American LeagueCurt Schilling pitched eight strong innings for his 199th career victory, and Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz each drove in three runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 9-5 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday night.
Schilling (7-2) allowed one run and five hits with no walks and six strikeouts in his best start in a month.
Wang Chien-ming (4-2) of Taiwan allowed seven runs and nine hits in six-plus innings for his first loss since April 21. The Yankees dropped to 1-4 against Boston this season.
Boston scored four runs in the third to take a 4-1 lead. Ortiz drove in two runs with a single, and Ramirez then homered to straightaway center.
Boston added three runs in the seventh. Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada had back-to-back homers as New York scored four runs in the ninth after there were two outs.
White Sox 5, Athletics 4, 10 innings
At Chicago, Frank Thomas homered twice in his return to Chicago, but the White Sox beat Oakland when Pablo Ozuna drove in the winning run on a bunt single in the 10th inning.
Thomas, a two-time AL MVP while with the White Sox, got a standing ovation before his first at-bat and went 3-for-5 with a single for Oakland. A.J. Pierzynski walked against Ron Flores (0-1) with one out in the 10th before Rob Mackowiak -- whose pinch-hit homer in the bottom of the eighth tied the game at 4 -- singled with two outs. Ozuna then pushed a bunt up the first base line.
Bobby Jenks (2-1) pitched two innings for the win.
Mackowiak's two-run homer off Huston Street tied it with two outs in the eighth. Jermaine Dye opened the inning with a solo homer off Steve Karsay as the White Sox rallied from a 4-1 deficit.
Mariners 8, Orioles 6
At Seattle, Richie Sexson hit a grand slam and Jamie Moyer won for the first time in four starts as Seattle extended its winning streak to a season-high four games.
Seattle scored five times in the fifth inning, capped by Sexson's second grand slam this season and the 11th of his career.
Jose Lopez added a two-run homer and drove in three runs for the Mariners, who have their longest winning streak since last July 7-10 when they swept a four-game series against the Angels.
Moyer (2-4) scattered seven hits over six innings to earn his first win since April 30. Eddie Guardado pitched a perfect ninth for his first save since that same game.
Miguel Tejada homered for Baltimore, which lost its ninth straight road game.
Rangers 3, Angels 2
At Arlington, Texas, Michael Young went 3-for-3 and drove in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning single as Los Angeles lost its sixth straight.
Texas starter Kameron Loe (3-4) allowed two runs and eight hits in seven innings. Akinori Otsuka pitched the ninth for his sixth save in seven chances.
Angels starter Kelvim Escobar (5-4) gave up three runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings.
Vladimir Guerrero had an RBI double and has hit safetly in all 40 career games against the Rangers, the longest streak against one team in the era of divisional play. Ken Griffey Jr., then playing for the Seattle Mariners, had a 35-game hitting streak against the Cleveland Indians from 1992-96.
Tigers 8, Royals 0
At Kansas City, Missouri, rookie Justin Verlander pitched a five-hitter for Detroit's second straight shutout and the Royals' 10th straight loss.
The 23-year-old right-hander notched his first shutout and first complete game in his ninth major league start. He struck out seven and walked one.
It was the Tigers' ninth shutout. Detroit beat Cincinnati 1-0 on Sunday, with Fernando Rodney getting the win in relief.
Brandon Inge and Curtis Granderson homered for the Tigers, who have won 10 of their last 11 overall and lead the majors with 17 road wins.
After losing 11 in a row in April, the Royals are now the eighth team since 1970 with two double-digit losing streaks in one season.
Blue Jays 6, Devil Rays 4
At Toronto, Troy Glaus and Eric Hinske homered to help Toronto end a three-game losing streak. Glaus' 13th homer gave the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead in the first, and Hinske made it 3-2 in the second.
Rookie Casey Janssen (3-3) won his second straight start, allowing four runs and six hits in 6 2-3 innings. B.J. Ryan pitched 1 1-3 innings for his 10th save in 10 chances.
