Andruw Jones homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 Saturday after wasting a four-run lead.
Jones' drive off Todd Williams (4-4), which barely cleared the left-field wall, was his major league-leading 23rd home run of the season.
Atlanta won for the seventh time in nine games. One day after falling out of first place in the AL East for the first time since April 23, the Orioles lost for the ninth time in 11 road games.
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Trailing 4-1, the Orioles rallied in the top half against Chris Reitsma, who had forced in a run with a bases-loaded walk in the eighth. Consecutive singles by Sal Fasano, David Newhan and Brian Roberts drove in one run.
Luis Matos followed with a bunt single, and Newhan scored on a throwing error by third baseman Wilson Betemit. After Miguel Tejada's grounder forced out Matos at second, Rafael Palmeiro singled in the tying run.
Rookie Jorge Vasquez (1-0) got the win.
Red Sox 7, Phillies 1
At Philadelphia, Matt Clement pitched seven strong innings, leading Boston to its sixth straight win, 7-1 over Philadelphia.
Trot Nixon and Bill Mueller each had two doubles and one RBI, and Edgar Renteria had three hits and drove in a run to help the defending World Series champions win for the 11th time in 12 games.
Manny Ramirez moved ahead of Duke Snider into 38th place on the career list with 408 homers when he connected leading off the ninth. He has seven homers in the last 11 games and 18 this season.
Clement (9-1) allowed one run and seven hits. He retired his first eight batters before reliever Geoff Geary lined a single to center for his first hit in the majors.
Vicente Padilla (3-7) gave up five runs and eight hits -- five doubles -- in 2 2-3 innings.
Mets 10, Yankees 3
At New York, Cliff Floyd hit a pair of two-run homers, David Wright also connected and the New York Mets routed the Yankees for their second consecutive Subway Series victory.
Tom Glavine (5-7) pitched six effective innings, sending the bumbling Yankees to their fourth straight loss and leaving both Big Apple teams at 37-37.
Bernie Williams had another embarrassing lapse in center field, and rookie Sean Henn (0-3) was roughed up again for the Yankees, who have dropped five of six to the Devil Rays and Mets -- both last-place teams -- after going 6-0 to start their 13-game homestand.
With chants of ``Let's Go Mets!'' filling a sold-out Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Bombers fell 6 games behind first-place Boston in the AL East. They are 0-26 when scoring three runs or fewer.
Glavine won for the first time in four starts for his 267th win, passing Bob Feller and Eppa Rixey for sole possession of 32nd on the career list.
Rangers 6, Astros 5
At Houston, Michael Young homered twice and drove in three runs, rookie Chris Young took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning and Texas held off Houston to end a five-game losing streak.
Rod Barajas homered for the second straight game, Alfonso Soriano added a two-run double and Francisco Cordero got five outs for his 18th save in 21 chances. The Rangers won for just the second time in 11 road games.
Lance Berkman and Craig Biggio hit two-run homers, and Morgan Ensberg had a solo shot as the Astros lost at home for the first time in nine games.
Chris Young (7-4) allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings.
Brandon Backe (6-6) lost his third straight start, allowing six runs and five hits, including three homers, in six innings. He struck out seven and walked two in his first defeat in 10 career home starts.
Athletics 6, Giants 3
At Oakland, California, Dan Haren outpitched college buddy Noah Lowry in their first major league matchup, and Nick Swisher hit a three-run homer to lead Oakland over San Francisco.
Mark Kotsay added an RBI double, and Eric Chavez drove in a run for the A's, who won for the seventh time in eight games. They have clinched a winning record for June -- their first winning month since going 20-8 last August.
Haren (6-7) won his fifth straight decision, pitching a seven-hitter for his second career complete game.
Moises Alou homered, doubled and singled as designated hitter, and Mike Matheny also homered for the Giants, who made five errors and lost for the 21st time in 28 games.
Lowry (4-7) allowed five runs -- four earned -- five hits and four walks in six innings.
Cubs 6, White Sox 2
At Chicago, Aramis Ramirez hit the fifth grand slam of his career, Greg Maddux allowed two runs in six innings, and the Chicago Cubs stopped the White Sox's eight-game winning streak.
Maddux (7-4) scattered five hits, struck out six and did not walk a batter. With his 312th win, he moved past Tom Seaver into sole possession of 17th place on the career list.
Jose Contreras (3-4) allowed six runs, eight hits, two wild pitches and a career-high three hit batters in 6 1-3 innings.
Ramirez gave the Cubs a 4-0 lead in the first with the fifth grand slam of his career, and Derrek Lee, Jerry Hairston Jr. and Todd Walker added two hits apiece.
Padres 8, Mariners 5
At San Diego, Xavier Nady and Khalil Greene hit consecutive homers in the third inning as San Diego Padres beat Seattle despite a poor start by Jake Peavy.
