Mlb roundup Tuesday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Red Sox 6, Angels 0

BOSTON

Ryan Kalish hit his first career grand slam, and Clay Buchholz pitched seven innings of shutout ball on Tuesday night. Darnell McDonald also homered for Boston, hitting one over the Green Monster and through the back windshield of a Toyota parked on the top floor of the garage across Lansdowne Street.

Mariners 4, Orioles 0

BALTIMORE

Luke French took a one-hitter into the eighth inning and substitute starter Matt Tuiasosopo homered and drove in four runs. Tuiasosopo had an RBI double in the fifth and hit a three-run homer in the ninth. He started in place of Ryan Langerhans, who was a late scratch with a severe headache.

Yankees 6, Tigers 2

NEW YORK

CC Sabathia was dominant at home again and Nick Swisher had a two-run singlet. Curtis Granderson homered against his former team and Robinson Cano connected from the cleanup spot for New York. Cano moved up a spot in the order because Alex Rodriguez sat out after experiencing soreness in his left calf.

Rays 10, Rangers 1

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.

Matt Garza scattered five hits over seven scoreless innings for his first win since throwing a no-hitter late last month.

Twins 7, White Sox 6, 10 innings

MINNEAPOLIS

Jim Thome hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning against the team that decided not to bring him back this season, and he Chicago White Sox stretched their AL Central lead to four games.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Phillies 9, Giants 3

PHILADELPHIA

Roy Oswalt pitched seven sharp innings, Placido Polanco had four hits, and the Phillies took a one-game lead over San Francisco in the NL wild-card race.

Braves 10, Nationals 2

ATLANTA

Little-used Diory Hernandez sparked Atlanta with a pinch-hit homer, All-Star Martin Prado returned from the disabled list with three hits and Mike Minor claimed his first big league win.

Padres 1, Cubs 0

CHICAGO

Jon Garland pitched seven innings and Jerry Hairston Jr. drove in the game’s only run in the first inning. The NL-West leading Padres won for the eighth time in nine games and moved five games ahead of the second-place San Francisco Giants.

Brewers 3, Cardinals 2

ST. LOUIS

Dave Bush pitched six stingy innings to bounce back from a start in which allowed four consecutive home runs, and Casey McGehee hit a two-run homer. Albert Pujols homered for the eighth time in 14 games, leading off the fourth with his 31st of the season and 397th of his career.

Astros 4, Mets 3

HOUSTON

Hunter Pence had a three-run homer in the first inning and a go-ahead solo shot in the eighth inning.

Associated Press