Russell Branyan and Josh Paul homered for the Devil Rays, who saw their Major League Baseball season-high four game winning streak end.
Seth McClung (2-5) fell to 0-3 in five road starts. He allowed six runs and six hits in seven innings.
National League
Ricky Nolasco pitched seven strong innings and hit his first career home run on Monday night to help Florida beat the Chicago Cubs 9-1, snapping the Marlins' season-high seven-game losing streak.
Hanley Ramirez, Chris Aguila and Nolasco each had two RBIs for Florida, which won for the fourth time in 18 home games.
Ramirez had three hits and scored three runs, while Nolasco had two hits and scored twice.
Nolasco (3-1) gave up one run and four hits in the longest outing of his career. The former reliever was making his second career start. He pitched 3 2-3 innings on May 17 at Atlanta in his first start.
Sean Marshall (3-2) allowed seven runs and seven hits in 3 1-3 innings, his shortest outing of the season.
Aramis Ramirez homered for the Cubs, who lost for the fourth time in five games.
Diamondbacks 4, Pirates 3
At Phoenix, Luis Gonzalez had an RBI bunt single and Orlando Hudson drove in the go-ahead run for Arizona with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly.
Trailing by three runs, the Pirates loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth against closer Jose Valverde. Jose Castillo hit a two-run single with one out, but Valverde got two outs for his 13th save.
Jason Bay homered for Pittsburgh, which dropped to 4-20 on the road.
With two on and one out in the eighth, Hudson hit a slicing fly ball to right off Damaso Marte (0-3). The ball out of Jeromy Burnitz's glove for an error as Green scored. Hudson was credited with a sacrifice fly. After a strikeout, two runs scored when Marte fielded Craig Counsell's high chopper to the right of the mound, spun and threw the ball down the right-field line for a three-base error.
Brandon Medders (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win.
Braves 3, Padres 1
At San Diego, Jake Peavy set a San Diego record with 16 strikeouts, but allowed Ryan Langerhans' two-run homer in the second inning and lost 3-1 to John Smoltz and Atlanta.
The 24-year-old Peavy had the most strikeouts in the majors since Mark Prior fanned 16 for the Cubs on Sept. 30, 2004, against Cincinnati, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. San Diego set a team record with 18 total strikeouts.
Dodgers 6, Rockies 1
Jae Seo outpitched former high school teammate Byung-hyun Kim in Los Angeles in the first major league matchup of Korean-born starting pitchers, and Los Angeles converted an error by Todd Helton into two unearned runs for its fifth straight victory.
Seo (2-2) allowed an unearned run and six hits in seven innings. The right-hander was coming off three straight no-decisions, and had allowed only one run over six innings in two of those starts.
Kim (2-2) gave up three runs -- one earned -- and six hits in six innings.
Giants 9, Cardinals 2
At San Francisco, Barry Bonds went 1-for-3 with an RBI and Jamey Wright won his third straight start for San Francisco.
Omar Vizquel hit a two-run shot for the Giants. Bonds remained at 714 home runs, one shy of moving past Babe Ruth and into sole possession of second place on the career list. Pinch-hitter Mark Sweeney hit a two-run single in the eighth, Randy Winn drove in two runs and the Giants won for the sixth time in seven games.
Astros 10, Nationals 3
At Washington, Craig Biggio had four hits and Lance Berkman hit his 14th homer to lift Houston.
The Astros, who came in averaging 2.38 runs in their previous eight games, had 13 hits and nine walks. Nationals starter Zach Day (2-5) left in the fourth inning with a sore right shoulder.
He was charged with six runs and four hits, plus three walks, a wild pitch, and a hit batsman.
Reds 15, Brewers 5
At Cincinnati, Ken Griffey Jr's three-run homer highlighted Cincinnati's five-run first inning and the Reds set a season high for runs.
David Ross set a career high with four RBIs, Brandon Phillips had four hits, and Austin Kearns and Adam Dunn homered to help Bronson Arroyo (6-2), who gave up one run and six hits in seven innings to lower his NL-best ERA to 2.29.
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