Baseball roundup Tuesday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Blue Jays 5, Yankees 1

TORONTO — Roy Halladay pitched a five-hitter to best former teammate A.J. Burnett while Scott Rolen had three hits and three RBIs for Toronto. Aaron Hill hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays, who improved to an AL best 23-12. Halladay (7-1) walked none and struck out five to win his fourth straight start and improve to 16-5 in 33 career games against New York. Alex Rodriguez had an RBI single in the seventh for the Yankees’ run. Burnett (2-1) allowed five runs and seven hits in 72‚Ñ3 innings and has not won since April 14. He walked four and struck out three.

Orioles 7, Rays 5

BALTIMORE — Adam Jones hit two home runs for the first time in his career and drove in four runs, leading the Baltimore past Tampa Bay. Jones hit a solo shot in the first inning and a three-run drive in the second. Both homers — his seventh and eighth of the season — came off Andy Sonnanstine (1-4), who had allowed only one home run in 322‚Ñ3 innings this season. Baltimore trailed 5-1 in the second inning before rallying for its fourth win in six games. Kevin Bass (2-1) pitched four scoreless innings of relief and George Sherrill, the fifth Baltimore pitcher, worked the ninth for his sixth save.

Rangers 7, Mariners 1

ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Hamilton returned from the disabled list and hit the go-ahead homer in a six-run seventh inning for Texas, which won for the eighth time in 10 games. Hamilton, activated after missing 13 games with a strained ribcage muscle, struggled in his first three at-bats before his two-run shot off reliever Mark Lowe (0-1) gave the Rangers a 3-1 lead.Rookie Derek Holland (1-1) pitched 1 2-3 scoreless innings to earn his first career victory. Chris Davis homered for the fourth time in eight games for Texas.

Twins 6, Tigers 2

MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Mauer hit a home run, and was robbed of another by Clete Thomas, and Minnesota’s struggling bullpen protected a lead for three innings. Joe Crede homered for the Twins in his first at-bat after missing three games with a hamstring injury. Jeff Larish and Ramon Santiago homered for Detroit, but Armando Galarraga (3-3) gave up five runs and six hits in 52‚Ñ3 innings. He is 0-5 with a 5.63 ERA in his career against the Twins.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Phillies 5, Dodgers 3

PHILADELPHIA — Chan Ho Park had his second straight effective outing to win his first game with Philadelphia, and Jayson Werth stole home to lead the Phillies. Park (1-1) has rebounded nicely after a dreadful start this season. He walked none and gave up two runs in six innings. Raul Ibanez continued to look like a smart pickup for the Phillies, hitting a two-RBI double in the fourth for a 4-2 lead. Werth stole home in the seventh inning and tied a team record with four steals in one game. Clayton Kershaw (1-3) started for the Dodgers, who fell to 1-4 without suspended slugger Manny Ramirez.

Mets 4, Braves 3, 10 innings

NEW YORK — Carlos Beltran drew a bases-loaded walk from Jeff Bennett (0-1) with two outs in the 10th inning and New York rallied to beat Atlanta. Beltran also scored the tying run in the ninth for the Mets, who have won eight of nine. They were down 3-0 in the eighth but fought back to improve to 1-11 this season when trailing after seven innings.

Francisco Rodriguez (1-0) worked two scoreless innings for the win, the first time he has pitched more than one inning in a major league game since Aug. 17, 2007, with the Los Angeles Angels.

Associated Press