MLB roundup Sunday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Royals 10, Twins 3

KANSAS CITY, Mo.

Mike Aviles homered and drove in four runs to help the Royals beat the Twins. The Twins have lost six in a row and were swept in a three-game series by the Royals for the first time since Aug. 4-6, 1998. Minnesota dropped to 9-18, the worst record in the majors.

Minnesota fell to nine-games below .500 for the first time since finishing the 2000 season 69-93.

Yankees 5, Blue Jays 2

NEW YORK

Curtis Granderson hit a three-run homer, Mark Teixeira also went deep and the Yankees powered their way to a victory over the Blue Jays. Jorge Posada broke out of an 0-for-19 slump and Francisco Cervelli added an RBI groundout in his first game back from the disabled list, helping the Yankees take the final two games against the Blue Jays and remain unbeaten (5-0-1) in home series.

Angels 6, Rays 5

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.

Hank Conger homered and nifty baserunning by Vernon Wells helped the Angels rally from a five-run deficit to beat the Rays. Los Angeles went ahead 6-5 in the eighth thanks in part to Wells, who drew a one-out walk from Joel Peralta (1-1) with Torii Hunter on third. Wells slowed up on Conger’s grounder and forced second baseman Ben Zobrist to throw to first for an out. Wells then prolonged a rundown long enough for Hunter to score.

Red Sox 3, Mariners 2

BOSTON

Jed Lowrie tripled when right-fielder Ichiro Suzuki lost his fly ball in the sun, and Carl Crawford singled him home with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Red Sox. Jonathan Papelbon (1-0) earned the win with a perfect ninth inning.

Orioles 6, White Sox 4

CHICAGO

Nick Markakis hit a three-run double and Zach Britton pitched six strong innings to lead the Orioles to a win over the struggling White Sox.

Athletics 7, Rangers 2

OAKLAND, Calif.

Conor Jackson had two hits and two RBIs, Gio Gonzalez pitched into the seventh inning to snap a three-start skid and the Athletics snapped out of their scoring slump in a win over the Rangers.

Leadoff hitter Coco Crisp added two hits in his return to the lineup and Kurt Suzuki had two RBIs to help the A’s score more than six runs for only the fourth time this season.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Padres 7, Dodgers 0

LOS ANGELES

Dustin Moseley pitched seven shutout innings for his first victory and Brad Hawpe doubled his RBI total for the season with a two-run single.

Marlins 9, Reds 5

CINCINNATI

Hanley Ramirez hit his first home run of the season and Florida went deep a season-high five times to beat Cincinnati. John Buck homered to snap a seventh-inning tie. Greg Dobbs, Mike Stanton and Emilio Bonifacio also connected for the Marlins, who have won eight of 11.

Braves 6, Cardinals 5

ATLANTA

Brooks Conrad recaptured his pinch-hit magic of 2010, driving in the winning run in the ninth inning to give Atlanta a victory.

Nationals 5, Giants 2

WASHINGTON

Jordan Zimmermann allowed two runs over six innings to end his three-game losing streak and Ivan Rodriguez hit a two-run single in the eighth to seal Washington’s win.

Astros 5, Brewers 0

HOUSTON

Carlos Lee hit a three-run homer before being taken to the hospital to have X-rays on his injured ribcage, and Bud Norris combined with three relievers on a three-hitter in Houston’s win over Milwaukee. Jeff Fulchino, Fernando Abad and Mark Melancon combined for 1 1-3 hitless innings in relief of Norris (2-1) to hand Milwaukee its first shutout of the season.

Diamondbacks 4, Cubs 3

PHOENIX

Daniel Hudson pitched seven solid innings and Ryan Roberts homered as Arizona took advantage of some key mistakes by Chicago. J.J. Putz got pinch-hitter Jeff Baker to ground into a game-ending double play with runners at the corners for his sixth save in six chances. Hudson (2-4) won his second consecutive start. He gave up three runs and eight hits. The Diamondbacks scored three times in the fourth on a balk, a sacrifice bunt and a wild pitch. Cubs starter Casey Coleman (1-2) allowed four runs and four hits in five innings. Geovany Soto had a two-run double for the Cubs.

Associated Press