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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yankees 15, Red Sox 9

NEW YORK — The Yankees and Red Sox played 774 times at Yankee Stadium entering this year. In their first meeting at the ballpark in its final season, they played as if they didn’t want these tense games at this famous venue to end. Long after Alex Rodriguez hit his 522nd home run to pass Ted Williams and Willie McCovey for 15th place on the career list, Melky Cabrera’s tiebreaking groundout in a four-run fifth inning helped New York outlast Boston in a glacially paced game that took 4 hours, 8 minutes.

White Sox 3, Orioles 1

BALTIMORE — Looks like a one-game suspension was just what Jim Thome needed to put some life back into his bat. Thome broke a prolonged power drought with a three-run homer and a double, leading the White Sox past the skidding Orioles. Jose Contreras (1-1) pitched seven innings of four-hit ball for the White Sox, who have won nine of 12. He struck out six, walked none and lowered his ERA from 6.17 to 4.34. Scott Linebrink worked the eighth and Bobby Jenks got three straight outs for his sixth save.

Twins 6, Rays 5

MINNEAPOLIS — Mike Lamb hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning that Carl Crawford caught in foul territory and the Twins beat the Rays. Delmon Young, a former Rays standout who came to the Twins in an offseason trade, led off the eighth with a single and reached third on Brendan Harris’ one-out bloop single. Lamb’s flyball was slicing toward foul ground and left fielder Crawford slid and caught it about four feet in foul territory, allowing Young to score easily.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Diamondbacks 4, Giants 1

SAN FRANCISCO — Brandon Webb won a matchup featuring a pair of former Cy Young Award winners that seem to be headed in different directions. Webb, who has won four straight starts, hit an early two-run single and made it stand up. The 2006 NL Cy Young winner gave up three hits over eight innings and won his sixth straight decision since last September. The sinkerballer struck out the side in the first inning, throwing 10 of his 11 pitches for strikes. He got through both the fifth and sixth innings on only five pitches each time, and wound up with five strikeouts. Brandon Lyon finished for his third save in five chances. Barry Zito, the Giants’ $126 million left-hander who went a career-worst 11-13 last year, allowed three earned runs, five hits and five walks in six innings.

Astros 2, Phillies 1

PHILADELPHIA — Roy Oswalt snapped out of an early funk with seven strong innings and Michael Bourn hit a tiebreaking solo homer for Houston. Bourn connected off Kyle Kendrick (1-2) in the fifth inning to help beat his former teammates a night after the Phillies scored four runs off closer Jose Valverde to win in the bottom of the ninth.

Marlins 6, Braves 5

MIAMI — Mike Jacobs hit his sixth home run and Luis Gonzalez added a two-run pinch-hit homer to lead surprising Florida to the win. Tim Hudson (2-1) lasted only three innings for the Braves, who lost their third in a row and fell to 0-7 in one-run games. They’re 2-7 on the road.

Mets 5, Nationals 2

NEW YORK — Carlos Beltran hit his first homer of the season, a three-run shot in New York’s four-run fifth inning, to back John Maine’s solid start. Jose Reyes also connected for the first time and Ryan Church hit his second home run to help New York hand the anemic Nationals their 11th loss in 12 games. Maine (1-1) allowed two runs and five hits in 62‚Ñ3 innings. Billy Wagner pitched the ninth for his second save, finishing the five-hitter. Matt Chico (0-3) gave up five runs and seven hits in five innings and Austin Kearns homered for Washington.

Cardinals 5, Brewers 4

ST. LOUIS — Adam Wainwright pitched into the eighth inning and homered, helping the Cardinals run their home winning streak to seven. Albert Pujols contributed with his bat and glove. He hit an early two-run double, then made a leaping catch at first base in the ninth to prevent Milwaukee from tying it.

Cubs 12, Reds 3

CHICAGO — Derrek Lee homered, Carlos Zambrano pitched seven solid innings while helping himself with three hits and the Cubs jumped to an early lead in beating the Reds. The Cubs scored four runs in the first and six in the third to give Zambrano an early cushion on another blustery night at Wrigley Field with the wind gusting out at 20 mph. Zambrano (2-1) allowed eight hits and two runs. Chicago, meanwhile, hit Josh Fogg (1-2) hard and sent the Reds and ex-Cubs manager Dusty Baker to their fifth straight loss.

Associated Press