb above .500 at any point in a season after being 18 games below, continuing a surge during which they've compiled baseball's best record -- 26-7 -- since May 20.
Tampa Bay was 10-28 after losing 19 of 22 from April 25-May 19. But their turnaround, which included a club-record 12-game winning streak, has them at 36-35 -- the latest point in a season they've been above .500.
The Devil Rays improved the majors' best interleague record to 13-1 by matching the 13-game run the New York Yankees began against NL opponents last year. The San Diego Padres snapped the Yankees' streak on June 11.
Crawford had two hits for the seventh straight game and stole his AL-leading 33rd base. He had a two-run single in the second, and snapped a 4-4 tie with an RBI double off Matt Perisho in the seventh.
Joey Gathright scored the go-ahead run after drawing a walk from Josias Manzanillo (0-1) and stealing second.
FLORIDATAMPA BAY
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Totals33474Totals28676
Florida000400000--4
Tampa Bay04000011x--6
DP--Florida 1, Tampa Bay 1. LOB--Florida 8, Tampa Bay 4. 2B--Redmond (10), Choi (13), Easley (8), Crawford (17). 3B--AGonzalez (2). HR--Huff (10). SB--Crawford (33), Gathright (1). CS--Lugo (3).
IPHRERBBSO
Florida
Tejera454443
JManzanillo L,0-12 1-301111
Perisho010010
BHoward1 2-311100
Tampa Bay
Hendrickson454411
JoSosa W,2-0310013
Colome100001
DBaez S,15110010
Perisho pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
HBP--by DBaez (Easley), by Colome (Lowell), by Hendrickson (Redmond). Umpires--Home, Mike DiMuro; First, Joe West; Second, Paul Emmel; Third, Terry Craft. T--2:52. A--28,361.
Brewers 7, Twins 2
MINNEAPOLIS -- Jeff Liefer homered for the first time since July 30th and tied a career high with four RBIs to lead Milwaukee.
Victor Santos won for the fourth time in five starts and Lyle Overbay drove in two runs with his major league-leading 30th double to help Milwaukee snap a three-game losing streak.
Liefer, who entered the game hitless in his previous nine at-bats, went 2-for-3.
Jacque Jones hit a two-run single for the Twins, whose three-game winning streak ended.
Santos (6-3) allowed two runs and five hits in 61/3 innings, while striking out a season-high seven and walking just one. The right-hander improved to 5-0 with a 2.78 ERA in six road starts this season.
Matt Guerrier (0-1) allowed four runs and six hits in four innings in his second big league start.
MILWAUKEEMINNESOTA
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BClark rf1000JJones rf4012
Liefer dh3124LeCroy dh2000
KGintr 3b4031Mauer c3000
Cunsell ss4000Rivas 2b3000
GBnntt c4000
Totals387147Totals31252
Milwaukee010330000--7
Minnesota000000200--2
DP--Milwaukee 1, Minnesota 2. LOB--Milwaukee 7, Minnesota 4. 2B--Overbay (30), CGuzman (10), Koskie (10). HR--Liefer (1). SF--Liefer.
IPHRERBBSO
Milwaukee
VSantos W,6-36 1-352217
Adams2 2-300003
Minnesota
Guerrier L,0-1464410
Mulholland463311
Romero120001
HBP--by VSantos (LeCroy).
Umpires--Home, Mike Everitt; First, Mark Wegner; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Angel Hernandez. T--2:35. A--26,137.
Tigers 7, Diamondbacks 6
DETROIT -- Eric Munson homered leading off the ninth inning to lift Detroit.
Carlos Guillen also homered and drove in four runs for Detroit, and Omar Infante added a solo shot as the Tigers handed Arizona its eighth straight loss.
Munson drove a pitch from Brandon Villafuerte (0-1) an estimated 457 feet over the center field fence for his ninth home run of the season. It was the longest home run in Comerica Park history.
Ugueth Urbina (3-2) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win.
Tigers starter Jeremy Bonderman allowed six runs and nine hits in seven innings. He walked five and struck out seven.
Arizona's Casey Fossum allowed five runs -- four earned -- in 42/3 innings.
ARIZONADETROIT
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Infante 2b3211
Totals366106Totals34787
Arizona001041000--6
Detroit101030101--7
No outs when winning run scored.
