MLB ROUNDUP \ Saturday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Red Sox 14, White Sox 2

CHICAGO — Tim Wakefield allowed three hits in seven shutout innings and joined teammate Josh Beckett as the major league’s only 16-game winners. Wakefield (16-10) allowed a leadoff single to Jerry Owens in the first and not another hit until Jermaine Dye doubled and Danny Richar singled in the seventh. He walked three and struck out six to win for the 11th time in his last 14 starts.

Yankees 7, Tigers 2

DETROIT — Johnny Damon homered and tripled, Melky Cabrera added a three-run triple and Chien-Ming Wang delivered eight effective innings for the Yankees. The win evened the four-game series, and gave the Yankees a three-game edge on the Tigers in the wild-card race. Wang (15-6) improved to 5-1 in his last seven starts, allowing two runs — one earned — on five hits. He struck out six, walked one and held the Tigers without an extra-base hit, ending their streak at 89 games. It was Detroit’s longest such streak in at least 50 years.

Devil Rays 14, Athletics 3

ST.PETERSBURG, Fla. — Scott Kazmir struck out a franchise-record 13 batters as the Devil Rays won their second straight over Oakland by a combined score of 26-5. Kazmir’s 13 strikeouts were a career high, one more than the previous team mark shared by teammates James Shields and Dan Wheeler, now a reliever. Wheeler was a starter in 1999. Akinori Iwamura, Carlos Pena and Brendan Harris each had three of the Devil Rays’ season-high 20 hits. Tampa Bays’ 14 runs tied a season high.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Mets 4, Dodgers 3

NEW YORK — Orlando Hernandez pitched seven sharp innings and Carlos Delgado snapped an 0-for-19 skid with a two-run single in the fifth, sending New York over Los Angeles. David Wright had an RBI single, scored twice and reached base safely all four times up. Jeff Conine added a run-scoring double in his first start for the Mets.

Padres 4, Phillies 3

PHILADELPHIA — Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a go-ahead homer off Brett Myers in the ninth inning and San Diego handed slumping Philadelphia its fourth straight loss. Heath Bell (6-4) struck out two in a perfect inning of work, and Milton Bradley, Mike Cameron and Terrmel Sledge also homered for San Diego. Kouzmanoff drove a 2-0 pitch from Myers (2-5) into the right-field seats for his 14th homer of the season. Sledge added an insurance run with a solo drive — his seventh of the season and first career pinch-hit shot.

Cardinals 5, Braves 4

ST. LOUIS — Jim Edmonds and Albert Pujols had two hits and an RBI each and St. Louis snapped Tim Hudson’s nine-game winning streak. Hudson (15-6), who had not lost since June 4, saw an even longer streak end. He had been 76-0 when given a lead of three or more runs, dating back to Aug. 23, 2000 when Hudson was with Oakland and lost 7-5 to Cleveland.

Reds 11, Marlins 7

CINCINNATI — Ken Griffey Jr. hit career homer No. 591 and drove in four runs and Cincinnati won its season-high fifth straight. Griffey had a two-run double and a two-run homer off Sergio Mitre (5-7), ending a slump of 52 at-bats since his last homer on Aug. 10.

Rockies 5, Nationals 1

DENVER — Ubaldo Jimenez threw a three-hitter over seven innings and Brad Hawpe hit his career-high 23rd home run for Colorado. Jimenez (3-2) fanned four and walked two in his third consecutive stellar outing. In his last three starts, he’s allowed one run and 10 hits in 20 innings. Troy Tulowitzki homered — his 18th — and scored two runs. Matt Holliday had two hits and drove in his 100th run of the year. It was the second straight 100-RBI season for Holliday.

Associated Press