MLB ROUNDUP Thursday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Athletics 6, Blue Jays 3

TORONTO — Mark Ellis had four hits, including the tying triple in the ninth, then scored the go-ahead run in Oakland’s win. Ellis went 4-for-5 with two stolen bases and an RBI. Oakland closer Huston Street pitched around a single and a walk in the ninth for his second save. Both have come in the past two games. Jeremy Accardo (0-2) blew his first save in four chances, hitting Travis Buck to begin the ninth, then giving up a triple to Ellis. Fernando Hernandez (1-0) worked one hitless inning for the win in his major league debut.

Mariners 7, Rays 1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jarrod Washburn allowed one run in seven innings, and Jamie Burke hit a three-run homer to lead Seattle past Tampa Bay. Washburn (1-1) gave up six hits, and improved to 11-3 at Tropicana Field against the Rays. Adrian Beltre also homered for Seattle, which has won two in a row following a four-game skid. Tampa Bay right-hander Andy Sonnanstine (1-1) allowed four runs and seven hits over six innings for the Rays, who have lost four straight. Willie Aybar went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles for Tampa Bay. Burke’s first homer of the season, coming off J.P. Howell in the eighth, put the Mariners up 7-1.

Tigers 7, Red Sox 2

BOSTON — Detroit beat Boston after scoring just 15 runs in losing its first seven games. Marcus Thames and Carlos Guillen homered, Edgar Renteria had three hits and Ivan Rodriguez got the 2,500th hit of his career. The Red Sox (4-5) lost their first game in the United States. In the eighth, Rodriguez became the 87th player with 2,500 hits when he broke an 0-for-15 slump with a single.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 3

PHOENIX — Eric Byrnes hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the seventh-inning off Hiroki Kuroda as Arizona stretched its winning streak to six. Micah Owings (2-0) allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings as the Diamondbacks finished a three-game sweep of their NL West rival. Brandon Lyon, who had blown his prior two save chances, retired the side in order in the ninth for his second save, although he got a scare when Blake Dewitt flied out to the left field wall. Byrnes, who went 3-for-5, ended Kuroda’s afternoon with a two-out, bases-loaded single that brought in the tying and go-ahead runs in the sixth.

Marlins 10, Nationals 4

WASHINGTON — Mike Jacobs hit two homers, including one that capped a seven-run inning, to back Scott Olsen’s solid pitching and help Florida beat Washington. The pair of two-run shots give the first baseman four homers in the past five games, a surge that featured his first career game-ending homer Friday, his first career grand slam Saturday — and now his first multi-homer game since Aug. 24, 2005. The Marlins are 4-1 during that span to improve to 5-3 overall, best in the NL East.

Mets 8, Phillies 2

NEW YORK — Mike Pelfrey gave the Mets’ injury-riddled pitching staff an encouraging boost, and the Phillies played a painfully sloppy game without MVP shortstop Jimmy Rollins. The Mets ended a nine-game losing streak to Philadelphia, taking advantage of four errors that led to six unearned runs. Eric Bruntlett, filling in for the injured Rollins, booted two grounders in a six-run third — after Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick walked six batters in the first two innings. Handed a comfortable lead, Pelfrey (1-0) tossed five effective innings in his first start of the year to help the Mets bounce back after losing their home opener to Philadelphia on Tuesday. The Phillies won the final eight meetings between these rivals in 2007, a big reason they were able to rally past the fading Mets to win the NL East title. Angel Pagan hit a two-run double for the Mets. Damion Easley, starting at second base for ailing Luis Castillo, put New York ahead 2-1 with an RBI single off Kendrick (1-1) in the third.

Associated Press