AROUND THE HORN | Monday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
White Sox 5, Angels 4
CHICAGO --Timo Perez, a replacement for the injured Frank Thomas, singled in two runs in the ninth inning. Thomas made his first appearance since breaking a bone in his left ankle last July 6, but was forced to leave because of a strained hip flexor. Perez batted for him in the seventh, then helped the White Sox snap a three-game losing streak with his hit down the left-field line off Scot Shields (4-2). Pinch-hitter Willie Harris walked to lead off the ninth and stole second, and Joe Crede also walked. Both runners moved up on Scott Podsednik's sacrifice and Shields struck out pinch-hitter Carl Everett before Perez's single. The White Sox led 3-2 heading into the ninth behind Mark Buehrle before Los Angeles scored twice. Buehrle left with one out after he giving up singles to Bengie and Jose Molina and was replaced by Damaso Marte. Marte got Dallas McPherson to ground toward second, but second baseman Tadahito Iguchi mishandled the ball for an error to load the bases. Robb Quinlan followed with a single to tie it and Marte walked Chone Figgins to give the Angels a 4-3 lead. Marte struck out Steve Finley before Cliff Politte (1-0) got Orlando Cabrera to fly out.
Orioles 8, Red Sox 1
BOSTON -- Rodrigo Lopez won his second straight start following a long winless stretch, and the Orioles broke a season-high, three-game losing streak. David Newhan hit his first career grand slam and drove in five runs, and Baltimore built a 7-0 lead after three innings against Bronson Arroyo (4-2), who got just eight outs. Lopez (4-2) allowed just one run and six hits in eight innings. He was 0-2 in seven starts after beating the New York Yankees on April 10, then defeated Seattle 3-1 last Wednesday. Steve Kline finished the six-hitter, which boosted Baltimore's AL East lead to four games over Boston, New York and Toronto. The Orioles, swept in their weekend series against Detroit at Camden Yards, had 14 hits and improved to a major league-best 14-5 on the road.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Reds 9, Astros 0
HOUSTON -- Joe Randa homered and had three RBIs, and Aaron Harang struck out 10 to spoil a solid effort by Roger Clemens. Clemens (3-3) made his first start since last Tuesday, when he left after five scoreless innings with a strained right groin. He allowed two runs in eight innings, giving up four hits and a walk while striking out seven. After a single to center by Sean Casey in the third, Clemens retired the next 11 batters in a row and 16 of his last 17. The Reds scored seven runs off three relievers in the ninth, highlighted by Ryan Freel's three-run homer and Jason LaRue's two-run single, both off Russ Springer. The Astros were shut out for a league-leading ninth time this season. Harang (4-2) allowed five hits in seven innings. He walked one and tied his career high for strikeouts.
Nationals 3, Braves 2
WASHINGTON -- Marlon Byrd had two RBI doubles, Tomo Ohka (4-3) allowed just one unearned run and two hits over seven innings, and the Nationals were helped by a reversed umpire's call that turned Brian Jordan's apparent game-tying homer in the seventh inning into a foul ball. With the scored tied at 1 and one out, Jordan drove a 1-1 pitch into the left-field corner. Byrd drifted back for the ball and was in foul territory when he jumped for it. TV replays appeared to show the ball hit the black base of the foul pole, just beyond Byrd's glove and the wall. Third-base umpire Jerry Layne ruled it a homer, but Washington manager Frank Robinson jogged to the outfield to argue the call, and crew chief Ed Montague eventually changed it. Gary Majewski followed with a perfect eighth, and Chad Cordero earned his 12th save despite giving up Andruw Jones' 12th homer, a solo shot with two outs. Kyle Davies (2-1) got his first loss.
Cubs 5, Dodgers 3
LOS ANGELES -- Greg Maddux got his 308th victory and the Cubs moved above the .500 mark for the first time in a month by beating the Dodgers. Jerry Hairston, Michael Barrett and Aramis Ramirez homered for the Cubs, who have won four straight and have a winning record for the first time since they were 12-11, after games of April 30. Maddux (3-3) allowed two runs -- one earned -- and five hits in six innings to win for the first time in four starts since beating the New York Mets 7-0 on May 10 in Chicago. It was the third consecutive start without a walk for the four-time Cy Young Award winner. Ryan Dempster, the fourth Chicago pitcher, finished the six-hitter for his fifth save in six chances, allowing a solo homer to Olmedo Saenz, who drove in all three Los Angeles runs. All three Cubs homers came off Wilson Alvarez (1-3), who allowed five runs and nine hits over five innings in his second spot start in place of injured Odalis Perez.
Associated Press