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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yankees 3, Twins 2, 10 innings

NEW YORK — Johnny Damon homered in the 10th inning, giving the Yankees their third straight comeback win over the Twins that was capped by a game-ending hit. Alex Rodriguez homered in the seventh to start New York’s rally from a two-run deficit, as the Yankees extended their winning streak to a season-best five games. With one out, Damon drove a full-count pitch from Jesse Crain (2-2) into the second deck of right-field stands for his team-high 10th home run and third career game-ender.

Tigers 11, Athletics 7

DETROIT — Ramon Santiago and Curtis Granderson each hit three-run homers, and the Tigers overcame a six-run deficit to finish a three-game sweep of the A’s. Santiago, who also had an RBI triple among his four hits and scored three runs, put Detroit ahead 8-6 with his homer off Santiago Casilla. Trevor Cahill (2-3) took the loss, allowing seven runs in 2 1-3 innings for the A’s. Zach Miner (3-1) picked up the win, and the teams each used five pitchers in the game.

Blue Jays 8, White Sox 2

TORONTO — Roy Halladay won his fifth straight start, Adam Lind hit one of three Toronto homers and the Blue Jays won their AL-leading 26th game. Halladay (8-1) surpassed Kansas City right-hander Zack Greinke for the major league lead in wins by allowing two runs, one earned, over seven innings. He also lowered his ERA to 2.78, and has gone at least seven innings or more in all nine starts this season. Gavin Floyd (2-4) allowed six runs and seven hits in five innings, walked two and struck out four for Chicago. He’s winless in five starts and has an ERA of 9.95 over that span.

Rangers 3, Angels 0

ARLINGTON, Texas — Scott Feldman and three relievers combined on a five-hitter and David Murphy hit a sacrifice fly that helped the Rangers to their seventh straight win. Ian Kinsler and Marlon Byrd also had RBI doubles for the Rangers, who have their longest streak since winning nine straight from May 20-31, 2005.

Royals 7, Orioles 4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — John Buck’s RBI triple snapped an eighth-inning tie, and the Royals overcame four errors to beat the Orioles. Jose Cruz (3-0), the fourth Royals pitcher, retired all six batters he faced for his 11th straight winning decision. He has not lost since June 9, 2007, when he was with Arizona. Buck connected off Jim Johnson (2-2) for his third triple of the season after David DeJesus doubled leading off the eighth. Buck then scored to make it 6-4 on a sacrifice bunt by Willie Bloomquist, who was safe on a fielder’s choice and eventually scored on Billy Butler’s single.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Dodgers 12, Marlins 5

MIAMI — At first, Clayton Kershaw’s pitching had teammates sprinting and diving for balls. Then he found a groove and flirted with a no-hitter. The bid ended with Cody Ross’ double leading off the eighth inning, ending Kershaw’s day, and the Los Angeles Dodgers settled for a four-hitter. The double came on the 112th pitch by Kershaw, a career high. Guillermo Mota gave up a grand slam to Ross with two out in the ninth.

Astros 6, Cubs 5

CHICAGO — Ivan Rodriguez hit his 300th home run, Lance Berkman had two hits and an RBI and Houston snapped the Cubs’ five-game winning streak. Houston starter Brian Moehler (1-0) pitched five innings to get his first victory since Sept. 10, 2008, against Pittsburgh. Moehler was backed by a strong performance from the Houston bullpen. Tim Byrdak pitched a perfect sixth, Alberto Arias pitched 11‚Ñ3 scoreless innings.

Brewers 8, Cardinals 2

ST. LOUIS — Prince Fielder hit his fourth homer in the last five games to help Milwaukee win its fifth in a row. Manny Parra (3-4) won his third straight start and the Brewers got two-run singles from J.J. Hardy and Jason Kendall to win their 11th in 13 games. Fielder has four homers and 10 RBIs the last five games.

Phillies 8, Nationals 6

WASHINGTON — A two-base error on an eighth-inning bunt provided the go-ahead run as the Phillies completed a sweep. Sergio Escalona (1-0), called up overnight from Double-A Reading, got the win in his major league debut by throwing one scoreless inning of middle relief, practically a standout performance among the only two National League clubs with team ERAs over 5.00.

Padres 3, Reds 1

SAN DIEGO — Jake Peavy threw a four-hitter, Kevin Kouzmanoff drove in two runs and the Padres beat Cincinnati after needing eight pitchers in a 16-inning victory the previous night. Peavy (3-5) gave the Padres’ bullpen a rest, winning for the first time in six starts and running his career mark against Cincinnati to 6-0 with a 2.28 ERA. It was his first complete game of the season and seventh of his career. Bronson Arroyo (5-3) went seven innings for the Reds and allowed all three runs. The game Sunday zipped by in 2 hours, 14 minutes, after their 16-inning marathon lasted 5 hours, 14 minutes. They only needed three total pitchers, too, after combining for 15 in their game that ended early Sunday morning.

Giants 2, Mets 0

SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Cain stymied the mighty Mets and singled in a run to help his cause, and the San Francisco Giants ended an eight-game losing streak to New York. Bengie Molina also had an RBI single as San Francisco snapped a four-game skid and avoided a four-game home sweep in a game that featured a rare three balks by Mets starter Mike Pelfrey. New York’s potent offense couldn’t get to Cain after producing 24 runs, 42 hits and 13 stolen bases in the first three games of the series. The Mets, in the midst of a 10-game road trip, lost for only the fourth time in 16 May games.

Associated Press