AROUND THE HORN Friday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yankees 7, Devil Rays 5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Mariano Rivera became the 18th player to earn 300 saves, and a surging Derek Jeter hit one of the New York Yankees' four homers in a victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Javier Vazquez (5-4) pitched six-plus innings for the victory, and Rivera worked a scoreless ninth for his AL-leading 17th save. He became the first Yankee to record 300 in his career, and is the fourth pitcher to get 300 with one team, joining Trevor Hoffman, Dennis Eckersley and Jeff Montgomery. Jeter continued his climb out of a season-long slump with three hits for the third straight game.
Blue Jays 5, Rangers 4
TORONTO -- Carlos Delgado hit a two-run homer in a four-run first, and Ted Lilly worked six innings for just the second time this season to lead Toronto to its fourth straight win. Rod Barajas homered and tied a career high with four RBIs for the Rangers. Barajas ended Texas' streak of 19 consecutive scoreless inning with a sacrifice fly in the second. Lilly (3-2) won for the first time in five starts, allowing one run on six hits, while striking out four and walking a season-high five.
Orioles 7, Tigers 5
DETROIT -- Miguel Tejada and Luis Matos homered, and the Baltimore Orioles snapped a seven-game losing streak. B.J. Surhoff went 3-for-5 with an RBI for the Orioles, who bounced back with a win after being outscored 41-17 in a three-game series against the New York Yankees. The Tigers had 10 hits, a night after tying a team record with 27 in a 17-7 win over the Kansas City Royals. Baltimore starter Eric Dubose (4-3) allowed three runs and six hits in five-plus innings. He walked five and struck out five.
Red Sox 8, Mariners 4
BOSTON -- Pedro Martinez remained undefeated against Seattle, and David Ortiz's grand slam capped a five-run fifth inning for Boston. Manny Ramirez hit his 13th homer for Boston, which has won eight of 10. Bret Boone and Rich Aurilia each had solo homers for the Mariners. Martinez (5-3) has won all 13 games he's pitched against the Mariners -- he won once in relief -- but he gave up four runs Friday night, the most he's allowed against them.
Royals 2, Twins 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Tony Graffanino beat out an infield single to deep short with two out in the ninth, scoring Wilton Guerrero from third and giving Kansas City a victory. Juan Rincon (6-3) walked Ken Harvey and Joe Randa with one out, then the runners moved up on an infield out by Benito Santiago. Graffanino, recalled earlier in the day off the disabled list, slid head-first into first ahead of the throw from Cristian Guzman.
Jeremy Affeldt (1-3) got the last three outs for his first win since last Sept. 22.
White Sox 4, Angels 3
CHICAGO -- Paul Konerko hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth, giving the Chicago White Sox a victory over the Anaheim Angels for their eighth win in 10 games. Juan Uribe tripled off the center-field wall against Ramon Ortiz (1-4) to start the ninth. After Frank Thomas was intentionally walked, Carlos Lee fouled out before Jose Valentin was also intentionally walked to load the bases. Konerko, whose two-run homer in the sixth tied the game at 2, hit a 2-2 pitch to the warning track in right-center to score Uribe.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Marlins 2, Mets 1
MIAMI -- Dontrelle Willis allowed four hits and one run in seven innings, winning for only the second time in his last six starts for Florida. Luis Castillo had three hits, scored a run and drove in another for the Marlins, who beat the Mets for the ninth time in their last 11 meetings dating to last season. And Willis (5-3) beat the Mets for the fourth time in as many starts against them, yielding only two runs in 28 innings in those matchups.
Reds 7, Expos 6
MONTREAL -- Ken Griffey hit his 493rd homer, Sean Casey had four hits and three RBIs and Cincinnati held on for a win over Montreal. Griffey hit a two-run shot off Claudio Vargas (4-2) following Casey's RBI double in the fifth to tie Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig for 20th on the all-time home run list. Cory Lidle (4-4) allowed five hits and five runs in 6 2-3 innings. Danny Graves pitched a perfect ninth for his major league-leading 22nd save in 26 chances.
Phillies 3, Braves 2, 10 innings
PHILADELPHIA -- Tomas Perez tied it with an RBI double in the eighth inning and won it with a homer in the 10th for Philadelphia. Perez, starting in place of injured slugger Jim Thome, slammed a 2-1 fastball off Antonio Alfonseca (5-1) into the seats in right-center for his fourth homer of the season. Tim Worrell (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings in relief for the victory. Philadelphia's Randy Wolf, who missed his last start because of elbow tendinitis, allowed six hits and one earned run, walked two and struck out four in six innings.
Padres 5, Brewers 3
MILWAUKEE -- Mark Loretta hit a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning, Brian Lawrence tied a career high with 10 strikeouts in seven innings for San Diego. Pinch-hitter Sean Burroughs hit his first homer of the season, and Jay Payton drove in two runs for the Padres. Lawrence (7-3) allowed two runs -- one earned -- and four hits, and didn't walk a batter for the first time this season. He fanned 10 for the third time in his career, and first since Aug. 2, 2002, against Cincinnati.
Cardinals 2, Astros 1, 10 innings
HOUSTON -- Ray Lankford scored on Octavio Dotel's balk in the 10th inning and St. Louis thwarted Houston's late rally. A pitching duel between Houston's Roger Clemens and St. Louis' Chris Carpenter was overshadowed by the game's wacky and thrilling ending. Dotel (0-3) walked Lankford to start the 10th, and Scott Rolen singled to send Lankford to third. With Jim Edmonds at the plate, Dotel feined a throw toward the plate and third-base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt ruled it was a balk, allowing Lankford to score the winning run.
-- Associated Press
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