MAJOR LEAGUE ROUNDUP Tuesday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yankees 11, Tigers 6, 11 innings
DETROIT -- Jason Giambi's solo homer sparked a five-run 11th inning. The Yankees, who had a pair of five-run leads before the game went to extra innings, are a season-high 10 games over. 500 with their fourth straight win. The Tigers still have the best record in baseball, despite losing three in a row.
Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 5
TORONTO -- Vernon Wells hit three homers for the first time in his career and Troy Glaus homered twice to lead the Toronto. Wells and Glaus hit back-to-back homers in the first off Josh Beckett (7-2), who had won his previous four starts. They got Beckett again with solo homers, Wells in the third and Glaus, his 17th, in the fifth. Wells then added a solo shot -- his 15th -- off David Riske in the eighth. It was first time two Toronto players had multihomer games together since Carlos Delgado hit three and Raul Mondesi hit two on April 20, 2001, at Kansas City. Gustavo Chacin (6-1), who came off the 15-day disabled list earlier Tuesday, allowed two runs and four hits and walked four in five innings. B.J. Ryan pitched 1 1/3 innings for his 12th save in 13 chances.
Orioles 7, Devil Rays 5
BALTIMORE -- Corey Patterson hit two solo homers, Miguel Tejada had one, and Baltimore handed Tampa Bay its season-high fifth straight loss. Patterson also made a leaping catch at the wall on a drive to center by pinch-hitter Greg Norton with a man on and two outs in the ninth. Rodrigo Lopez (3-7) allowed three earned runs and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings for the Orioles, who improved to 6-2 against Tampa Bay this season.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Phillies 4, Nationals 2
PHILADELPHIA -- Brett Myers pitched eight strong innings and Bobby Abreu hit a three-run homer to lead Philadelphia. Myers (4-2) allowed two runs and three hits, helping the Phillies win their third straight after losing nine of 11. Myers struck out six and walked two to lower his ERA to 2.80. Tom Gordon pitched a scoreless ninth for his 15th save in 16 chances. Marlon Byrd hit a two-run homer for Washington, which has lost three of four since winning four in a row.
Marlins 5, Giants 3
MIAMI -- Miguel Cabrera drove in four runs and Brian Moehler pitched six solid innings to lead Florida. Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the third inning and an RBI double in the eighth. Moehler (3-4) allowed two runs and six hits, struck out three and walked one to win his third straight decision. Joe Borowski pitched the ninth for his sixth save. The Giants played without Barry Bonds, who sat out because of a sore back that could keep him out of the lineup again today, when manager Felipe Alou planned to rest the slugger anyway. Lance Niekro homered twice for the Giants and went 3-for-4 after being activated from the disabled list earlier in the day. Moehler helped himself with a RBI single off Noah Lowry (1-3) in the third -- his first hit of the season in 17 at-bats.
Diamondbacks 7, Mets 2
NEW YORK -- Eric Byrnes hit his third home run in two days and Conor Jackson added a three-run shot as Arizona beat New York. With the Diamondbacks leading 3-1, Byrnes led off the fifth inning against Mets starter Alay Soler (0-1) with his ninth homer of the season. After Chad Tracy singled and Luis Gonzalez walked, Jackson broke the game open with his sixth home run. That was plenty of run support for Miguel Batista (5-2), who scattered nine hits with one walk and three strikeouts for the eighth complete game of his career and first since 2004. He spent last season as the closer for the Toronto Blue Jays, appearing in 71 games without a start.
Dodgers 8, Braves 3
ATLANTA -- Rookie Andre Ethier hit a two-run homer -- his fourth -- and drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning single to lift Los Angeles over Atlanta. Ethier, one of seven rookies on the current 25-man roster, has helped the Dodgers win nine of their last 11 games. The Dodgers are 18-9 in May. The last time they won 18 games in the month was in 1993, when they were 18-8.
Astros 6, Cardinals 3
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Craig Biggio's two-run homer capped a five-run seventh inning, leading Houston over St. Louis. The big inning rescued Andy Pettitte (4-6), who had left after six innings trailing 3-1, and kept the Astros from dropping below .500 for the first time all season. Pinch-hitters Mike Lamb and Orlando Palmeiro had RBI singles off Josh Hancock (1-1) in the seventh, and Lamb scored on Palmeiro's hit when center fielder So Taguchi's throw to third got past Scott Rolen and rolled into the camera well near the dugout.
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