MLB ROUNDUP

MLB ROUNDUP
Sunday's other games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tigers 6, White Sox 5, 12 innings
DETROIT -- Marcus Thames hit a tying homer with two outs in the ninth inning, Placido Polanco singled home the winning run in the 12th and the Tigers rallied to beat Chicago. Thames hit a two-run shot off David Aardsma to tie the score at 5 and help the Tigers avoid a three-game sweep against their AL Central rivals. Wilfredo Ledezma entered in the ninth and pitched three scoreless innings before Jason Grilli (1-1) worked a perfect 12th. Detroit ended a season-high three-game skid.
Orioles 7, Blue Jays 3
BALTIMORE -- Nick Markakis and Miguel Tejada each had three RBIs, and the Orioles beat Toronto to complete their first three-game home sweep of the Blue Jays in 13 years. Steve Trachsel (1-1) allowed one run in 51/3 innings to earn his first victory with the Orioles, who have won four straight and eight of nine. It's Baltimore's second four-game winning streak of the season; the Orioles won four in a row only once last year -- in August.
Rangers 4, Athletics 3
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Hank Blalock hit a two-run single and the Texas Rangers scored three runs in the eighth to rally. Eric Gagne got one out in the ninth for the Rangers before leaving with an apparent leg injury. He landed awkwardly after throwing a pitch to Mark Ellis. He eventually limped off the field and Akinori Otsuka came into the game.
Angels 6, Mariners 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Ervin Santana allowed one run over seven innings and the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep. Santana (2-2) scattered six hits, struck out five and walked one. The only run against the right-hander came in the fifth when Adrian Beltre led off with a tape-measure homer into the rock formation in left-center field.
Royals 3, Twins 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jorge De La Rosa worked a career-high eight innings Sunday and retired 16 in a row during one stretch to lead Kansas City, helping the Royals win their first series of the year. Mike Sweeney went 3-for-4 for Kansas City and Ross Gload hit a two-run home run in the third, his first of the season.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Marlins 12, Nationals 6
MIAMI -- Dan Uggla homered twice and drove in six runs, and Miguel Cabrera hit a drive into the upper deck for Florida. Wes Obermueller earned his first major league victory in almost two years and Josh Willingham also homered for Florida. Uggla had three hits. Obermueller (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits in six-plus innings. He walked four and struck out five.
Braves 9, Mets 6
NEW YORK -- Kelly Johnson started the day with a home run against Tom Glavine and finished off the New York Mets with another homer off Aaron Heilman. Johnson homered on the first pitch of the game, then hit a tiebreaking, three-run drive in the eighth inning for Atlanta. A sellout crowd of 55,671 came out on a sunny spring afternoon to watch Glavine face John Smoltz, his golfing buddy and former teammate.
Phillies 9, Reds 3
CINCINNATI -- Ryan Howard homered in his first game back from an injury to help Freddy Garcia earn his first National League victory. Howard missed the last three games with a sprained ligament just below his left knee. The NL MVP hit his second homer of the season, a two-run shot in the ninth, and knocked in three runs. Chase Utley had a pair of doubles and Wes Helms had three hits for the Phillies, who have won three of four and back-to-back games for the first time this season.
Brewers 4, Astros 3
MILWAUKEE -- Dave Bush pitched into the ninth inning in another strong performance against Houston. Bush (2-1) allowed three runs and five hits in eight-plus innings to improve to 3-0 in his career against Houston. He struck out seven and walked one. Bush came out for the ninth inning but couldn't record an out, allowing Lance Berkman's RBI double before he was replaced by Francisco Cordero. Morgan Ensberg hit a run-scoring single with one out and Adam Everett walked with the bases loaded to cut it to one. Cordero then struck out pinch-hitter Orlando Palmeiro and got Craig Biggio, hitting for Mike Lamb, to foul out to pick up his seventh save in seven chances this season. Bush had thrown 26 straight scoreless innings against the Astros before the ninth. He retired 12 in a row after giving up a first-inning double to Mark Loretta.
Rockies 4, Padres 2
DENVER -- Jason Hirsh outpitched Greg Maddux for the second time this season to lead Colorado. Hirsh (2-1) went seven innings, giving up two runs and four hits and striking out seven. He also beat Maddux and the Padres on April 6 in San Diego's home opener. In that game, Hirsh went 62/3 innings and had a career-high eight strikeouts. Maddux (1-2) left after pitching seven innings. Maddux, who has 334 career victories, allowed four runs, scattered seven hits and struck out four.
Cardinals 12, Cubs 9, 10 innings
CHICAGO -- Albert Pujols hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning, Scott Rolen had a career-best five hits as St. Louis beat the Cubs after blowing a two-run lead in the ninth. Preston Wilson singled to start the 10th against Ryan Dempster (0-1). One out later, David Eckstein singled off Aramis Ramirez's glove at third. Pujols then a drove a long homer to center field, his fifth of the season.
Giants 2, Diamondbacks 1
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds is beginning to close in on Hank Aaron -- fast. Bonds hit his 740th home run Sunday, connecting for the second consecutive game and helping Matt Cain earn his first win of the season. Bonds moved within 15 homers of Aaron's record. With two outs in the fourth inning, he sent the first pitch from Yusmeiro Petit (0-1) into the seats in the right-field arcade for his sixth homer of the season. The 42-year-old Bonds walked out to left field in the top of the fifth to a loud standing ovation, tipping his cap as he made his way to his spot. Fans bowed over the left-field fence.
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