American League
Ichiro Suzuki had four hits, including a home run, and Jamie Moyer and Seattle sent Cleveland Indians to its season-high seventh straight loss.
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Seattle's Edgar Martinez hit his 236th homer as a designated hitter, passing Harold Baines as the all-time leader among DHs.
"This record is not like Pete Rose or anything," said Martinez, who has 301 lifetime homers. "It's nice when it happens, but anybody can do it."
Raul Ibanez also homered as the Mariners roughed up C.C. Sabathia (2-3). The Cleveland lefty gave up a career-high 11 hits in 6 2-3 innings.
Suzuki is hitting .410 (41-for-100) in May and .332 overall.
"In April, you get so excited to play the game that your body can't catch up," Suzuki said. "In May, you have a month behind you, things come together and you get good balance."
Moyer (3-2) gave up one run and four hits over seven innings in winning his second straight start. He struck out five and did not walk a batter.
Red Sox 9, Athletics 6
In Boston, Jason Varitek hit a three-run homer and Boston took advantage of Bobby Crosby's rare error to beat Oakland.
Derek Lowe (4-4) allowed five runs and nine hits in six innings, leading the Red Sox to their fifth straight win and ninth in 11 games.
Keith Foulke pitched a perfect ninth for his 10th save in as many chances. It was his first appearance against the A's since leaving them and signing with Boston as a free agent after last season.
Varitek's eighth homer of the year in the sixth made it 9-5 one inning after Eric Chavez's 12th homer, a three-run shot, had cut the lead to 6-5.
White Sox 4, Rangers 0
In Chicago, Esteban Loaiza allowed two hits and struck out nine in eight innings for Chicago.
Loaiza (6-3) struck out Alfonso Soriano in the fourth inning for his 1,000th career strikeout and struck out the side in the fifth. He retired eight straight batters between the fifth and seventh innings.
The right-hander, who was runner-up to Roy Halladay for the AL Cy Young last season, has pitched at least seven innings in four straight starts.
Miguel Olivo and Frank Thomas hit solo homers for Chicago and Carlos Lee drove in two runs.
Yankees 12, Orioles 9
In Baltimore, Gary Sheffield went 4-for-5 with a home run and six RBIs as New York handed Baltimore its sixth straight loss.
In a wild game that featured 30 hits, five home runs and a 65-minute rain delay, the Yankees blew a 7-3 lead by allowing six runs in the sixth, then rallied against the Baltimore bullpen in the seventh.
B.J. Ryan (1-2) took the loss for Baltimore as the Yankees scored five in the seventh to take the lead for good.
The Yankees moved a season-high nine games over .500 (27-18).
B.J. Surhoff and Melvin Mora homered for the Orioles.
Tanyon Sturtze (1-0) earned his first win with New York, and Mariano Rivera worked the ninth for his 16th save.
National League
Tommy Phelps limited Cincinnati to one double over seven innings Wednesday, leading the Florida Marlins to a 3-0 victory that ended the Reds' seven-game winning streak.
"He shut us down and kept us off-balance," Cincinnati's Sean Casey said. "I remember that from last year. It was like, `Who's Tommy Phelps?' and before you know it, he shut us down."
The Reds were held to one hit for the first time since Sept. 26, 2001, when Philadelphia's Randy Wolf beat them out 8-0.
Hee Seop Choi hit his fourth homer in his last five games against the Reds.
Ken Griffey Jr. went 0-for-3, ending his streak of homers in three consecutive games.
Phelps (1-0), making his first start of the season, allowed only two walks and Casey's fourth inning double.
"He was great," catcher Mark Redmond said. "He was the MVP of that game."
Todd Van Poppel (2-2) was solid in his fourth straight start for Cincinnati.
Armando Benitez finished for his 17th save.
Phillies 7, Mets 4
In New York, first baseman Mike Piazza's throwing error set up Jim Thome's tiebreaking double as Philadelphia made a six-run seventh inning to beat New York.
Philadelphia snapped New York's four-game winning streak and remained in a virtual tie with Florida atop the National League East.
Matt Ginter pitched six shutout innings for the Mets, extending their scoreless streak to 28, their longest since going 31 innings without allowing a run in September 1990.
But an the Mets' overworked bullpen failed to hold a 3-0 lead.
Thome hit a two-run double off Mike Stanton, giving the Phillies a 5-3 lead. John Franco (0-3) took the loss
Roberto Hernandez (1-1) walked home a run in the sixth but struck out Piazza with two outs and the bases loaded.
Astros 7, Cubs 3
In Houston, Jeff Bagwell, Jeff Kent and Lance Berkman each homered off Greg Maddux as Houston overcame the early loss of Andy Pettitte to complete a two-game sweep of Chicago.
Chicago was swept for the first time this season, and it was the first time the Astros had done it against their NL Central rivals since May 2001.
Pettitte left in the fourth inning with discomfort in his left forearm, and the team said he was day-to-day.
Maddux (3-4) was roughed up throughout his five-inning outing against the NL's top offense. He failed to go at least six innings for only the second time this season, giving up five runs on nine hits.
Brad Lidge (1-3) struck out all three batters in the eighth.
Giants 4, Diamondbacks 3
In San Francisco, Barry Bonds hit his second homer in two days and Pedro Feliz hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the eighth as the San Francisco rallied to beat Arizona.
Bonds hit a 2-2 pitch from Casey Daigle to dead center for his 12th home run and career No. 670 leading off the fourth innings to give San Francisco a 2-1 lead.
Felix Rodriguez (2-3) pitched the eighth for the win. Brian Bruney (2-2) walked Michael Tucker and Marquis Grissom in the bottom half, then Randy Choate entered to face Bonds.
The Diamondbacks fell to 12 games under .500 -- their worst record since the club's inaugural season in 1998, when Arizona finished 16 games under at 65-97.
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