MLB ROUNDUP Wednesday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Orioles 4, Red Sox 3
BALTIMORE -- Erik Bedard pitched seven innings of two-hit ball and Kevin Millar homered against his former team as Baltimore ended a 13-game losing streak against Boston. Bedard (5-2) gave up one run, a pair of doubles and three walks for his first victory in five starts since April 20. LaTroy Hawkins struck out two during a perfect eighth. Chris Ray gave up a two-run homer to David Ortiz in the ninth inning to make it 4-3 before the reliever got three outs for his 10th save. It was Ortiz's 13th homer. Millar put the Orioles ahead 2-1 against Tim Wakefield (3-5) in the fourth with his third homer, the first since April 12. In the fourth, Miguel Tejada had an RBI double and then scored on a wild pitch.
Tigers 2, Twins 0
DETROIT -- Rookie Justin Verlander outpitched Johan Santana and Vance Wilson homered to help Detroit to its sixth straight win and sixth consecutive victory over Minnesota at home this season. Verlander (5-3) allowed six hits in eight innings. Todd Jones pitched the ninth for his 11th save in 12 opportunities. Santana (4-4), who had his four-game winning streak snapped, pitched a four-hitter. He struck out a season-high 12 and walked one in the Twins' fourth-straight loss.
Yankees 4, Rangers 3
NEW YORK -- Jorge Posada followed up a memorable game with two more RBIs, and Chien-Ming Wang pitched New York past Texas. Robinson Cano and Bernie Williams each added a run-scoring single for the Yankees, coming off a stunning comeback the previous night. Posada singled twice and reached base safely in all four plate appearances. The All-Star catcher has seven RBIs in the past two games. Wang (4-1) tossed eight efficient innings again to win his third straight start, allowing six hits and one walk with three strikeouts. Gary Matthews Jr. hit a two-run homer in the eighth for Texas, cutting it to 4-3. Mariano Rivera worked a perfect ninth for his eighth save in nine chances. The Yankees broke a 1-all tie with five consecutive two-out hits off Kameron Loe (2-4) in a three-run fifth and beat the Rangers for the 10th time in 11 meetings dating to last season.
White Sox 5, Devil Rays 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Jermaine Dye drove in three runs and Jon Garland pitched seven solid innings to lift Chicago over Tampa Bay. Dye hit a tie-breaking RBI single off Ruddy Lugo (0-2) during a three-run eighth inning that put the White Sox up 5-2. He also homered and has 28 RBIs in his last 24 games. Garland (3-2) gave up two runs, six hits and struck out five. He entered with a 1-2 record and a 9.10 ERA in five previous road starts. Bobby Jenks got the final three outs for his 12th save in 13 opportunities. Greg Norton and Jonny Gomes homered for Tampa Bay. Seth McClung allowed two runs and eight hits over seven innings.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Dodgers 3, Rockies 2
DENVER -- Brad Penny allowed one run in six strong innings and Nomar Garciaparra hit a two-run single, lifting Los Angeles over Colorado. Penny (4-1) left after five innings in his last start because of a stiff back, but didn't seem to have any lingering effects, hitting the mid-90s with his fastball and keeping the Rockies off balance with a looping curveball. The right-hander gave up three runs or fewer for the ninth time in as many starts this season, helping the Dodgers to their ninth win in 12 games. Jason Jennings (2-4) gave up three runs in the seventh inning for his fourth loss in five starts. The right-hander gave up a pair of one-out singles to Ramon Martinez and Russell Martin, then pinch-hitter Olmedo Saenz tied the game with an RBI single to left. Jennings struck out Rafael Furcal for the second out, walked Jose Cruz Jr. to load the bases, and Garciaparra put the Dodgers up 3-1 with a hard single to left.
Cardinals 1, Mets 0
ST. LOUIS -- Mark Mulder threw 8 1/3 scoreless innings and Jason Isringhausen worked out of a jam in the ninth to preserve St. Louis' victory over Steve Trachsel and New York. Mulder (5-1) won his third straight start and had two of the Cardinals' four hits in seven innings against Trachsel (2-4), with singles in the fifth and seventh. Scott Rolen doubled in a run in the sixth inning. Mulder departed after the Mets loaded the bases with one out in the ninth. Isringhausen struck out David Wright then got Cliff Floyd to ground out to first for his 12th save in 14 chances. Rolen was only 4-for-28 in the first eight games of a nine-game homestand before his two-out double to the gap in left-center off Trachsel broke up a scoreless game.
Brewers 8, Phillies 7
MILWAUKEE -- Geoff Jenkins' RBI single with two outs in the ninth lifted Milwaukee past Philadelphia for its third straight walk-off victory. The Brewers became the first team since the 2004 Detroit Tigers to have three straight walk-off wins. Arthur Rhodes (0-1) walked pinch hitter Jeff Cirillo to start the ninth, and Brady Clark's sacrifice bunt moved him to second. Rickie Weeks struck out, bringing up Bill Hall. Hall was intentionally walked and Jenkins hit the 0-1 pitch over center fielder Shane Victorino's head off the base of the wall. Jose Capellan (1-0) earned the win by getting the final out of the ninth.
Braves 6, Marlins 4, 11 innings
ATLANTA -- Atlanta did it again, pulling off another improbable comeback when Chipper Jones hit a three-run homer in the 11th inning. Florida squandered a 3-2 lead in the ninth and went ahead 4-3 in the 11th on Matt Treanor's run-scoring single, but the Braves stunned the Marlins for the third night in a row. Marcus Giles led off with a single, Edgar Renteria walked and Jones followed with his first homer since April 28, a no-doubt-about-it shot into the seats in right-center off Randy Messenger (0-3). Atlanta (20-20) won for the eighth time in 10 games, got to .500 for the first time since April 23 and closed to 4 1/2 games of the first-place New York Mets in the NL East.
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