Major League roundup

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tigers 9, White Sox 0

DETROIT

Brad Penny had a no-hit bid broken up on an infield single in the sixth and the Tigers scored five in the fifth inning in their eighth straight win over the White Sox. With one-out in the sixth inning, Brent Morel hit a chopper down the third-base line. Brandon Inge backhanded it behind the bag and made a throw in the dirt that first baseman Miguel Cabrera couldn’t field cleanly to attempt a tag on Morel. Official scorer Ron Kleinfelter called it a hit, not an error that would’ve kept the no-hitter intact, after watching the replay.

Yankees 15, Orioles 3

BALTIMORE

Alex Rodriguez hit a milestone grand slam and drove in six runs while CC Sabathia earned his first win. Rodriguez connected with the bases full against Josh Rupe in a seven-run eighth inning. It was his 22nd career slam, pushing him past Manny Ramirez into second place on the career list behind only Lou Gehrig (23).

Rays 6, Blue Jays 4

TORONTO

Ben Zobrist hit a three-run home run while David Price remained perfect against Toronto. Johnny Damon also went deep for the Rays, who snapped a two-game skid. Jose Bautista hit a pair of solo home runs, the 12th multihomer game of his career, but the rest of the Blue Jays struggled against Price, now 7-0 with a 2.30 ERA in eight career games against Toronto. The Rays have won all eight games.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cubs 10, Dodgers 8

CHICAGO

Jeff Baker hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth inning and the Chicago Cubs got a banner day from the top of their lineup. Starlin Castro, Darwin Barney and Marlon Byrd combined for nine hits, six RBIs and four runs as Chicago roughed up Ted Lilly in his return to Wrigley Field. Castro tied a career high with four hits and Reed Johnson went 2 for 3 and scored twice. The Dodgers scored seven unanswered runs to take an 8-5 lead before Chicago responded with a five-run eighth.

Mets 6, Diamondbacks 4

NEW YORK

Jason Bay homered and drove in three runs, Ike Davis went deep for the third straight game and the peppy Mets held off the Diamondbacks for their third straight win. Dillon Gee (2-0) went six innings and allowed two earned runs, an RBI triple by Stephen Drew and a solo homer by Miguel Montero that tied the game in the sixth.

Braves 5, Giants 2

SAN FRANCISCO

Tim Hudson outdueled Tim Lincecum and came within one out of his first complete game this year, leadoff man Martin Prado drove in Atlanta’s first three runs and the Braves secured just their third series win of the season. Hudson (3-2) followed up Tommy Hanson’s strong outing a night earlier with his own impressive performance in a matchup of two undersized, hard-throwing righties. Hudson allowed nine hits, struck out four and didn’t walk a batter in an efficient, 112-pitch outing.

Reds 5, Cardinals 3

ST. LOUIS

Miguel Cairo hit a two-out, two-run, go-ahead single in the eighth inning to lift Cincinnati. The slumping Reds had lost seven of nine games before picking up the victory that snapped a three-game St. Louis winning streak. A throwing error by Cardinals third baseman David Freese led to three unearned runs in the eighth and Miguel Batista (1-1) and two other St. Louis relievers could not pitch around it.

Associated Press