MLB ROUNDUP | Thursday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yankees 9, Royals 3
NEW YORK -- Randy Johnson won despite lasting only five innings, and the New York Yankees got home runs from Gary Sheffield, Jason Giambi and Johnny Damon to polish off a three-game sweep of Kansas City. Bernie Williams, who finished with three hits, and Robinson Cano each had an RBI single off Denny Bautista (0-1) for the Yankees, who have won 14 straight home games against Kansas City -- a streak that dates to August 2002.
Twins 8, Athletics 2
MINNEAPOLIS -- Torii Hunter hit a two-run homer, Kyle Lohse threw six innings for his first win and the Minnesota Twins finished a three-game sweep. Luis Castillo and Mike Redmond each had three hits, and Shannon Stewart drove in two runs for Minnesota, which had three-run innings in the first and fifth against Oakland starter Joe Blanton.
White Sox 13, Tigers 9
DETROIT -- Jim Thome homered in his fourth straight game to lead the Chicago White Sox. Tadahito Iguchi also homered and drove in three runs and Alex Cintron had a pair of RBI triples for the White Sox, who have won four straight.
Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 6
BOSTON -- Vernon Wells hit a grand slam in a six-run second inning and Ted Lilly dominated Boston again, striking out 10 in seven innings to lead Toronto. Eric Hinske had three hits for the Blue Jays, who have won two in a row. Toronto outhit the Red Sox 12-7.
Orioles 6, Devil Rays 5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Melvin Mora hit a go-ahead two-run homer during a three-run ninth inning to lift Baltimore over Tampa Bay. Brian Roberts cut the Tampa Bay lead to 5-4 with a sacrifice fly and Mora's two-out drive off closer Dan Miceli (0-1) gave Baltimore the lead.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Mets 13, Nationals 4
WASHINGTON -- Carlos Beltran, David Wright and Cliff Floyd homered in the first inning, and Carlos Delgado later tacked on a two-run shot, all off All-Star Livan Hernandez. Victor Zambrano (1-0) allowed three runs in five innings in his first start of the season for the Mets, who've won six straight games. Washington, meanwhile, has lost five in a row, outscored 35-13 in that span.
Marlins 9, Padres 2
MIAMI -- Dewon Brazelton gave up eight runs in four-plus innings and fell to 0-16 lifetime on the road. Florida's Mike Jacobs hit a three-run homer, his third, and Dan Uggla added a two-run homer, the first of his career. The Marlins, who came into the game with baseball's worst record, broke a five-game losing streak and improved to 2-6.
Brewers 4, Cardinals 3, 11 innings
ST. LOUIS -- Carlos Lee hit a tiebreaking home run in the 11th inning to lift Milwaukee to the win. Lee also made a pair of game-saving catches at the left-field wall in the bottom of the 10th to help the Brewers avoid a three-game sweep. The Cardinals couldn't overcome the first two-error game of center fielder Jim Edmonds' career, which led to a pair of unearned runs off St. Louis starter Jeff Suppan and a 3-1 deficit in the fifth. St. Louis lost for the first time in three games at new Busch Stadium.
Reds 8, Cubs 3
CHICAGO -- Adam Dunn hit a solo homer, and Felipe Lopez and Austin Kearns added three-run shots for the Reds. Dunn homered in the first, Lopez went deep in the third, and Kearns hit one out in the eighth. Eric Milton (2-0) allowed three runs -- two earned -- in 62/3 innings in his second solid outing of the season.
Giants 5, Astros 3, 1st Game
SAN FRANCISCO -- Moises Alou hit the 300th homer of his career and Matt Morris allowed four hits and three runs in 72/3 innings for the Giants. Randy Winn blooped a tiebreaking RBI single to left in the fifth, and Omar Vizquel had a sacrifice fly one batter later for the Giants. Alou added a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
Phillies 7, Braves 6
ATLANTA -- Chase Utley hit his first two homers of the season and drove in four runs, helping Philadelphia take another series at Turner Field. Jimmy Rollins, Bobby Abreu and Utley hit homers in the Phillies' five-run first inning. Utley added another home run in the fifth inning to knock Braves starter Kyle Davies (0-1) out of the game. The Phillies' second baseman added a sacrifice fly in the seventh off reliever Lance Cormier.
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