MAJOR LEAGUE ROUNDUP | Monday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Orioles 6, Devil Rays 3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- New beginning, same old result for Tampa Bay. Erik Bedard scattered four hits over seven scoreless innings, helping Baltimore beat the Devil Rays 6-3 in their home debut under new principal owner Stuart Sternberg. Jay Gibbons kept up his hot hitting against Tampa Bay with a solo homer and bases-loaded infield single off Seth McClung (0-2), who also lost to Bedard and the Orioles last Wednesday in Baltimore. Gibbons is 6-for-13 with two homers and seven RBIs in three games against Tampa Bay this season. David Newhan also drove in a run with a third-inning single and Ramon Hernandez finished the Orioles' four-run third with a two-run single. Bedard allowed four singles, struck out five and walked two to beat the Devils Rays for the second time in less than a week. LaTroy Hawkins pitched the eighth and gave up a two-out RBI triple to Aubrey Huff. Baltimore rebounded from a weekend sweep by Boston and ruined the Devil Rays' home debut before a crowd of 40,199 -- just the fourth sellout in the perennial last-place team's nine-season history. Toby Hall had two of the four hits off Bedard, then hit a two-run homer off Tim Byrdak to trim Baltimore's lead to 6-3 in the ninth. Right-hander Chris Ray got three outs for his second save. McClung allowed five runs and seven hits in five innings. He walked three and struck out three.
White Sox 5, Tigers 3
DETROIT -- Jim Thome and Joe Crede hit two-run homers and Paul Konerko added a solo shot, leading Chicago over Detroit in the Tigers' home opener. The last time the White Sox played at Comerica Park -- Sept. 29, they clinched the AL Central. Freddy Garcia (1-1) gave up three runs and five hits over six innings for the White Sox, who have won two straight after losing four in a row. Bobby Jenks pitched a perfect ninth for his second save. Jeremy Bonderman (1-1) allowed four runs and six hits in seven innings for the Tiger, who have lost two straight following a 5-0 start under new manager Jim Leyland.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cardinals 6, Brewers 4
ST. LOUIS -- Mark Mulder pitched eight innings and hit his first career home run to help St. Louis beat Milwaukee in the first major league game at the new Busch Stadium. Scott Rolen's two-run double in the fourth off Tomo Ohka (0-1) gave the Cardinals a 4-2 lead and Albert Pujols hit his fourth homer, a drive to the left-center power alley estimated at 445 feet. Mulder (1-0) allowed a two-run homer to Bill Hall in the second. After Milwaukee scored twice in the ninth, Jason Isringhausen retired pinch-hitter Gabe Gross on a grounder with two on for his third save.
Astros 5, Nationals 4, 12 innings
HOUSTON -- Eric Bruntlett hit a sacrifice fly off Mike Stanton (0-1) that scored Craig Biggio in the 12th inning. After pinch-hitter Daryle Ward hit a solo homer off Brad Lidge in the 10th, Morgan Ensberg homered off Chad Cordero in the bottom half. Chad Qualls (1-1) got the final six outs for the Astros, who took three of four in the series.
Braves 5, Phillies 3
ATLANTA -- Marcus Giles hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh of Atlanta's home opener before a sellout crowd of 47,332 that included former President Carter. Giles' first homer and RBI of the season came in the seventh off Ryan Franklin (0-1). Philadelphia had tied it up in the top half on Bobby Abreu's sacrifice fly off Oscar Villareal (3-0), who broke a tie with Brad Penny of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL lead in wins. Chris Reitsma, who blew a lead the previous day by giving up two ninth-inning runs in San Francisco, pitched a scoreless inning for his third save.
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