Baseball roundup \ Monday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Twins 2, Orioles 1

MINNEAPOLIS — Scott Baker allowed a run and four hits over seven innings, leading the Minnesota Twins to their fourth straight win. Jason Kubel drove in the go-ahead run and Alexi Casilla tripled and scored on a wild pitch from Baltimore rookie Chris Tillman in the sixth inning. Baker (12-7) retired 10 consecutive Orioles at one point. After scoring the game’s first run in the top of the third inning, the Orioles would get only one more runner in scoring position until the ninth.

Rays 12, Blue Jays 7

TORONTO — Carlos Pena and Ben Zobrist each homered and the Tampa Bay Rays handed Toronto’s Roy Halladay his worst loss in more than two years. Halladay allowed eight runs — seven earned — runs in losing for the third time in five starts against the Rays this season. Zobrist finished 3 for 4 with two RBIs and Jason Bartlett had three hits with an RBI, raising his average to .343, as the Rays won for the seventh time in nine games.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Phillies 6, Mets 2

NEW YORK — Ryan Howard homered twice and drove in five runs while Cliff Lee won his eighth straight start. Lee (5-0) did not allow an earned run in seven innings, lowering his ERA with the Phillies to 0.68 in five outings since he was acquired in a July 29 trade with Cleveland.

Brewers 7, Nationals 1

WASHINGTON — Ryan Braun hit a two-run home run to jump-start a six-run sixth inning, and Milwaukee took three of four from the Nationals after being swept by Pittsburgh.

Associated Press