American LeagueBrad Radke won for the seventh time in eighth decisions, lifting the Minnesota Twins over Detroit 4-2 and stopping the Tigers' four-game winning streak on Tuesday.
Joe Mauer, whose third-inning groundout tied the game, doubled off Nate Robertson (10-8) for a 3-2 lead in the fifth, helping the Twins to their fifth win in six games.
Radke (11-8) gave up two runs and nine hits in seven innings, walking one. He is 7-1 in his last 12 starts. Joe Nathan gave up a two-out walk to Brandon Inge and a single to Curtis Granderson in the ninth, then retired Placido Polanco on a flyout for his 24th save.
White Sox 6, Yankees 5
At Chicago, Paul Konerko homered off Mariano Rivera to tie it in the ninth and Jermaine Dye singled home the winning run off Scott Proctor (4-3).
Konerko's opposite-field homer to right-center made it 5-all and gave Rivera just his third blown save in 31 chances this season.
Tadahito Iguchi singled leading off the 11th, a one-hop liner that was knocked down by second baseman Robinson Cano, whose throw to first was wide. Jim Thome walked and Dye lined a one-out single to center.
Royals 6, Red Sox 4
At Kansas City, Luke Hudson (5-4) won his fifth straight decision and Emil Brown had three RBIs as Kansas City overcame David Ortiz's major league-leading 41st homer -- 1,000th career hit.
Red Sox rookie Jon Lester (5-2), who held the Royals to one hit in eight scoreless innings on July 18, allowed four runs, six hits, three walks and a hit batter. The Red Sox lost their third straight and dropped to 6-10 since July 22.
Angels 5, Indians 4
At Cleveland, pinch-hitter Adam Kennedy's two-out single off Rafael Betancourt (0-4) scored Vladimir Guerrero with the go-ahead run in the eighth following a double steal, and Los Angeles won its fourth straight.
Brendan Donnelly (2-0) pitched 1 1-3 innings in relief of Jered Weaver, who recorded his third straight no-decision after winning his first seven starts.
Orioles 8, Blue Jays 4
At Toronto, Nick Markakis homered and had a career-high four RBIs, Daniel Cabrera (5-7) got his first major league win since June 10 and Miguel Tejada also homered for Baltimore, which sent Toronto to its 11th loss in 15 games.
Down 2-1 in the seventh, Baltimore scored four runs after starter Shaun Marcum was replaced by Scott Schoeneweis (2-2). Markakis hit a tying single with two outs, and Melvin Mora had a three-run double off Justin Speier. Markakis added a three-run homer off Francisco Rosario in the eighth.
Mariners 5, Devil Rays 1
At Seattle, Richie Sexson hit his fourth grand slam of the season in the 10th inning.
Ichiro Suzuki, who was in a 3-for-22 slide, opened the 10th with a double down the left-field off Shawn Camp (4-1). Seth McClung relieved, Jose Lopez sacrificed, and Adrian Beltre and Raul Ibanez were intentionally walked to load the bases. Sexson followed with his 13th career grand slam.
Athletics 7, Rangers 6
At Oakland, the Athletics rallied from a 4-0 deficit and benefited from a game-ending interference call against batter Mark DeRosa on catcher Jason Kendall to extend their winning streak to six.
National League
David Wright hit a pair of run-scoring singles and New York beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 in the return to Shea Stadium of former Mets catcher Mike Piazza on Tuesday.
Piazza, who signed with the Padres in the offseason, went 1-for-4 and received loud cheers from the moment he exited the dugout for pregame stretching to his last at-bat in the eighth inning.
Wright went 3-for-4 and swiped one of New York's three bases against Piazza in a matchup of division leaders. Carlos Beltran also doubled three times to tie a Mets record.
Reds 10, Cardinals 3
At Cincinnati, outfielder Ryan Freel had three hits and made a down-and-dirty catch on Albert Pujols' warning track drive with two on in the fifth that inspired a capacity crowd of 40,094, Cincinnati's fifth sellout of the season.
Cincinnati matched its season high with 17 hits and emphatically evened the series with the NL Central leaders at one game apiece.
Braves 3, Phillies 1
At Atlanta, Tim Hudson (9-10) pitched his best game in nearly two months, striking out eight in seven scoreless innings, allowing six hits and driving in a run.
The game was scoreless in the fifth when Matt Diaz led off with a triple off the right-field wall against Philadelphia's Cole Hamels (4-6). Scott Thorman failed to get the runner home, grounding out to third, before Hudson drove in Diaz by getting down the second of two straight squeeze attempts. Matt Diaz hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh and Thorman added an RBI doubled against Geoff Geary.
Marlins 4, Nationals 2
At Washington, Florida's Miguel Cabrera had three hits and an RBI, and Dan Uggla hit his 17th homer to back Ricky Nolasco (10-7), who gave up two runs and five hits with no walks in 6 1-3 innings. Joe Borowski pitched the ninth for his 23rd save.
Washington made three errors behind starter Tony Armas Jr. (7-8), and two led to unearned runs. Ryan Church and Nick Johnson homered for Washington.
Astros 3, Pirates 1
At Houston, Craig Biggio homered and Brandon Backe pitched seven strong innings to lead Houston past Pittsburgh.
Cubs 6, Brewers 3
At Milwaukee, Jacque Jones and John Mabry each hit a two-run homer in a five-run first inning to lead Chicago over Milwaukee.
Diamondbacks 5, Giants 1
At Phoenix, Juan Cruz shut down San Francisco into the eighth inning during the longest outing of his career, pitching Arizona to a crisp victory.
Dodgers 4, Rockies 2
At LA, Greg Maddux pitched six solid innings in his home debut for the Dodgers, and Los Angeles pushed its winning streak to 11 games by rallying past Colorado.
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