American LeagueC.C. Sabathia finished a marvelous May by working six solid innings and Jhonny Peralta hit a two-run homer to lead the Cleveland 4-3 over the Chicago White Sox.
Sabathia (5-1) missed nearly all of April after getting hurt on opening night in Chicago, but went 5-1 last month with 1.20 ERA and tossed two complete games.
Sabathia (5-0) out-dueled Sox ace Mark Buehrle (6-3) as the Indians bounced back after being pummeled 11-0 in the opener of the four-game series.
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Peralta homered in Cleveland's four-run third inning off Buehrle, who came in 3-0 with a 0.96 ERA in his previous four starts. The lefty gave up four runs and eight hits in six innings.
Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 5
At Toronto, Vernon Wells hit three home runs for the first time in his career and Troy Glaus homered twice to lead the Toronto Blue Jays over the Boston Red Sox 8-5 on Tuesday.
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Wells and Glaus hit back-to-back homers in the first off Josh Beckett (7-2), who had won his previous four starts. They got Beckett again with solo homers, Wells in the third and Glaus, his 17th, in the fifth. Wells then added a solo shot -- his 15th -- off David Riske in the eighth.
It was first time two Toronto players had multihomer games together since Carlos Delgado hit three and Raul Mondesi hit two on April 20, 2001, at Kansas City.
Gustavo Chacin (6-1), who came off the 15-day disabled list earlier on Tuesday, allowed two runs and four hits and walked four in five innings. B.J. Ryan pitched 1 1-3 innings for his 12th save in 13 chances.
Orioles 7, Devil Rays 5
At Baltimore, Corey Patterson hit two solo homers, Miguel Tejada had one, and Baltimore handed Tampa Bay its season-high fifth straight loss.
Patterson also made a leaping catch at the wall on a drive to center by pinch-hitter Greg Norton with a man on and two outs in the ninth.
Rodrigo Lopez (3-7) allowed three earned runs and eight hits in 6 2-3 innings for the Orioles, who improved to 6-2 against Tampa Bay this season. Chris Ray worked the ninth for his 14th save in 14 chances.
Damon Hollins, Ty Wigginton and Aubrey Huff homered for Tampa Bay, now 1-7 on its longest road trip of the season. Doug Waechter (0-4) is winless in 15 starts since Aug. 27.
National League
Brett Myers pitched eight strong innings and Bobby Abreu hit a three-run homer to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the Washington Nationals 4-2.
Myers (4-2) allowed two runs and three hits, helping the Phillies win their third straight after losing nine of 11. Myers struck out six and walked two to lower his ERA to 2.80. Tom Gordon pitched a scoreless ninth for his 15th save in 16 chances.
Marlon Byrd hit a two-run homer for Washington.
Tony Armas Jr. (5-3) allowed four runs and five hits in 6 1-3 innings. He retired the side in five of the first six innings, but unraveled in the seventh.
Marlins 5, Giants 3
At Miami, Miguel Cabrera drove in four runs and Brian Moehler pitched six solid innings to lead Florida.
Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the third inning and a RBI double in the eighth. Moehler (3-4) allowed two runs and six hits, struck out three and walked one to win his third straight decision. Joe Borowski pitched the ninth for his sixth save.
San Francisco played without Barry Bonds, who sat out because of a sore back which could keep him out of the lineup again on Wednesday, when manager Felipe Alou planned to rest the slugger anyway. Lance Niekro homered twice for the Giants and went 3-for-4 after being activated from the disabled list earlier in the day. Moehler helped himself with a RBI single off Noah Lowry (1-3) in the third -- his first hit of the season in 17 at-bats.
Diamondbacks 7, Mets 2
At New York, Eric Byrnes hit his third home run in two days and Conor Jackson added a three-run shot as Arizona beat New York.
With the Diamondbacks leading 3-1, Byrnes led off the fifth inning against Mets starter Alay Soler (0-1) with his ninth homer of the season. After Chad Tracy singled and Luis Gonzalez walked, Jackson broke the game open with his sixth home run.
That was plenty of run support for Miguel Batista (5-2), who scattered nine hits with one walk and three strikeouts for the eighth complete game of his career and first since 2004. He spent last season as the closer for Toronto, appearing in 71 games without a start.
Pirates 12, Brewers 1
At Pittsburgh, Jose Castillo homered twice and finished with a career-high six RBIs to help Pittsburgh beat Milwaukee.
Castillo, who has homered in four consecutive games and has seven on the season, hit a solo drive to left-center in the second and a three-run shot to left in the third which traveled an estimated 441 feet (132 meters).
Freddy Sanchez had a career-high four hits, and Jack Wilson went 3-for-5 and scored two runs for the Pirates. Sanchez also drove in two runs and scored twice. Victor Santos (3-5), a former Brewer, allowed one run and three hits in six innings.
Jorge De La Rosa (2-1) gave up six runs and seven hits in three innings in his first start since October 2004.
Dodgers 8, Braves 3
At Atlanta, rookie Andre Ethier hit a two-run homer -- his fourth -- and drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning single to lift Los Angeles over Atlanta.
Ethier, one of seven rookies on the current 25-man roster, has helped the Dodgers win nine of their last 11 games. The Dodgers are 18-9 in May. The last time they won 18 games in the month was in 1993, when they were 18-8.
Danys Baez (3-2) allowed one hit in two innings and earned the win in relief of Aaron Sele.
Reliever Mike Remlinger (2-3) gave up two hits and two runs in the eighth to take the loss.
Astros 6, Cardinals 3
At St. Louis, Craig Biggio's two-run homer capped a five-run seventh inning, leading Houston over St. Louis.
The big inning rescued Andy Pettitte (4-6), who had left after six innings trailing 3-1, and kept the Astros from dropping below .500 for the first time all season.
Pinch-hitters Mike Lamb and Orlando Palmeiro had RBI singles off Josh Hancock (1-1) in the seventh, and Lamb scored on Palmeiro's hit when center fielder So Taguchi's throw to third got past Scott Rolen and rolled into the camera well near the dugout.
The homer was Biggio's fifth and he hit his 624th career double in the sixth, tying him with Hank Aaron for ninth on the career list. He has 2,850 hits, moving two past Brooks Robinson for 40th place.
Cubs 8, Reds 3
At Chicago, Greg Maddux won for the first time this month, allowing seven hits and three runs in 5 2-3 innings, and Jacque Jones drove in four runs as Chicago beat Cincinnati.
Maddux (6-4) gave up five hits and two runs after coming back out following a 61-minute rain delay in the bottom of the fourth.
Reds starter Brandon Claussen (3-6) walked the first two batters after the rain delay to load the bases and Jones lined a two-out double into the corner in right to clear the bases and give the Cubs the lead. Henry Blanco dropped an RBI single into shallow center to score Jones for a 4-1 lead.
Juan Pierre doubled in the fifth, stole third and scored when Reds catcher Javier Valentin sailed a throw into left field for an error, bumping the lead to 5-1.
Padres 2, Rockies 0
At San Diego, Chris Young took a no-hitter into the eighth inning before giving up a leadoff double to Brad Hawpe, and San Diego beat Colorado.
The 6-foot-10 Young allowed just the one hit in eight innings and matched his career high with eight strikeouts.
Hawpe doubled down the right-field line on Young's first pitch of the eighth, his 99th of the night. Young (4-3) received an ovation from the crowd of 23,698.
Trevor Hoffman came on and finished the combined two-hitter for his 10th save.
San Diego got its runs on an RBI single by Dave Roberts in the third and an RBI triple by Khalil Greene in the fourth, both off Aaron Cook (5-5).
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