MLB Roundup | Wednesday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Red Sox 6, Twins 3

MINNEAPOLIS

Rain fell on the Minnesota Twins at home for the first time in 29 years and John Lackey dampened their bats. Lackey turned in a second strong start and Jeremy Hermida gave Boston room with a three-run double in the eighth inning, leading the Red Sox in the second game at Target Field. It was 73 degrees at gametime, but raindrops started to fall in the third and sprinkled the sparkling new ballpark intermittently over the next four innings.

Rays 9, Orioles 1

BALTIMORE

B.J. Upton homered twice and drove in four runs, Carlos Pena hit a three-run shot and the Tampa Bay Rays ended a dreadful homestand for the Baltimore Orioles.

Angels 5, Yankees 3

NEW YORK

Joel Pineiro pitched seven impressive innings for his first win with his new team and the Los Angeles Angels (3-6) showed signs of shaking their early slump. Bobby Abreu and Kendry Morales each hit an RBI double off a rocky Javier Vazquez.

White Sox 11, Blue Jays 1

TORONTO

Carlos Quentin hit a grand slam and drove in six runs to help the Chicago White Sox beat Toronto in front of the smallest crowd to attend a game in the Blue Jays’ stadium. Only 10,610 were at Rogers Center (formerly SkyDome) to see the rout.

Royals 7, Tigers 3

DETROIT

Jose Guillen homered for the fourth straight game, connecting for his 200th career shot for Kansas City.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cardinals 2, Astros 1

ST. LOUIS

Houston dropped to 0-8, with Brad Penny and Albert Pujols combining to give St. Louis the win. Another loss in the series finale Thursday would match the franchise-worst 0-9 start in 1983.

Cubs 7, Brewers 6

CHICAGO

Kosuke Fukudome and Ryan Theriot each hit two-run singles with two outs in the eighth inning for Chicago.

Phillies 14, Nationals 7

PHILADELPHIA

Chase Utley hit two homers while Shane Victorino drove in a career-high five runs for Philadelphia. The two-time defending NL champions are 7-1 for the first time since their pennant-winning season in 1993. A potent offense has carried the Phillies — they’ve averaged eight runs per game.

Marlins 5, Reds 3

MIAMI

Jorge Cantu homered, making him the first player in major league history to have at least one hit and one RBI in each of his team’s first nine games.

Associated Press