MLB ROUNDUP

MLB ROUNDUP

Friday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Athletics 3, Orioles 2

BALTIMORE — Oakland’s Dan Haren pitched seven innings of two-hit ball for his fifth straight victory. Nick Swisher hit a two-run homer for the Athletics, who have won 14 of their last 16 games at Camden Yards. Haren (5-2) gave up a first-inning run, then allowed only two baserunners over the next six innings. He lowered his ERA to 1.70. Alan Embree struck out Jay Gibbons with runners on the corners and two outs to earn his second save.

Angels 10, Yankees 6

NEW YORK — Casey Kotchman and Chone Figgins homered and Vladimir Guerrero doubled twice for Los Angeles. The Angels had eight extra-base hits to support an unsteady Jered Weaver (4-3). The Angels are the only AL team to hold an edge over New York since Joe Torre became its manager before the 1996 season.

Twins 4, Blue Jays 3

MINNEAPOLIS — Torii Hunter followed a two-out fielding error by Toronto reliever Scott Downs with an RBI single in the seventh inning. Toronto’s Frank Thomas went deep for the second straight day, evening it at 3 in the sixth with home run No. 494 to move past Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff into sole possession of 21st place on baseball’s career list.

White Sox 5, Devil Rays 4

CHICAGO — Joe Crede’s sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the ninth inning lifted Chicago to its fourth win in five games. Tampa Bay’s Chad Orvella (0-2) pitched a scoreless eighth but left after walking Tadahito Iguchi and Jim Thome to start the ninth. Brian Stokes came in and struck out Jermaine Dye, but A.J. Pierzynski singled to right to load the bases. Crede then drove in Iguchi with a fly to left on the first pitch. That made a winner of Bobby Jenks (2-1), who pitched a perfect ninth, and sent Tampa Bay to its sixth loss in seven games.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Mets 6, Marlins 2

MIAMI — Pinch-runner Carlos Gomez scored the go-ahead run on an error in the ninth inning, and Carlos Beltran’s two-run double broke the game open for New York. The Mets’ Orlando Hernandez, making his first start since April 24, allowed two hits and walked none in six shutout innings.

Phillies 8, Braves 3

ATLANTA — Greg Dobbs snapped a tie with a two-run single in the seventh inning and Ryan Howard padded the lead with a two-run double in the eighth as Jamie Moyer beat Atlanta for the first time in 20 years. Moyer’s win came 20 years and two days after the only other time he beat the Braves. On May 23, 1987, Moyer earned the win in relief as the Cubs beat the Braves in Chicago. The 44-year-old Moyer (5-3) had never won in Atlanta and had lost six straight decisions to the Braves before giving up five hits and three runs, two earned, in seven innings. Atlanta’s Tim Hudson (5-3) gave up 10 hits and five runs in 62⁄3 innings. Howard was 1-for-4 with a walk and the two-run double off Tyler Yates in his return from the disabled list. The double drove in Jimmy Rollins, who scored three runs, and Shane Victorino, who had three hits.

Nationals 5, Cardinals 4

ST. LOUIS — Brian Schneider homered and Micah Bowie won as a starter for the first time in more than seven years as Washington won its fourth straight. Schneider’s second-inning homer was his third of the year and second in three games for the Nationals, who ended the Cardinals’ three-game winning streak. Bowie (1-2) gave up two runs and four hits in five innings. He’s 3-6 with a 6.27 ERA in 13 career starts with the last victory coming Sept. 23, 1999, against the Pirates while with the Cubs. Albert Pujols and Edmonds homered for St. Louis, which had won five in a row at home. Chad Cordero got the last three outs for his seventh save. Anthony Reyes (0-8) has lost 10 straight regular-season decisions, last winning Sept. 3, 2006, against the Pirates. He allowed five runs and eight hits in 52⁄3 innings.

Associated Press