Baseball Roundup \ Sunday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Rays 5, Red Sox 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Carl Crawford tied a modern major league record with six stolen bases to help Tampa Bay to its first series win in nearly a month. Crawford was 4-for-4 with an RBI and became the fourth player to swipe six bases in a game, joining Eddie Collins, Otis Nixon, and Eric Young. James Shields (3-2) shrugged off a shaky start to pitch into the eighth inning, and Tampa Bay won three of four, outscoring the Red Sox 30-15 and improving to 5-2 against its AL East rivals.

Blue Jays 4, Orioles 3

TORONTO — Vernon Wells hit a two-run homer, Alex Rios added a solo shot and the Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of Baltimore. The Orioles have lost six straight and 14 of 17 following a 6-2 start. Baltimore is 0-12 this season when scoring fewer than five runs. Scott Richmond (4-0) won his fourth straight start, allowing three runs — two earned — and five hits in seven innings, matching a career high. He walked two and struck out six.

Royals 7, Twins 5

MINNEAPOLIS — Jose Guillen homered and drove in four runs, rallying the Royals past Minnesota after Twins starter Scott Baker carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning. Guillen’s three-run shot accounted for the first runs off Baker (0-4), who flirted with Minnesota’s first no-hitter since 1999. But he gave up five consecutive hits in the seventh and failed to record an out as the Royals overcame their largest deficit this season to take two of three in the series.

Mariners 8, Athletics 7, 15 innings

SEATTLE — Jose Lopez blooped an RBI single in the 15th inning and the Mariners, after pulling off a pair of late rallies, beat Oakland in the longest game in the majors this season. Kenji Johjima hit a tying homer in the ninth off Russ Springer, and Ichiro Suzuki’s two-out single in the 13th capped a three-run comeback for Seattle. A throwing error by Dana Eveland (1-2), who started Friday night and pitched 42‚Ñ3 innings, set up the winning run. The game lasted 5 hours, 2 minutes.

Rangers 5, White Sox 1

ARLINGTON, Texas — Ian Kinsler hit a record-tying leadoff home run and Matt Harrison pitched five scoreless innings to win his second consecutive start for Texas.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Astros 7, Braves 5

ATLANTA — Michael Bourn had three hits, including a seventh-inning single to drive in the go-ahead run, as the Astros beat the Braves and won a series in Atlanta for the first time in five years.

Brewers 4, Diamondbacks 3

MILWAUKEE — Prince Fielder and Mike Cameron hit back-to-back homers, and the Brewers beat the Diamondbacks to split their four-game series. The Brewers squandered a three-run lead by giving up three homers in the seventh inning, but they regrouped. Chris Duffy hit an RBI groundout in the eighth, and Trevor Hoffman closed it out.

Cubs 6, Marlins 4

CHICAGO — Derrek Lee hit a grand slam shortly after Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano hurt himself beating out a bunt single. Zambrano strained his left hamstring and left the game in the fifth inning. Lee connected four batters later for a 6-2 lead.

Giants 1, Rockies 0

SAN FRANCISCO — Rich Aurilia drove in Steve Holm with a 10th-inning single to end a pitching-dominated afternoon with the Giants’ victory over the Rockies.

Dodgers 7, Padres 3

LOS ANGELES — Chad Billingsley completed seven innings for the third straight start, Orlando Hudson drove in three runs with a pair of doubles and the Dodgers beat the Padres to set a franchise record for the best home winning streak to begin a season. The 10-0 start at Chavez Ravine eclipsed the mark set at Ebbets Field by the 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers, when current manager Joe Torre was 5 years old and growing up in the borough.

Associated Press