AROUND THE HORN | Wednesday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yankees 5, Twins 3Yankees 5, Twins 4
NEW YORK -- Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez rallied New York in the opener, then Jon Lieber earned his fifth consecutive victory in the second game and Hideki Matsui hit his second homer of the day and 30th of the season. Mariano Rivera saved both games, raising his total to a career-high 53. New York, closing in on three straight 100-win seasons for the first time in team history, will clinch the division with one more win or one Red Sox loss.
Devil Rays 9, Red Sox 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay beat Pedro Martinez (16-9), who has lost four straight starts for the first time with the Red Sox. Tino Martinez added a three-run homer in the eighth off Alan Embree for Tampa Bay, which won for just the fifth time in 19 games.
Orioles 7, Blue Jays 6Orioles 4, Blue Jays 0
BALTIMORE -- Rick Bauer pitched six innings of three-hit ball to help Baltimore complete the sweep. In the opener, Rafael Palmeiro hit two homers and watched Miguel Tejada break his single-season club record for RBIs in a 7-6 win.
White Sox 11, Tigers 2
DETROIT -- Carlos Lee hit a grand slam and a two-run homer and Freddy Garcia pitched seven scoreless innings to lead Chicago. Ross Gload hit a two-run homer and Joe Borchard and Juan Uribe added solo home runs for the White Sox.
Angels 8, Rangers 7, 11 innings
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Troy Glaus hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning and Anaheim eliminating Texas from the playoff chase. Glaus connected off Francisco Cordero, who hadn't given up a homer in his first 65 appearances this season. Darin Erstad reached on a one-out single and scored on Glaus' homer to center, his 18th of the season.
Mariners 4, Athletics 2
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Ichiro Suzuki got one hit and plenty of help in knocking Oakland out of first place. Suzuki's fifth-inning single gave him 255 hits, two shy of George Sisler's 84-year-old major league record.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Padres 4, Giants 3, 10 innings
SAN DIEGO -- Mark Loretta hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly with one out in the 10th inning to knock San Francisco out of first place in the wild card race. The Padres didn't have a hit in their winning rally, which was aided by two Giants' errors. San Francisco right fielder Dustan Mohr tripped over the mound in the Giants bullpen down the right-field line as he caught Loretta's flyball, and appeared to injure a knee. He remained on the ground for several minutes.
Rockies 4, Dodgers 1
LOS ANGELES -- Jeromy Burnitz's RBI single with one out in the ninth inning sparked a three-run rally to slow the Dodgers' drive to their first playoff berth in eight years. Before the game, Los Angeles outfielder Milton Bradley was suspended for the final five games of the regular season by Major League Baseball because of his tantrum in the eighth inning Tuesday night.
Reds 4, Cubs 3, 12 innings
CHICAGO -- Austin Kearns tied the game with a two-out double in the ninth inning, then hit a two-run homer in the 12th. Kearns, who also made a great catch in right to rob Sammy Sosa of extra bases, hit a two-run homer off Jon Leicester (5-1) after a walk to D'Angelo Jimenez.
Astros 6, Cardinals 4
HOUSTON -- Houston pushed closer to a playoff berth, winning a club-record 15th straight home game. Roger Clemens was denied his 19th win -- and almost certainly a chance at his seventh 20-win season -- when he left with the score tied at 4 after the sixth. But Jeff Bagwell had a run-scoring single in the seventh and Lance Berkman followed with an RBI double to help the Astros eclipse their best home winning streak set in 1980 at the Astrodome. Jeff Kent connected for the 300th homer of his career, backing Clemens through his worst outing in three weeks. Chad Qualls (4-0) pitched a scoreless seventh for the win, Dan Miceli struck out the side in the eighth and Brad Lidge got three outs for his 27th save in 31 chances.
Braves 6, Mets 3
ATLANTA -- Bobby Cox became the ninth manager in baseball history to win 2,000 games when Atlanta scored four runs in the seventh. Of the eight managers who previously reached 2,000 wins, seven are in the Hall of Fame. The lone exception is Tony La Russa, still managing the St. Louis Cardinals. Cox's overall record is 2,000-1,530, and he has guided Atlanta to 13 straight division titles. The Braves broke a 2-all tie in the seventh. Andruw Jones doubled in the go-ahead run, and 46-year-old Julio Franco drove in another with a pinch-hit single off Eric Heilman (1-3).
Brewers 4, Diamondbacks 1
PHOENIX -- Geoff Jenkins homered and drove in two runs, and Luis Vizcaino worked out of a bases-loded jam with no outs in the ninth to help Milwaukee snap a three-game skid. The defeat was Arizona's 110th, one shy of tying four other teams for the eighth-most losses in major league history. Jenkins singled, homered and tripled in his first three at-bats. He missed hitting for the cycle in the eighth inning when he flied out to left field. Jenkins scored twice. Jenkins homered for the second straight game. He teamed with Keith Ginter for back-to-back solo shots in the fourth against Casey Fossum (4-15).
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