Derek Jeter got his 2,000th career hit Friday, becoming the eighth player in New York Yankees history to reach the milestone.
With the Yankee Stadium crowd chanting his name, Jeter tipped his cap twice as he stood on second base. He stole third on the next pitch and scored New York's first run on Alex Rodriguez's single.
The Yankees lost 7-6.
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"I know he had to be uncomfortable having to tip his cap," manager Joe Torre said.
"It's too bad we couldn't cap it off for him with a win."
Jeter felt the same way.
"A hit's a hit," he said. "But we should have won this game. We had some opportunities to score. We let a couple of opportunities slip away."
Jeter said he appreciated the crowd's reaction, but was more concerned about winning the game.
"Personal accolades, you look back when your career is over, when the season is over," he said.
Jeter finished the night with two hits, two walks and a souvenir baseball.
for mom
"I'm sure my mom will want it," he said.
Angel Berroa hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the eighth inning, Andrew Sisco escaped a jam in the ninth and Kansas City stopped its 13-game losing streak by holding off New York.
The Yankees had won 14 straight home games against Kansas City since Aug. 6, 2002.
Reggie Sanders homered to help the Royals improve to 3-20 on the road and 11-35 overall, the worst record in the major leagues. Scott Elarton, who questioned his teammates' desire to win last weekend, earned his first victory of the season.
Leading by two after the top of the ninth, Kansas City had to wait out a rain delay of 1 hour, 48 minutes before closing this one out.
Gary Sheffield's RBI single off Joe Nelson cut it to 7-6 and put runners at the corners, but Sisco got Jason Giambi to ground into a game-ending double play for his first career save.
Blue Jays 8, White Sox 2
At Toronto, Troy Glaus homered and made three plays in his first major league start at shortstop, and Alex Rios homered and had three hits in the Toronto Blue Jays' 8-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday.
Vernon Wells and Reed Johnson also connected for the Blue Jays, who have won five of six.
The 1.96-meter (6-foot-5) Glaus cleanly fielded two grounders and caught a popup in his 11th career appearance at shortstop and first since June 6, 2002, with the Angels.
Ted Lilly (5-4) rebounded from his shortest outing of the season. He allowed two runs and five hits while striking out seven and walking four in 6 1-3 innings.
Freddy Garcia (7-2) failed to win his eighth straight decision. He allowed five runs and 12 hits in 5 1-3 innings.
Twins 3, Mariners 1
At Minneapolis, rookie Francisco Liriano outpitched fellow young gun Felix Hernandez, and Joe Mauer homered to lead Minnesota past Seattle.
Fans got a glimpse into the future when two of the hottest prospects in baseball squared off, and neither team should be disappointed with what they saw.
The 22-year-old Liriano (3-0) pitched five scoreless innings, striking out six and allowing four hits against the Mariners' beleaguered offense. Joe Nathan pitched the ninth for his sixth save.
Hernandez (3-6) has struggled much of this season after a sensational debut as a 19-year-old in 2005, but looked sharp for most of Friday night. He gave up three runs and five hits with eight strikeouts in seven innings.
Tigers 8, Indians 3
At Detroit, Curtis Granderson drove in a career-high five runs and Detroit beat Cleveland for its seventh straight win.
Detroit, which hadn't won seven in a row since 1993, has now done it twice this season.
Nate Robertson (5-2) moved to 4-0 in his last seven starts, allowing three runs -- two earned -- and seven hits in six-plus innings. He walked one and struck out two.
Jake Westbrook (4-3) lost for the seventh time in 10 career decisions against Detroit, giving up seven runs, seven hits and four walks in 5 1-3 innings. Westbrook has a 6.54 ERA in 16 games against the Tigers.
Red Sox 8, Devil Rays 4
At Boston, David Ortiz drove in four runs, Mike Lowell added a two-run homer and Boston beat Tampa Bay despite losing David Wells to another knee injury.
Jonathan Papelbon set a rookie record for most successful save opportunities to start a season with his 17th. Gregg Olson of Baltimore had 16 in 1989.
