American LeagueJason Johnson pitched six shutout innings, Jason Michaels hit a grand slam and Travis Hafner homered to help Cleveland snap the Tigers' eight-game winning streak with a 9-0 victory.
Aaron Boone was also 3-for-4 with two runs scored as Cleveland avoided a sweep in the three-game series.
Johnson (3-4) allowed six hits, didn't walk a batter and struck out two in six innings against his former teammates in his first win since April 18. He had lost four decisions in a row. Five relievers helped finish off the seven-hit shutout.
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Detroit starter Kenny Rogers (7-3) took the loss, his first since April 24. He allowed five runs and six hits in 4 1-3 innings, walking three and striking out two.
Yankees 6, Royals 5
At New York, Johnny Damon hit a leadoff home run and Alex Rodriguez had a two-run single to highlight a five-run first inning, and the Yankees held off Kansas City.
The Yankees seemed to have their fourth victory in five games wrapped up before the Royals came back by scoring one run in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and two in the seventh.
Reggie Sanders doubled in Doug Mientkiewicz to make it 6-4 in the seventh and chase New York reliever Scott Proctor. Two batters later, Emil Brown drove in Sanders with a single that made it 6-5.
Kyle Farnsworth got the last out of the inning to end the threat and then retired the side in the eighth. Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect ninth for his 11th save in 12 chances.
The Yankees wasted no time getting to Royals starter Runelvys Hernandez (1-4).
New York starter Jaret Wright (3-3), who tweaked his groin in a win on Tuesday over Boston, was solid through five innings.
White Sox 7, Blue Jays 5
At Toronto, Jermaine Dye and Rob Mackowiak homered to help Chicago beat the Blue Jays.
The White Sox avoided a three-game sweep a day after manager Ozzie Guillen ripped his team following a lackluster performance in a 3-2 loss in 11 innings.
Jon Garland (4-2) got the win despite allowing five runs and seven hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked two. Bobby Jenks pitched the ninth for his 14th save in 15 chances.
Lyle Overbay homered twice for the Blue Jays.
Toronto starter Ty Taubenheim (0-2) took the loss.
Red Sox 5, Devil Rays 4
At Boston, Tim Wakefield pitched eight shutout innings and Willie Harris threw out the tying run at the plate to end the game in the Boston Red Sox's 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Sunday.
The Devil Rays scored four runs with two outs in the ninth to pull within one. Carl Crawford singled to left with the bases loaded allowing Greg Norton to score and make it 5-4, but Harris easily threw out Joey Gathright for the final out.
Harris' play preserved the victory for Wakefield (4-6), who regained his mastery of Tampa Bay, and completed a four-game sweep.
The knuckleballer got help from Mark Loretta, who drove in three runs and extended his hitting streak to 13 games, and Coco Crisp, who singled in a run after missing the previous 42 games with a broken finger.
Julian Tavarez got the final out for his first save of the season.
Mark Hendrickson (3-5) retired 11 of the first 12 batters he faced before giving up five runs in his remaining two-plus innings.
Twins 4, Mariners 3, 10 innings
At Minneapolis, Lew Ford led off the 10th inning with a game-winning home run off former teammate Eddie Guardado.
The homer, a 414-foot drive to right-center, was Ford's second of the season and first since April 21. It came on a 1-2 pitch from Guardado (0-3), who played for Minnesota for 11 seasons before signing with Seattle in 2003.
Justin Morneau added a two-run homer for Minnesota, which completed a three-game sweep for its second sweep of the season. The other was April 11-13 against Oakland at the Metrodome.
Jose Lopez hit a two-run homer but made a costly mistake for Seattle, which has lost five straight games. Ichiro Suzuki went 4-for-5 for his second four-hit game of the season.
Minnesota's Joe Nathan (3-0) got out of a jam in the 10th to earn the victory.
Orioles 7, Angels 6
At Anaheim, California, Melvin Mora and Javy Lopez each went 3-for-5 with an RBI double, Miguel Tejada had a two-run single and Baltimore rallied over Los Angeles.
The win snapped the Angels' season-high four-game winning streak. Rookie Kurt Birkins (1-0) recorded his first major league victory, retiring all four batters he faced in relief of starter Kris Benson.
Rookie Kendry Morales singled in a run in the eighth to cut the Orioles lead to 7-5. But closer Chris Ray restored order and got six outs for his 13th save in as many chances. Ray gave up an RBI groundout in the ninth to Adam Kennedy.
Kelvim Escobar (5-5) was charged with five runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings, after going 11-2 with a 3.14 ERA in his 16 previous career starts against the Orioles.
National League
San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds moved past Babe Ruth on the Major League Baseball career home run list with his 715th shot, and now stands behind just one person.
Hank Aaron owns MLB's most revered record with 755 homers. And now the debate begins: Will Bonds stick around long enough to break it?
Bonds' latest milestone -- a mightier homer than No. 714 -- was a 445-foot (134-meter), two-run shot to center before a sellout crowd.
He homered off Byung-Hyun Kim (3-2) in the fourth inning during a 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies. The ball glanced off a fan's hands about 15 rows up and then dropped onto an elevated platform beyond the fence.
The souvenir sat there for a few minutes before rolling off the roof to 38-year-old San Francisco resident Andrew Morbitzer, and he was quickly ushered away by security for a postgame news conference.
Jamey Wright (5-4) got the loss for the Giants.
Brian Fuentes worked a perfect ninth for his 11th save.
Braves 13, Cubs 12, 11 innings
At Chicago, Edgar Renteria hit two of Atlanta's club-record eight homers and Marcus Giles singled in Ryan Langerhans in the 11th inning to put Atlanta in front.
Giles also hit a three-run homer and Adam LaRoche homered twice for the Braves. Atlanta also got solo shots from Andruw Jones, Langerhans and Brayan Pena to complete the three-game sweep of the Cubs, who have lost 21 of their last 25 games, including six straight.
Chicago also set a club record for giving up the most home runs in one game.
Langerhans reached in the 11th on third baseman Aramis Ramirez's error. Scott Eyre (0-1) took the loss for the Cubs.
Oscar Villarreal (7-0) pitched a scoreless 10th inning and Ken Ray pitched the 11th for his second save in three chances.
Mets 7, Marlins 3
At Miami, Orlando Hernandez won his first start with New York, and Carlos Beltran homered.
Hernandez (3-4), who was acquired from Arizona on Wednesday, allowed three runs and five hits in five innings. He struck out seven and walked three.
The Mets never trailed after scoring four runs off Florida starter Ricky Nolasco (3-2) in the first. Florida cut it to 5-3 but Beltran hit a two-run homer in the fourth, his 14th of the season.
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