E--Hairston (3), Tracy (13), CGuillen (8), Munson (8). LOB--Arizona 9, Detroit 4. 2B--Hairston (9), SFinley (12), DBautista (14), RAlomar (2), CGuillen (18), DYoung (3). 3B--Tracy (3). HR--CGuillen (11), Munson (9), Infante (6). SB--Hairston (1), Munson (1). CS--SFinley (3).
IPHRERBBSO
Arizona
Fossum4 2-365405
Service211102
Villafuerte L,0-11 1-311102
Detroit
Bonderman796657
Yan100002
Urbina W,3-2110010
Villafuerte pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.
HBP--by Service (IRodriguez). WP--Fossum.
Umpires--Home, Brian Gorman; First, Dale Scott; Second, Ron Kulpa; Third, Bill Miller. T--2:48. A--33,579.
Braves 5, Orioles 0
BALTIMORE -- Russ Ortiz pitched seven scoreless innings to earn his first victory in June, and the Atlanta Braves scored early and late.
Ortiz (7-6) allowed seven hits, walked two and struck out four. He was 0-2 in four starts this month after going 4-1 in May.
The right-hander was replaced by John Smoltz after walking David Newhan to open the eighth with the score 2-0. Miguel Tejada singled on the first pitch, but Smoltz retired Rafael Palmeiro on a popup before getting former Braves catcher Javy Lopez to hit into a double play.
Atlanta then scored three in the ninth against Jorge Julio on an RBI single by Julio Franco and run-scoring doubles by Charles Thomas and Eli Marrero.
The Orioles had runners on second and third with one out in the bottom half but Smoltz got out of the jam to earn his 12th save and seal the Braves' third win in 10 games.
ATLANTABALTIMORE
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AJones cf4010Hrst Jr rf3000
Thmas lf4121
Mrrero rf4021
Totals34595Totals350100
Atlanta200000003--5
Baltimore000000000--0
E--Newhan (3). DP--Atlanta 2. LOB--Atlanta 5, Baltimore 10. 2B--JEstrada (24), Thomas 2 (2), Marrero 2 (6), RPalmeiro (10), Matos (13). SB--JGarcia (1), JuFranco (1), Newhan (1). CS--AJones (4). S--NGreen. SF--JEstrada.
IPHRERBBSO
Atlanta
RuOrtiz W,7-6770024
Smoltz S,12230001
Baltimore
RLopez L,5-4752015
BRyan100001
Julio143302
RuOrtiz pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Umpires--Home, Jim Wolf; First, Tim McClelland; Second, Tony Randazzo; Third, Fieldin Culbreth. T--2:39. A--47,438.
Cardinals 3, Royals 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Edgar Renteria's RBI single drove in the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning and lifted the St. Louis Cardinals.
Rudy Seanez walked Albert Pujols leading off the 10th. Then, Pujols, who leads the NL with 65 runs, stole second and scored his second run of the night on Renteria's second RBI hit.
Mike Matheny made it 3-1 with an RBI single -- his third hit of the night -- with two outs.
Julian Tavarez (2-0) got the win with one inning of shutout relief, and Jason Isringhausen pitched the 10th for his 17th save in 21 chances.
The victory improved the Cardinals' record to an NL-best 45-29 and tied them with the New York Yankees for the most wins in the majors. In interleague games, the Cardinals are 7-1 against Kansas City, Texas and Oakland.
Seanez (0-1), the fifth Royals pitcher, went 11/3 innings and gave up two hits and two runs.
ST. LOUISKANSAS CITY
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Edmonds dh2010Randa 3b4010
Cedeno dh1000DBrown lf3000
RSanders rf4010Berroa ss4110
Matheny c5031Buck c3000
Mabry lf3000
Luna ph0000
Lankford lf2000
Totals37393Totals391111
St. Louis0001000002--3
Kansas City0000100000--1
E--DeJesus (1). DP--St. Louis 1, Kansas City 2. LOB--St. Louis 12, Kansas City 12. 2B--Pujols (20), Renteria (17), Matheny (12), Stairs (6). 3B--Stairs (2). SB--Taguchi (3), Pujols (3), Renteria (9), RSanders (12). CS--Cedeno (1). S--Buck.
IPHRERBBSO
St. Louis
WWilliams881135
Tavarez W,2-0120001
Isringhausen S,17110001
Kansas City
DReyes741136
Cerda2-310000
Field1-300020
Affeldt1-320001
Seanez L,0-11 2-322231
WP--WWilliams 2.
Umpires--Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Jim Reynolds; Second, Andy Fletcher; Third, Tim Welke. T--3:36. A--40,963.