MLB ROUNDUP Thursday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Angels 12, Yankees 6

NEW YORK — Torii Hunter, Vladimir Guerrero and Juan Rivera hit three-run homers, and Los Angeles continued its East Coast romp. Coming off a three-game sweep at Boston in which they scored 22 runs, the Angels hit three three-run homers in a game for the first time in 30 years. Los Angeles improved baseball’s best record to 68-40 with its 11th victory in 13 games since the All-Star break. Jon Garland (10-6) coasted to his 10th win and Garret Anderson had four hits for the second consecutive night.

Twins 10, White Sox 6

MINNEAPOLIS — Jason Kubel’s three-run homer highlighted an unruly seventh inning in the Twins’ victory. The game was stopped for several minutes when fans threw hats and baseballs onto the turf and had the White Sox running for the shelter of the dugout. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire punted his hat over his head after third base umpire Marty Foster tossed him in the seventh for arguing a called strike on Denard Span, and fans responded by tossing dozens of hats, and several baseballs, onto the field.

Mariners 8, Rangers 5

ARLINGTON, Texas — Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey limited his former team to two runs and six hits pitching into the eighth inning, Adrian Beltre homered and Seattle held on.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Phillies 8, Nationals 4

WASHINGTON — Jimmy Rollins and Jayson Werth homered, and Philadelphia stretched its winning streak to five games. The first-place Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the injury-riddled Nationals and took a one-game lead over idle New York in the NL East.

Cubs 11, Brewers 4

MILWAUKEE — Jim Edmonds hit two homers, including a grand slam, and Chicago finished off a four-game sweep of Milwaukee. Rich Harden (1-1) picked up his first NL win, giving up a run and six hits in seven innings with nine strikeouts.

Braves 9, Cardinals 4

ATLANTA — Rookie Clint Sammons homered and drove in three runs for Atlanta, which snapped a five-game losing streak..

Marlins 12, Rockies 2

MIAMI — Anibal Sanchez won his first start in 15 months, while Hanley Ramirez and Jorge Cantu hit home runs for Florida. Sanchez (1-0) allowed two runs and six hits in 52‚Ñ3 innings to win in his first start since May 2007.

Associated Press