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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Athletics 10, Angels 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jason Kendall charged the mound and wrestled with Angels pitcher John Lackey, spicing up the Oakland Athletics' win over Los Angeles. The dugouts and bullpens emptied, followed by a lot of pushing and shoving. No one else was ejected because of the sixth-inning scuffle.
Tigers 4, Royals 1
DETROIT -- Brandon Inge and Craig Monroe homered and Mike Maroth pitched six strong innings to help the Tigers win their fifth straight game. Detroit is 5-0 on its current homestand, having outscored the Minnesota Twins and Royals by a combined 40-4. Kansas City has lost five straight and is 0-11 on the road this season. Maroth (4-1) allowed one run, four hits and a walk in six innings and lowered his ERA to 1.78. Three Detroit relievers finished, with Todd Jones pitching the ninth for his fifth save in as many tries. Former Tiger Mark Redman (0-2) gave up three runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out one.
Orioles 9, Blue Jays 2
BALTIMORE -- Kris Benson took a shutout into the seventh inning to help the Orioles earn a split of the two-game series. Jay Gibbons, Miguel Tejada and Ramon Hernandez homered, and Melvin Mora had three hits and two RBIs for Baltimore.
Benson (4-2) allowed two runs, six hits and two walks in 6 2/3 innings. It was the right-hander's second win over Toronto in six days. Todd Williams, the fourth Baltimore pitcher, got the final five outs for his first save.
Rangers 7, Devil Rays 5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Mark DeRosa hit a two-run homer to lead the Rangers to the win. Kevin Mench and Brad Wilkerson also hit back-to-back homers for Texas, which has won nine of 12. The Rangers swept the two games from Tampa Bay to win a fourth consecutive road series for the first time since 1992.
Robinson Tejeda (1-0) won in his Texas debut, allowing two runs, three hits and six walks in five innings. He was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma before the game. Akinori Otsuka pitched the ninth for his third save.
Twins 5, Mariners 1
MINNEAPOLIS -- Johan Santana was dominant the Twins scored four runs in the second inning.Santana (2-3) allowed one run and six hits and struck out nine in seven innings to help Minnesota snap a four-game losing streak.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Padres 5, Giants 3
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds is two away from tying the Babe. Bonds hit his 712th home run in the San Francisco Giants' loss to San Diego, moving him even closer to matching Babe Ruth's total for second place on the career list. Bonds sent a full-count pitch from Scott Linebrink over the center-field wall for a solo shot that traveled an estimated 440 feet in the bottom of the eighth inning. Linebrink became the 419th pitcher to surrender a home run to Bonds. The slugger, as popular as ever in his home ballpark despite the steroids accusations surrounding him, came home to chants of "Barry! Barry!" and a loud standing ovation -- and he gave the fans a wave before disappearing into the dugout.
Reds 3, Cardinals 2
CINCINNATI -- Javier Valentin's ninth-inning single over a drawn-in infield gave the Reds a two-game sweep of the Cardinals. Adam Dunn and Edwin Encarnacion added solo homers for the Reds (19-8), who moved a season-high 11 games over .500. Austin Kearns started the winning rally with a leadoff single off Brian Falkenborg (0-1), who was called up from Triple-A Memphis before the game. The right-hander hit Brandon Phillips with his next pitch. After Jason LaRue's sacrifice bunt advanced the runners, Valentin pinch-hit and lined a single over the head of second baseman Aaron Miles. Todd Coffey (2-0) struck out John Gall with two runners aboard in the ninth to keep it tied at 2. Juan Encarnacion hit his third homer in three games for St. Louis.
Phillies 7, Marlins 5
MIAMI -- Aaron Rowand hit a bases-loaded triple to cap Philadelphia's comeback and give Jon Lieber his first victory of the season. Lieber (1-4), a 17-game winner last year, had been off to the worst start of his career. He gave up nine hits and five runs, four earned, in six innings. He left for a pinch-hitter with the Phils trailing 5-3 in the seventh.
Nationals 6, Mets 2
NEW YORK -- Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer and Mike O'Connor stymied New York for his first major league win. Pinch-hitter Damian Jackson also had a two-run shot and new leadoff batter Marlon Byrd got three hits and scored three times to help Washington win for only the second time in 10 games. O'Connor (1-1) allowed only a homer and a single to Paul Lo Duca in seven impressive innings. The 25-year-old left-hander struck out six and walked two. Mike Stanton and Chad Cordero completed the three-hitter.
Braves 5, Rockies 4
ATLANTA -- Marcus Giles had four hits, including a run-scoring double with two outs in the eighth inning that gave Atlanta its third straight win. Giles, hitting .195 entering the game, had three straight singles and scored the Braves' first run before coming through with the game-winning hit off Jose Mesa.
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