Jorge Cantu hit a pair of two-run homers, and Tampa Bay won its first series at Yankee Stadium since Sept. 24-27, 1999, improving to 7-3 overall against New York this year.
Damon Hollins added a three-run double in the 9-4 victory as Tampa Bay took three of four from the Yankees. The Devil Rays are 8-29 on the road but half those wins have been at Yankee Stadium, where they are 4-2. They do not have a winning record in any other ballpark, including their own, where they are 18-18.
Mark Hendrickson (3-4) won for the first time in five starts, allowing four runs and nine hits in 7 2-3 innings. With Tampa Bay ahead 6-4, Danys Baez got Ruben Sierra to hit into an inning-ending groundout with the bases loaded in the eighth and finished for his 12th save.
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Athletics 5, Mariners 0
At Seattle, Kirk Saarloos (4-4) pitched a four-hitter for his second career shutout as Oakland blanked Seattle.
Saarloos tied his career high with seven strikeouts and walked none. His only previous complete game was a six-hit shutout for Houston over Pittsburgh July 25, 2002.
Scott Hatteberg had four hits for the eighth time in his career, and Oakland finished with 16 hits.
Ryan Franklin (3-9) allowed five runs and 11 hits in 6 2-3 innings.
Blue Jays 6, Orioles 2
At Toronto, Roy Halladay (11-4) allowed two runs and seven hits in eight innings with eight strikeouts and no walks and Toronto downed Baltimore.
Halladay had been 0-2 with a 7.43 ERA in two outings against the Orioles this year.
Orlando Hudson had three RBIs for the Blue Jays, who took three of four from the Orioles to move within 5{ games of the American League East leader.
Bill Hall hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers overcame a pair of Derrek Lee homers and beat the Chicago Cubs 8-7 to split the four-game series.
With two outs in the eighth and the score 6-all, Jeff Cirillo singled on a ball just under the glove of second baseman Todd Walker. Hall followed with his 11th homer, a drive off Mike Remlinger (0-2).
Ricky Bottalico (1-1) pitched 1 1-3 innings, and Derrick Turnbow finished for his 12th save. After Turnbow allowed Neifi Perez's two-out RBI single in the ninth, he retired Lee on a game-ending lineout to left.
Lee had three hits to raise his major league-leading average to .395 and took over the home run lead with 22. It was his fifth multihomer game this season and the 14th of his career.
Mets 4, Phillies 3
At Philadelphia, Kazuhisa Ishii (2-6) pitched 6 2-3 strong innings and Jose Reyes had three hits and stole three bases, leading the New York Mets past the Phillies.
Doug Mientkiewicz homered and drove in two runs for the last-place Mets, who are 6-3 against Philadelphia this season.
Jim Thome and Todd Pratt homered for the Phillies, who have lost six of nine after a 12-1 homestand. The sellout crowd of 45,449 was the largest at Citizens Bank Park, which opened last year.
Pirates 11, Cardinals 7
At St. Louis, Matt Morris lost for the first time this season, getting knocked out in the fourth inning as Pittsburgh ended its 12-game losing streak against the Cardinals.
Dave Williams (6-5), backed by a 5-1 lead in the third, allowed four runs -- three earned -- and six hits in six innings. He had been 0-2 against St. Louis this season.
Tike Redman and Jose Castillo had three hits each for the Pirates, who had not beaten the Cardinals since last Aug. 19. Pittsburgh, which had lost eight of its previous 10 games overall, took an 11-2 lead before the Cardinals closed.
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