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Tuesday's other games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1
TORONTO -- Daisuke Matsuzaka's lack of control in a key situation cost him against the Toronto Blue Jays. Dice-K struck out 10 over six innings but forced in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded walk to Gregg Zaun in the fourth, and Toronto beat the Boston Red Sox despite getting just three hits. Matsuzaka (1-2) retired his first eight batters and Wily Mo Pena's third-inning homer gave him a lead, but Lyle Overbay's single tied the score in the two-run fourth. Jason Frasor, taking over as closer while B.J. Ryan is sidelined by a sprained elbow, got four outs for his first save since Sept. 20, 2005, against Seattle. Matsuzaka allowed three hits and three walks in six innings. He struck out 10 for the second time in three starts -- the last pitcher to reach double-digit strikeouts twice in his first three major league starts was the Los Angeles Dodgers' Fernando Valenzuela in 1981. Gustavo Chacin (2-0) allowed one run and six hits in 62/3 innings, and Casey Janssen got three outs before Frasor came in.
Devil Rays 6, Orioles 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Rocco Baldelli had a two-run single during a six-run fourth inning and Tampa Bay stopped Baltimore's four-game winning streak. Steve Trachsel (0-1) remained winless in three starts with the Orioles, allowing six runs and six hits in 32/3 innings as his ERA rose from 2.63 to 5.19. Tampa Bay starter Casey Fossum (1-1), gave up three runs and five hits in seven-plus innings. Baltimore's Jon Knott hit his first career homer off Devil Rays reliever Brian Stokes. It was his first at-bat with the Orioles and 18th overall. Al Reyes pitched the ninth for his fifth save in five chances.
Tigers 7, Royals 6
DETROIT -- Placido Polanco hit the tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning and Detroit extended Kansas City's losing streak to six. Polanco also hit a solo home run and tripled, Magglio Ordonez had three hits and three RBIs and Marcus Thames homered. David DeJesus had four hits with a homer and scored three runs for Kansas City. With the score 6-6, Omar Infante singled to lead off the eighth and was sacrificed to second by Neifi Perez. One out later, Polanco singled off David Riske (0-2). Wilfredo Ledezma (3-0) earned the win despite giving up two runs in 21/3 innings. Todd Jones allowed one hit in the ninth for his seventh save in seven chances.
Rangers 8, White Sox 1
CHICAGO -- Sammy Sosa tuned out the boos and showed Chicago what it's been missing the last few years. Sosa sparked Texas' rout with a three-run homer in his return to the Windy City, the 591st home run of his career. Brad Wilkerson and Ian Kinsler also homered for the Rangers to back Robinson Tejeda (1-0). Kinsler's homer was his seventh.
Sosa, who was booed in each at-bat, finished 2-for-4. Tejeda allowed one run -- a fourth-inning homer by Jim Thome -- and three hits in seven innings with four walks and three strikeouts. Jon Garland (0-1), an 18-game winner in each of the last two seasons, gave up five runs and five hits in seven innings and is winless in his first three starts. The White Sox have scored just two runs in their last three games.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Padres 4, Cubs 2
CHICAGO -- Geoff Blum doubled in the go-ahead run in the 14th inning for San Diego. Khalil Greene led off the 14th with a double to the right-field corner against Will Ohman (0-1), and with one out, Blum sent a shot to left that Jacque Jones let skip by him. Ohman then retired Rob Bowen on a fly to center and pinch-hitter Jake Peavy on a pop to second. But it was the third straight rough outing for the left-hander. He allowed a three-run homer to Marcus Giles in Monday's 12-4 win, and he walked in two runs in a 6-5 loss to Cincinnati last week. Blum's hit made a winner of Doug Brocail (1-0), who struck out four and allowed one hit in two scoreless innings.
Braves 6, Nationals 4
WASHINGTON -- John Smoltz moved within one strikeout of Cy Young and within five wins of 200 in Atlanta's victory. Smoltz (2-1) didn't allow an earned run until the seventh inning, Chipper Jones homered, and Kelly Johnson had a career-high four hits. The Braves made three errors, two by shortstop Edgar Renteria, and squandered most of a four-run lead but held on against the Nationals, who wore Virginia Tech baseball caps as a tribute to the victims of Monday's shooting rampage at the school. Relievers Oscar Villareal, Rafael Soriano and Bob Wickman got the final nine outs, with Wickman earning his fourth save. Jerome Williams (0-3) gave up three runs in the first, and when Washington went down 1-2-3 against Smoltz in the bottom half, it meant the Nationals have been outscored 19-0 in first innings this season.
Reds 11, Brewers 5
CINCINNATI -- Ryan Freel had four hits and singled to start a seventh-inning rally for Cincinnati, which split a four-game series with Milwaukee. Javier Valentin completed the five-run rally with a bases-loaded single off Greg Aquino, who couldn't preserve a two-out, 5-4 lead. Freel started at third base for the first time since July 8 so Josh Hamilton could get into the starting lineup in center field. He scored three times and Hamilton had two hits.
Mets 8, Phillies 1
PHILADELPHIA -- Freddy Garcia's long-anticipated debut with the Phillies was a bust. Moises Alou homered twice and drove in three runs, and Tom Glavine got his 293rd win for New York. Garcia (0-1) allowed three runs and eight hits, striking out six in 42/3 innings. The two-time All-Star acquired from the Chicago White Sox in the offseason missed two starts with biceps tendinitis. He was scheduled to pitch Sunday, but consecutive rainouts pushed him back two days.
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