Boston also overcame two homers by Carl Crawford, who went 2-for-5 and is 10-for-14 with three homers and six stolen bases in his last three games. Tampa Bay is 2-15 in its past 17 games at Fenway Park.
The 43-year-old Wells, activated before the game after being on the disabled list since April 14 with a sprained right knee, was hit on that knee by Travis Lee's liner in the fifth inning. Julian Tavarez (1-0) pitched 2 1-3 innings in relief for the win.
Scott Kazmir (7-3) allowed just four singles through four shutout innings before the Red Sox took the lead for good in the fifth on Ortiz's three-run double that gave him 45 RBIs.
Rangers 5, Athletics 3
At Arlington, Texas, Hank Blalock hit a two-run single with two outs in the eighth inning, and Texas handed Oakland its seventh straight loss.
Chad Gaudin (0-2), the third Oakland pitcher, struck out the first two batters in the eighth, then walked the bases loaded. Ron Flores relieved and surrendered the hit to Blalock.
Gary Matthews Jr. had put Texas ahead 3-2 in the sixth with a solo homer to left-center off reliever Randy Keisler. Eric Chavez's sacrifice fly off Rangers reliever Francisco Cordero (4-3) tied the score 3-3 in the top of the eighth.
Chavez hit the first pitch of the second inning for his 12th home run of the season.
Angels 5, Orioles 2
At Anaheim, California, Vladimir Guerrero's inside-the-park homer broke an eighth-inning tie, Dallas McPherson also homered and Los Angeles beat Baltimore for its third straight victory.
Orlando Cabrera greeted reliever Todd Williams (1-2) with a leadoff single in the eighth. One out later, Guerrero stroked the first pitch the other way toward the right-field line. Jay Gibbons dove for the ball and missed, his momentum sending him crashing against the box seat railing.
Gibbons scrambled after injuring his right shoulder and heaved the ball toward the infield as Guerrero scampered around the bases for his first career inside-the-park homer.
Scot Shields (2-3) got three outs in the eighth for the win and Francisco Rodriguez pitched a scoreless ninth for his 12th save in 13 chances.
Barry Bonds remained tied with Babe Ruth at 714 home runs for his fourth straight game Friday, and Ray Durham drove in three runs with a pair of doubles in the San Francisco Giants' 9-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
Jason Schmidt won his fourth straight decision and Travis Ishikawa doubled twice, singled and drove in three runs for the Giants in his first game since being promoted from Double-A Connecticut on Thursday.
Steve Kline and Brian Wilson completed the five-hitter, San Francisco's fourth shutout this season.
Bonds went 1-for-2 with an RBI single, an intentional walk and a hit by pitch. He still needs one home run to take over sole possession of second place on the career list. Bonds was plunked on the first pitch thrown to him by Jeff Francis in the first, a curveball that hit Bonds in the right thigh and drew loud boos from the crowd.
Braves 6, Cubs 5
At Chicago, Atlanta rallied for three runs in the ninth inning, taking the lead when second baseman Neifi Perez mishandled a relay and then threw it away, and beat Chicago.
Carlos Zambrano overcame early wildness and held Atlanta hitless for 6 2-3 innings before pinch-hitter Wilson Betemit lofted a fly that right fielder Jacque Jones lost in the sun's glare. His back to the wall, he could only throw up his arms as the ball hit the ivy-covered wall for a double.
The Cubs entrusted a 5-3 lead in the ninth to closer Ryan Dempster (0-3), and Atlanta loaded the bases with no outs.
Edgar Renteria drew a walk that pulled the Braves within a run and Andruw Jones followed with a sacrifice fly to right. Perez dropped Jones' throw, allowing Marcus Giles to score from second, and made a wild throw home in haste.
Ken Ray pitched the ninth for the Braves to get his first save. Mike Remlinger (2-2) got two outs in the eighth for the win.
Diamondbacks 3, Reds 0
At Cincinnati, Brandon Webb became the first Arizona pitcher to open a season 8-0 when he threw his second straight shutout.
