MLB ROUNDUP \ Wednesday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Red Sox 6, Orioles 1
BALTIMORE -- Curt Schilling pitched seven innings of five-hit ball and Boston exploited Baltimore's revamped bullpen. After losing two straight to Toronto by a combined 17-6 score, Boston scored five runs over the final three innings to avoid its first three-game skid of the season. Alex Cora hit his first homer for the Red Sox, who have won 16 of their last 19 games against the Orioles. Schilling (3-1) gave up one run, struck out three and walked two. The 40-year-old right-hander gave up a home run to Miguel Tejada but allowed only one other batter beyond second base. Orioles starter Daniel Cabrera (1-2) pitched well but was victimized by the bullpen in Baltimore's third straight defeat. The right-hander left in the seventh after getting two outs and walking two batters with the score tied at 1. David Ortiz broke the tie with an opposite-field single off reliever Jamie Walker to start a three-run rally.
Royals 4, Twins 3
MINNEAPOLIS -- David DeJesus and Mike Sweeney combined to send Minnesota to its first four-game losing streak since last June. DeJesus had three hits, including a home run, and Mike Sweeney also homered for Kansas City. Odalis Perez (2-2) beat the Twins for the second time in six days, allowing three runs and five hits in six-plus innings. Joakim Soria got five outs for his third save in three chances. Twins starter Sidney Ponson (1-3) gave up four runs and seven hits in six innings, lowering his ERA from 9.39 to 8.44. Ponson, booed after the homers, has allowed 44 runners in 211/3 innings.
Tigers 6, White Sox 2
CHICAGO -- Detroit's Chad Durbin struck out a career-high nine in eight innings and Magglio Ordonez had three hits and three RBIs against his former team. Durbin (1-1), the journeyman right-hander who took Kenny Rogers' spot in the rotation when the veteran left-hander went on the disabled list with a blood clot, gave up just three hits in his 60th career start. Joel Zumaya couldn't complete the shutout, walking four and allowing two runs in 2/3 of an inning. Todd Jones finished off the four-hitter by getting Brian Anderson to groundout with the bases loaded. It was Jones' eighth save in 10 chances. The Tigers tagged White Sox rookie starter John Danks (0-3) for four runs in the first inning.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Rockies 11, Mets 5
NEW YORK -- Willy Taveras got five of Colorado's season-high 20 hits and the Rockies snapped out of an offensive drought. Todd Helton had four hits and three RBIs, and John Mabry added a three-run homer. The Rockies, who managed just one run in each of the first two games of the series, opened a 9-0 lead by the fifth. Josh Fogg (1-1) retired his first nine batters and contributed a pair of singles. Mike Pelfrey (0-2) allowed six runs and eight hits in three innings as his ERA rose to 7.90.
Cubs 9, Brewers 3
CHICAGO -- Derrek Lee and Cliff Floyd each got four hits and Chicago stopped a three-game losing streak, improving to 4-9 at Wrigley Field. After a 71-minute rain delay on a 44-degree afternoon, Brewers ace Ben Sheets pitched three scoreless innings before leaving with a strained right groin. Chicago took a 5-0 lead in fourth off Elmer Dessens (1-1), and all the runs were unearned because of an error by shortstop J.J. Hardy, who couldn't come up with Jacque Jones' grounder. Ted Lilly (2-2) allowed two runs -- one earned -- six hits in seven innings.
Marlins 4, Braves 3
MIAMI -- Miguel Olivo scored on a passed ball to cap a four-run rally in the ninth inning against Atlanta's Tim Hudson and Bob Wickman. Hudson had a career-high 12 strikeouts and took a six-hit shutout into the ninth, but gave up three singles to load the bases starting the inning. Wickman (1-1) came on and allowed a double by Olivo and a single by Alfred Amezaga to tie the game. On a 1-1 pitch to Dan Uggla, catcher Brian McCann let a low pitch from Wickman get past, and Olivo scored without a play. The unearned run was the first run off Wickman this season, and the blown save was his first in seven chances. Henry Owens (1-0) pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for Florida.
Phillies 9, Nationals 3
PHILADELPHIA -- Jon Lieber limited the Nationals to two runs in six innings, Chase Utley was 5-for-5 with three RBIs, and Philadelphia won its fifth straight. Jimmy Rollins hit his NL-leading eighth homer and Ryan Howard added a two-run shot for the Phillies. Lieber (1-0) gave up five hits, striking out five in his second start since moving into the rotation after ace Brett Myers was sent to the bullpen to bolster a struggling relief corps. John Patterson (0-4), the Nationals' struggling No. 1 starter, gave up six runs and eight hits in 51/3 innings.
Cardinals 5, Reds 2
ST. LOUIS -- Albert Pujols hit a two-run, tie-breaking double to spark a four-run eighth inning and St. Louis won for the second time in nine home games. Cardinals starter Braden Looper and three relievers combined on a five-hitter as the Reds wasted another strong start by Bronson Arroyo, who gave up one run and five hits in seven innings. Randy Flores (1-0) got the win, allowing a run in 11/3 innings. Jason Isringhausen came on to get the last out for his fifth save in six chances. Looper didn't allow a hit, permitting only two walks, until Alex Gonzalez singled with one out in the fifth. He had retired 11 of 12 batters before Josh Hamilton hit his first pitch of the sixth over the center field wall for his sixth homer. Kirk Saarloos (0-2) allowed two hits and two walks to start the eighth.
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