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INTERLEAGUE

Tigers 15, Nationals 1

WASHINGTON — Sean Casey hit his first home run of the season, one of Detroit’s 17 hits. Marcus Thames also homered for the Tigers, who tied a season-high for runs a night after Todd Jones gave up three in the ninth and nearly blew a four-run lead. The Tigers have won four of their last five games and have scored at least 10 runs six times in 17 games in June. The runs and hits were the most allowed by the Nationals this season. Chad Durbin (6-3) gave up one run and five hits in six innings for the win. Casey’s three-run shot off Jason Simontacchi (4-5) in the third was his first since Oct. 27, when Detroit lost Game 5 of the World Series against St. Louis. He finished 2-for-5 with a walk and drove in a season-high four runs. Simontacchi allowed 10 earned runs and 10 hits in three innings.

Dodgers 10, Blue Jays 1

TORONTO — Los Angeles’ Brad Penny became the second nine-game winner in the National League and Russell Martin homered in his first major league game in his native Canada. Luis Gonzalez went 3-for-4 with four RBIs for the Dodgers, who matched a season-high in runs. Martin, who was born in Toronto but grew up in Chelsea, Quebec, hit a solo home run in the sixth, his eighth. Penny (9-1) allowed one run and six hits over seven innings to win his fourth straight decision. He lowered his ERA to 2.12, second-best in the NL. Penny’s last loss was May 18 to the Los Angeles Angels. Toronto’s Dustin McGowan (3-3) allowed six runs and eight hits in 12⁄3 innings, his shortest career start.

Twins 9, Mets 0

NEW YORK — Johan Santana pitched a four-hitter — with only one strikeout — for his first shutout in nearly two years, and Minnesota took advantage of four early errors by New York. Santana (7-6) was handed a five-run lead by the second inning. He needed only 92 pitches to toss his fourth career shutout and first since Aug. 12, 2005, at Oakland. Santana walked none and retired 15 of his final 16 batters. Michael Cuddyer drove in two runs and Jeff Cirillo had three hits for the Twins, who had 13 hits and chased Jorge Sosa (6-3) in the fourth. The Mets managed four singles and never advanced a runner past second base in losing for the 12th time in 15 games.

Cardinals 5, Royals 1

ST. LOUIS — Brad Thompson pitched seven strong innings to lead St. Louis. Thompson started in place of Kip Wells, who was told three hours before the game that he was being sent to the bullpen. Chris Duncan homered for the third time in five games, and Albert Pujols and Scott Spiezio both had an RBI for the Cardinals, who won for the fifth time in 14 interleague games. Thompson (5-2) allowed a run and seven hits, two each by Emil Brown and Alex Gordon. Scott Elarton (2-3) allowed five runs and five hits in 22⁄3 innings.

Marlins 7, White Sox 5

CHICAGO — Dan Uggla homered leading off the ninth inning and the Florida Marlins rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox, rebounding after Dontrelle Willis was forced to leave after one inning with a tight left forearm. Uggla’s 13th homer was a high drive to left off Matt Thornton (2-3) and brought out a chorus of boos at U.S. Cellular Field. Thornton gave up two more singles before leaving and Aaron Boone added a sacrifice fly off Nick Masset. The White Sox have lost 18 of 23. Armando Benitez (1-3) pitched one inning for the win. Kevin Gregg got his 12th save in 12 chances with a perfect ninth. Willis’ outing matched the shortest of his career and it was a shaky one. He gave up three hits, four runs and walked three. He walked leadoff hitter Andy Gonzalez and after a fielder’s choice, Paul Konerko and Jermaine Dye singled for Chicago’s first run. Josh Fields then lifted a high fly to center field and it kept carrying with a 13 mph blowing out until it landed in the seats for a three-run homer and a 4-3 lead. Florida tied it at 5-5 in the seventh on Josh Willingham’s solo homer off Ryan Bukvich. A.J. Pierzynski and Andy Gonzalez singled to open the bottom of the seventh before Marlins’ reliever Matt Lindstrom struck out Tadahito Iguchi, got Konerko to fly out to the wall in center and Dye on a pop. Wes Obermueller relieved Willis at the start of the second, and third baseman Miguel Carbera’s 13th error, this one on a bad throw, allowed Gonzalez to reach second. He moved up on a grounder and scored on Konerko’s sacrifice fly for a 5-3 lead. The Marlins loaded the bases in the fourth and sixth innings but managed just one run.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brewers 6, Giants 2

MILWAUKEE — Ben Sheets pitched his 13th career complete game and Milwaukee took advantage of rookie Tim Lincecum’s wildness for a win that extended San Francisco’s losing streak to six games. Sheets (8-3) allowed three runs or less in his 12th straight start, and went the distance for the second time this season. Prince Fielder added three RBIs for the NL Central-leading Brewers. Since being no-hit by Justin Verlander on June 12, the Brewers have won six of seven, and they have the best home mark in the NL (24-12). Barry Bonds went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout to remain at 748 career home runs, seven shy of Hank Aaron’s record. Sheets gave up six hits and struck out four in his first complete game since throwing a two-hitter on opening day. Corey Hart led off the game with a single then Lincecum (2-2) walked the next three hitters before Bill Hall and Johnny Estrada hit sacrifice flies to make it 3-0.

Associated Press