MLB ROUNDUP \ Tuesday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Orioles 12, Yankees 0

NEW YORK — Aubrey Huff hit a grand slam and Daniel Cabrera pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning as Baltimore cooled off New York. Cabrera’s effort and the death of Hall of Fame shortstop and longtime Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto led to a somber atmosphere at Yankee Stadium. Kevin Millar homered and reached base five times for the Orioles, who improved to 17-13 since the All-Star break. Huff finished with five RBIs, Melvin Mora went 3-for-4 and Jay Payton drove in two runs. Hideki Matsui’s fourth-inning single and Alex Rodriguez’s infield hit in the sixth was all New York could manage against Cabrera (9-12), who struck out five and tied a season high with six walks in 62⁄3 innings.

Red Sox 2, Devil Rays 1

BOSTON — Coco Crisp singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth, three batters after Mike Lowell had tied the game with a homer. Eric Gagne (3-0) struggled in his two previous outings but he struck out the side in the ninth for his first win since being traded by Texas July 31. The dramatic rally finished a game dominated by strong performances by two 23-year-old left-handers, Jon Lester and Scott Kazmir. Lowell’s 16th homer of the season, on a 2-0 pitch from Al Reyes (1-2) with one out, saved Lester from his first loss in eight starts and deprived Kazmir of his 10th win. After Reyes struck out Kevin Youkilis for the second out, Jason Varitek hit a ground rule double to right, then raced home on Crisp’s sharp single to right.

Blue Jays 4, Angels 1

TORONTO — Roy Halladay pitched his major league-leading fifth complete game and Toronto took advantage of four errors to beat Los Angeles. Halladay (14-5) won his third straight start and improved to 10-1 with a 3.36 ERA at home this season. He allowed one run and five hits, walked none and struck out two. After giving up a leadoff walk to Gary Matthews Jr. in the second inning, Halladay retired the next 11 batters, a streak that ended with a bunt single by catcher Jeff Mathis leading off the sixth. Angels left-hander Joe Saunders (6-1) lost for the first time since Sept. 13, 2006. He allowed four runs — three earned — and eight hits over seven innings. He struck out four and walked none.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Braves 5, Giants 4

ATLANTA — Chipper Jones doubled home the winning run in the ninth inning after Bob Wickman (3-2) blew a save in the top half. Steve Kline (1-1) walked Willie Harris leading off the Atlanta ninth, and Kelly Johnson reached on a throwing error by Kline while bunting the runner along. Randy Messenger came on to give up Jones’ game-winning hit, which split the gap in left-center.

Marlins 14, Diamondbacks 5

MIAMI — Dontrelle Willis earned his first win since May 29, striking out 11 in seven innings and Florida’s bats did the rest. Willis (8-12) had gone 0-7 over his past 13 starts. His teammates came to the rescue, building a 14-1 lead by the time he took the mound in the fifth inning. Byung-Hyun Kim (6-6) lasted only 17 pitches in his second start for the Diamondbacks since they claimed him off waivers from Florida. He retired one batter and gave up four runs, three earned, hiking his ERA with Arizona to 23.62.

Phillies 3, Nationals 2

WASHINGTON — Russell Branyan’s pinch-hit, two-run homer keyed an eighth-inning rally for Philadelphia. Trailing 2-0 entering the eighth, Jayson Werth hit a one-out grounder to third which Ryan Zimmerman threw away for a two-base error. Carlos Ruiz followed with a single off Jon Rauch (8-3) to score Werth. Branyan, in his first at-bat with the Phillies after being acquired on Aug. 9 from Cleveland, lined a 1-0 pitch into the mezzanine in right field for his eighth home run of the year. Branyan was batting for Antonio Alfonseca (4-1), who got the win after he retired the only batter he faced in the seventh. Tom Gordon allowed one hit in the eighth. Brett Myers struck out the side in the ninth for his 10th save.

Reds 6, Cubs 5

CHICAGO — Aaron Harang allowed four hits, including three homers, but still outpitched Carlos Zambrano as Cincinnati sent Chicago to its seventh loss in nine games. Harang (12-3) gave up three solo shots in seven-plus innings — back-to-back homers to Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez in the fourth and one to Jacque Jones in the sixth. Zambrano (14-9) didn’t look at all like the Cubs’ ace, failing for the third straight start to get his 15th win. He left two outings ago in the sixth with heat-related cramping and was driven out by Houston six days ago after 51⁄3 innings and allowing seven runs. Tuesday he allowed 13 hits and six runs in seven innings with two walks and no strikeouts.

Associated Press