AROUND THE HORN \ Thursday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yankees 4, Tigers 3
NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez hit his major league-leading 17th home run to help New York win its fourth straight. Rodriguez's homer in the fifth inning against Jeremy Bonderman (5-3) followed a single by Hideki Matsui and gave the Yankees third baseman 49 RBIs. The Tigers had an early 3-1 lead against Kevin Brown (4-4), who gave up 10 hits in seven innings. Mariano Rivera gave up a single to Jason Smith in the ninth but struck out the side for his 11th save.
Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 1
TORONTO -- Eric Hinske homered as part of a six-run first inning, and Toronto completed a three-game sweep. Boston, which has lost seven of 10, opens a three-game set tonight in New York. Russ Adams had a career-high four RBIs for the Blue Jays, who sent 10 batters to the plate in the first against Boston starter Wade Miller (1-1). Miller allowed seven runs on six hits in just two innings.
Rangers 8, Royals 1
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Kenny Rogers won his sixth straight start for Texas, who hit three home runs. Rogers (6-2) gave up a run in the first and allowed six baserunners through the fourth, but held the Royals to that single run over seven innings, lowering his AL-leading ERA to 1.69. Richard Hidalgo homered for the fifth time in five games, and Alfonso Soriano and Mark Teixeira also homered in Texas' sixth straight win.
Orioles 5, Mariners 2
BALTIMORE -- Melvin Mora, Rafael Palmeiro and Miguel Tejada homered to back a strong pitching performance by Daniel Cabrera, and Baltimore completed a three-game sweep. Mora had three hits for the Orioles. Cabrera (4-3) allowed one run and three hits in seven innings before leaving with a 3-1 lead. The right-hander struck out eight and walked two. Seattle rookie Jeremy Reed hit his first major league homer with two outs in the ninth.
Devil Rays 2, Athletics 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Hideo Nomo took a shutout into the eighth inning and Carl Crawford snapped a scoreless tie with a sixth-inning single to help Tampa Bay sweep Oakland. Nomo (3-4) struck out seven and walked two before leaving the game after yielding a leadoff homer to Marco Scutaro and a one-out single to Jason Kendall in the eighth. Crawford had two of Tampa Bay's four hits off Oakland starter Dan Haren (1-7), including a RBI single that gave the Devil Rays a 1-0 lead in the sixth. Trever Miller got two outs in the eighth, and Danys Baez worked the ninth for his sixth save.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Rockies 5, Cubs 2
CHICAGO -- Jason Jennings pitched seven innings and Preston Wilson and Todd Greene hit solo homers as Colorado snapped a three-game losing streak. Jennings (2-6), who entered with a 7.05 ERA, allowed one run on seven hits. He walked two and struck out two. Wilson added a run-scoring single, and Desi Relaford, filling in at second base for the injured Aaron Miles, went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Clint Barmes also singled in a run for the Rockies. Chicago starter Carlos Zambrano (3-3) pitched seven innings, allowing three runs on five hits.
Mets 12, Marlins 4
MIAMI -- Kris Benson won his third straight start and Jose Reyes hit two triples. The Mets were shut out in the last two games of their series in Atlanta and hadn't scored for 19 innings. They roughed up two pitchers and finished with 14 hits, including six for extra bases. Benson (3-1) gave up three runs and five hits over six innings and struck out four.
Padres 10, Diamondbacks 0
PHOENIX -- Jake Peavy pitched a two-hitter for his first career shutout and San Diego handed Brandon Webb his first loss of the season. Dave Roberts matched career highs with four hits and four RBIs, and Brian Giles and Ryan Klesko homered off Webb, helping take the suspense out of the matchup between young pitchers who entered with unbeaten records. Neither Peavy (5-0) nor Webb (6-1) came away with a decision in two previous meetings this season, but Webb gave up a season-high six runs -- three earned -- this time, capped by Klesko's two-out, two-run shot that traveled 408 feet into the right-field seats in the seventh inning. Webb allowed nine hits and three walks in his 6 2/3 innings, striking out six.
Associated Press