Given an early seven-run lead, Peavy (7-2) allowed five runs and seven hits in five innings, raising his ERA from 2.56 to 2.88. It was the first time in 15 starts this season that Peavy gave up five earned runs.
Trevor Hoffman pitched the ninth for his 20th save in 22 chances.
Aaron Sele (6-6) gave up eight runs and eight hits in four innings. Despite allowing three homers, the Mariners have given up a major league-low 13 in June.
Angels 3, Dodgers 1
At Anaheim, California, rookie Ervin Santana overcame a shaky start to pitch 6 2-3 solid innings, Orlando Cabrera hit a two-run double, and the Los Angeles Angels continued their dominance over the Dodgers.
The Angels have beaten the Dodgers four times in five games this season and in 11 of the last 15 meetings between the teams.
Santana (2-2), making his fifth big-league start, allowed one run and seven hits before being relieved by Scot Shields with two outs and a runner at second in the seventh. Francisco Rodriguez worked the ninth for his 13th save in 15 chances.
The Angels took a 3-1 lead against Brad Penny (3-5) in the bottom of the second on a two-run double by Orlando Cabrera and an RBI double by Adam Kennedy.
Marlins 6, Devil Rays 2
At St. Petersburg, Florida, rookie Scott Olsen was impressive in his major league debut for Florida, exhibiting the poise of a veteran in beating Tampa Bay.
Filling in for the injured Josh Beckett, Olsen (1-0) allowed two runs -- one earned -- and four hits in 5 2-3 innings to help the Marlins defeat their intrastate rivals for the sixth straight time. The Marlins purchased the 21-year-old left-hander's contract from Double-A Carolina on Thursday night, then staked him to a 4-0 lead before his first big-league pitch.
Carlos Delgado, Mike Lowell, Paul Lo Duca and Juan Encarnacion drove in runs in the first inning off Casey Fossum (3-6), and that was more than enough support for Olsen.
Nationals 5, Blue Jays 2
At Washington, Livan Hernandez won his career-best 10th straight decision, and Washington extended its home winning streak to 12 by beating Toronto.
Hernandez (11-2) improved to 10-0 in his last 13 starts, though he was uncharacteristically wild. He allowed two runs and seven hits in 7 1-3 innings, walked three, struck out four, hit two batters and threw a wild pitch.
Ted Lilly (5-8) fell to 0-6 in seven road starts as Toronto lost its second straight game. Lilly allowed four runs and four hits in four innings.
Marlon Byrd drove in two runs for Washington, which leads the NL with 26 home wins. Chad Cordero got four outs for his major league-best 25th save in 27 chances, his 22nd in a row.
Indians 12, Reds 7
At Cleveland, Ben Broussard hit two of Cleveland's five homers and Jake Westbrook got some unaccustomed run support as the Indians defeated Cincinnati.
Cleveland, which scored eight runs in the third to overcome a 3-1 deficit, had a season-high 21 hits The Indians stopped a four-game losing streak, improved to 14-3 in interleague play and boosted their record since May 21 to 21-10.
Westbrook (5-9) tied a career high with eight strikeouts as he won his third straight start. He gave up three runs and eight hits in seven innings, walking one.
Luke Hudson (1-2) allowed seven runs and eight hits in 2 1-3 innings for the Reds.
Brewers 7, Twins 6
At Milwaukee, rookie Prince Fielder hit his first major league home run, a pinch-hit, three-run drive in the sixth inning that led Milwaukee over Minnesota.
AL Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana (7-4) led 5-2 before Carlos Lee's two-run double in the fifth.
Wes Helms walked leading off the seventh, Chris Magruder singled and Jesse Crain relieved. After J.J. Hardy sacrificed, Fielder batted for pitcher Matt Wise (1-2). The 21-year-old son of former major league star Cecil Fielder hit Crain's next pitch 426 feet to left-center field to give the Brewers a 7-5 lead.
Santana gave up six runs in five innings, ending a streak of 16 straight road wins. He had not lost in 18 road starts since Kansas City beat him 5-2 on May 24 last year.
Chris Carpenter pitched a four-hitter, and Yadier Molina, Jim Edmonds and Albert Pujols homered to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-0.
Carpenter (11-4) struck out 11 and walked none in his eighth career shutout, his third this season. He improved to 4-1 with an 0.90 ERA in June, and two of his three complete games have come in his last three starts, a span in which he's allowed one run and nine hits in 26 innings and lowered his ERA to 2.77.
Carpenter, who tied Florida's Dontrelle Willis for the major league lead in shutouts, retired his first seven batters with no balls hit to the outfield, striking out the side in the second. He also helped himself at the plate with a squeeze bunt that made it 5-0 in the fourth.
Mark Redman (4-6) gave up five runs and eight hits in five innings, surrendering Molina's solo shot and Edmonds two-run homer in a three-run third. In his last two outings he's given up 11 runs in 12 innings, and he's lost both starts against the Cardinals while allowing 11 runs in nine innings.
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