Major league roundup

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yankees 3, Royals 1

NEW YORK

Freddy Garcia pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter provided the offense and the New York Yankees’ bullpen made it stand up. Brett Gardner tripled and scored twice as the Yankees won for the eighth time in 10 games at home against the Royals. Kansas City has a major league-best 15 wins at Kauffman Stadium but dropped to just 3-9 on the road this season.

Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 6, 10 innings

TORONTO

David Cooper hit his first major league homer and drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning for Toronto. Jose Bautista hit his 11th home run of the season and rookie J.P. Arencibia also went deep for Toronto.

Orioles 7, Mariners 6, 13 innings

BALTIMORE

Matt Wieters singled home the winning run with two outs in the 13th inning, capping an improbable comeback for Baltimore. After the Mariners got the go-ahead run in the top of the 13th, the Orioles scored twice in the bottom half against Brandon League, who blew his first save opportunity in 10 chances this season.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Reds 7, Astros 3

HOUSTON

Homer Bailey allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings, Jay Bruce had a two-run homer and Joey Votto drove in three runs for Cincinnati. Bailey (2-0), who made his 2011 debut last week against the Astros, struck out five with no walks to get his second win of the year. Votto had doubles in both the first and second innings to drive in his runs and Bruce connected on his homer off Houston starter Brett Myers in the first inning.

Marlins 2, Phillies 1

MIAMI

In a matchup of aces, Roy Halladay’s walk to Josh Johnson proved pivotal. Johnson scored the Florida Marlins’ first run, and they squeezed out another in the eighth inning to beat Halladay. Johnson didn’t get the win, but he kept his team in the game against the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, pitching seven innings and allowing only one run — on Ryan Howard’s eighth homer leading off the second.

Nationals 7, Braves 6

ATLANTA

Jason Marquis earned his 100th career win, backed by a pair of three-run homers from Laynce Nix and Jayson Werth. The Braves scored five runs in the eighth to nearly wipe out a 7-1 deficit, capped by Dan Uggla’s three-run homer. But Drew Storen got the final three out for his eighth save in eight chances.

Cardinals 6, Cubs 4

CHICAGO

Daniel Descalso hit a two-out, bases-loaded single in the eighth off Kerry Wood and Albert Pujols had four hits, helping Chris Carpenter get his first win of the season. Carpenter (1-2) allowed four runs and 13 singles over seven innings to get his first win since last Sept. 30. He threw 116 pitches to earn the win in his eighth start of the season. Eduardo Sanchez pitched the ninth for his fourth save.

Brewers 8, Padres 6

MILWAUKEE

Jonathan Lucroy tied career highs with three hits and three RBIs and Shaun Marcum won his fourth straight decision, lifting Milwaukee. Milwaukee built an 8-0 lead off Padres starter Clayton Richard (1-4) as every Brewers starter had at least one hit for the night before having to hold on late. Lucroy provided two of the biggest blows with a two-run single in the second and an RBI double in the fourth. He also singled in the eighth after fouling a ball into the dirt that ricocheted and hit him in the jaw.

Associated Press