AMERICAN LEAGUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 3

BOSTON — Jon Lester held Toronto to four hits over eight innings and Coco Crisp drove in two runs to lead Boston. Lester (15-5), who has not lost since the Blue Jays scored seven off him on Aug. 23, struck out six for his second straight victory. He has allowed just two earned runs in 191‚Ñ3 innings over his last three starts, winning two.

White Sox 4, Tigers 2

CHICAGO — Javier Vazquez took a shutout into the eighth, Alexei Ramirez homered and the White Sox hung on to beat Detroit in the first game of a doubleheader. Vazquez (12-13) helped the White Sox move a game ahead of allowed three hits in 72‚Ñ3 scoreless innings while striking out eight, giving him 2,003 in his career.

Yankees 8, Rays 4

NEW YORK — Derek Jeter collected three hits for the third straight game and Alex Rodriguez belted a grand slam. Jeter moved into a tie with Lou Gehrig for most career hits at Yankee Stadium and Jason Giambi hit a two-run homer for New York. Mariano Rivera entered with two on in the ninth and struck out Erick Aybar for his 35th save in 36 opportunities.

Orioles 7, Twins 3

BALTIMORE — Radhames Liz pitched eight shutout innings, and Baltimore hit five home runs. Nick Markakis and Oscar Salazar each homered twice, and Lou Montanez also connected to help Baltimore salvage the finale of the three-game series. The five homers tied a season high for the Orioles, who had only five in their past six games.

Angels 4, Mariners 3

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Chone Figgins singled home the winning run in the ninth inning and Mark Teixeira hit his 200th career homer as Los Angeles beat Seattle for a four-game sweep. Ninth-place hitter Sean Rodriguez tripled just beyond the reach of Ichiro Suzuki with one out. Figgins followed with a drive off the right-field wall against Roy Corcoran (5-1) for his third game-ending hit this season. Jose Arredondo (9-2) pitched a scoreless ninth for the victory.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Phillies 7, Brewers 3

PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Howard and Shane Victorino homered for Philadelphia in the first game of a day-night doubleheader. Howard hit his major league-leading 44th home run, tying it in the sixth inning. Pat Burrell hit a go-ahead single in the eighth and Victorino had a three-run homer later in the inning. It was 3-all when Jayson Werth led off the eighth with a single against Guillermo Mota (5-6). Chase Utley followed with a sacrifice bunt and Howard was intentionally walked before Burrell singled off Brian Shouse. Victorino then hit his 12th home run.

Braves 7, Mets 4

NEW YORK — Fill-in closer Luis Ayala gave up a go-ahead homer to pinch-hitter Greg Norton, and Atlanta rallied for five runs in the ninth inning and a victory that trimmed New York’s tenuous NL East lead to 11‚Ñ2 games. Wasting two homers by David Wright and a strong start from Oliver Perez, the Mets lost for the ninth time in 30 games. Ayala (2-9) began the ninth with a 4-2 lead and allowed consecutive singles to Casey Kotchman and pinch-hitter Kelly Johnson. Norton then drove a full-count delivery into the Mets’ right-field bullpen — appropriately — for a 5-4 Atlanta edge. Jorge Julio (2-0) worked a scoreless eighth for the win.

Rockies 1, Dodgers 0, 10 innings

DENVER — Troy Tulowitzki singled home the winning run with one out in the 10th to help Colorado end Los Angeles’ four-game winning streak. Los Angeles starter Greg Maddux retired the first 13 batters and had a perfect game until Atkins singled through the hole at short with one out in the fifth.

Reds 2, Diamondbacks 1, 10 innings

PHOENIX — Corey Patterson homered to give Cincinnati a win over slumping Arizona. With one out, the .202-hitting Patterson hit a 3-2 pitch high off the right-field foul pole against Jon Rauch (4-8), sending the Diamondbacks to their eighth loss in nine games.

Marlins 8, Nationals 7

MIAMI — Josh Willingham drove in the go-ahead run to help Florida rally past Washington. Trailing 6-1, Florida scored seven runs off four Washington relievers in the eighth to go ahead 8-6. Andrew Miller (6-9) got the win for Florida and Steven Shell (2-2) took the loss. Arthur Rhodes got his first save.

Giants 8, Padres 6, 10 innings

SAN DIEGO — Rookie Pablo Sandoval scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the 10th inning. Sandoval led off with a double against rookie Dirk Hayhurst (0-2), the Padres’ eighth pitcher. Sandoval went to third on Travis Ishikawa’s single to left, and scored when Hayhurst bounced a curveball in the dirt that got away from catcher Nick Hundley.

Associated Press