The sinker-throwing Webb allowed seven hits and induced 17 groundball outs, including two double plays, to become the major leagues' first eight-game winner. Webb, who went into the game leading the National League with an average of one walk per nine innings, matched that and had five strikeouts while earning his 11th win in 12 decisions.
Arizona's first run came in the second inning on an error by third baseman Edwin Encarnacion and Shawn Green added a two-run homer, his fourth, in the ninth.
Cincinnati left-hander Eric Milton (2-2), in his second start since coming off the disabled list, allowed three hits and one run. The Reds were shut out for the second time in five games.
Marlins 5, Mets 1
At Miami, Florida, Josh Johnson outpitched Pedro Martinez and had a career-high eight strikeouts to lead Florida past New York for its fourth straight victory.
The rookie allowed two hits in seven innings in his longest outing for the Marlins (15-31). The only run allowed by Johnson (4-2) was unearned.
Martinez (5-1) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings, striking out 10. It was the 108th time the three-time Cy Young pitching award winner struck out at least 10.
Florida scored three runs in the eighth off reliever Duaner Sanchez.
Nationals 10, Dodgers 4
At Washington, Brett Tomko was pounded by resurgent Washington in his worst outing of the season for Los Angeles.
Alfonso Soriano hit his 17th homer and two doubles, scored three runs and got his NL-leading ninth outfield assist, and Brian Schneider went 2-for-4 in his return from the disabled list as the Nationals won their fourth straight and stopped the Dodgers' seven-game winning streak.
Livan Hernandez (3-5) allowed six hits over seven innings -- two through the first six -- to win his second straight start. The Nationals have won six of seven.
Tomko (5-2) allowed runs in four of the five innings in which he pitched and gave up five extra-base hits. He was gone after 4 2-3 innings, allowing nine hits and a season-high six runs.
Pirates 12, Astros 5
At Pittsburgh, Jason Bay homered for the fourth consecutive game and drove in four runs, and Pittsburgh had a season-high 16 hits in sending Houston to its fourth consecutive loss.
Pirates rookie Ronny Paulino had his first four-hit game in the majors.
Craig Wilson and Jose Castillo also homered during a three-homer third inning against Taylor Buchholz (3-4), who shut out the Pirates for 8 2-3 innings the last time he opposed them.
The Pirates had lost six of seven but they didn't look like a team off to its worst start (15-33) in 52 years.
Brewers 6, Phillies 5, 10 innings
At Philadelphia, Prince Fielder's RBI single off Tom Gordon in the 10th inning sent Milwaukee over Philadelphia.
Ryan Howard had a tying, two-run double in the ninth against Derrick Turnbow, who blew his second save in 16 chances. But the Brewers answered against Gordon (2-2).
Carlos Lee started the inning with a double to left and scored on Fielder's liner off the right-field fence.
Geoff Jenkins had three hits and three RBIs, and Bill Hall hit a two-run shot for Milwaukee, which had lost seven of its last nine on the road.
Turnbow (2-1) got the victory despite allowing two runs in his only inning. Jose Capellan got two outs in the 10th before giving way to Brian Shouse. With the bases loaded, Shouse retired Chris Roberson for his second career save and first since 2003 with Texas.
Pat Burrell hit a two-run homer for the struggling Phillies, 2-8 after a 13-1 stretch.
Padres 7, Cardinals 1
At San Diego, Mike Piazza, Dave Roberts and Adrian Gonzalez homered, and Clay Hensley threw eight strong innings to lead San Diego over NL Central-leading St. Louis.
It was the first time the teams met since St. Louis swept San Diego in the division series last postseason, outscoring the Padres 21-11.
Albert Pujols drove in St. Louis' only run with a single in the third and finished 1-for-2.
Hensley (3-3) held the Cardinals to one run and five hits, struck out five and walked one. He also doubled in the four-run second for his first big league RBI.
The Padres, who won for the third time in 10 games, jumped on Jeff Suppan (5-4). Roberts hit a leadoff homer to right, the sixth time in his career he's opened a game by going deep.
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