Baseball Roundup Thursday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Rays 8, Yankees 6

NEW YORK — Mariano Rivera gave up home runs to consecutive batters for the first time in his major league career, with Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria connecting in the ninth inning as the surging Tampa Bay Rays handed the Yankees their fifth consecutive loss. Longoria had two of Tampa Bay’s six homers. Johnny Damon hit a tying, two-run homer in the eighth for New York — one of two Yankees home runs. There have been 47 home runs hit at the new Yankee Stadium, 32 of them to right. The record for the first 13 games at a major league park is 51 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

White Sox 6, Tigers 0

CHICAGO — Mark Buehrle was perfect into the seventh inning and allowed one hit over eight innings, leading the White Sox over Detroit. Placido Polanco’s one-out double ended the 30-year-old left-hander’s bid for a perfect game. Buehrle pitched a no-hitter April 18, 2007, against Texas.

Royals 3, Mariners 1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Brian Bannister worked six scoreless innings to outpitch Jarrod Washburn and the Royals extended their winning streak to six games. The Royals turned four double plays in front of 32,714 screeching fans and overcame some shaky moments from closer Joakim Soria to earn their eighth win in nine games overall. They have won six straight against Seattle for the first time since 1989.

Athletics 9, Rangers 4

OAKLAND, Calif. — Jack Cust hit a grand slam and Matt Holliday added a three-run shot for Oakland. Bobby Crosby had three hits and drove in a run as the A’s snapped a four-game losing streak and got starter Trevor Cahill his first major league win.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Braves 4, Marlins 2

MIAMI — Jair Jurrjens gave up three hits in seven innings Thursday, and the Atlanta Braves completed a two-game sweep of the slumping Florida Marlins. Casey Kotchman homered and hit an RBI double for Atlanta. David Ross had a two-run homer. Jurrjens (3-2) allowed two runs, both on homers by Hanley Ramirez. The right-hander’s ERA rose to 2.01. Marlins right-hander Anibal Sanchez (1-4) allowed two homers and four runs in 4 2-3 innings before leaving the game because of discomfort in his pitching shoulder. Sanchez underwent surgery on the shoulder in June 2007 and returned last July.

Giants 8, Rockies 3

DENVER — Bengie Molina homered twice and Matt Cain threw six innings of one-hit ball to help San Francisco get the win. Molina was hitless in 12 career plate appearances against Jason Marquis (4-2) before lining a solo homer to left-center in the second and crushing a two-run shot to right the following inning. It was Molina’s sixth multihomer game and first since July 22 against Washington. Molina nearly had another homer in the fifth, but a gusty wind held the ball up and allowed Dexter Fowler to track it down in deep center.Cain (3-1) fought his control early, walking four in the first two innings, then settled down. He retired nine of his last 10 before being lifted for a pinch runner in the seventh.Brad Hawpe and Ian Stewart homered for Colorado.

Padres 4, Diamondbacks 3, 10 innings

SAN DIEGO — David Eckstein singled in the winning run for San Diego with one out in the 10th inning. The Padres won for just the fourth time in 17 games. Eckstein, who entered the game for defensive purposes in the top of the inning, lined a shot just past first baseman Josh Whitesell to bring in Kevin Kouzmanoff.

Associated Press