American League
AP, DETROIT
Emil Brown and Paul Phillips led off the 11th inning with homers and Jeff Keppinger followed with a two-run shot to lift Kansas City to a 9-7 victory over Detroit on Friday night, the Royals' second win in 16 games with the Tigers.
White Sox 4, Twins 3
At Minneapolis, Freddy Garcia pitched 7 1-3 strong innings and Jermaine Dye and Alex Cintron homered for the White Sox, the defending World Series champions who had lost nine of their previous 13 games to fall out of contention.
Red Sox 4, Orioles 3
At Boston, David Ortiz walked three times and scored twice and Mike Lowell drove in three runs for Boston.
Yankees 7, Blue Jays 2
At New York, Gary Sheffield hit his first home run since returning from wrist surgery, a tiebreaking, three-run drive for New York.
Indians 2, Devil Rays 1
At Cleveland, Johnny Peralta drew a bases-loaded walk off Seth McClung with one out in the ninth inning to the Cleveland the win.
Angels 6, Athletics 0
At Anaheim, California, Ervin Santana allowed three hits in seven innings and Chone Figgins hit his first inside-the-park home run to Los Angeles as the Angeles blanked Oakland.
Rangers 6, Mariners 5
At Seattle, Michael Young doubled twice to set a franchise record for two-base hits in a season, and drove in two runs to lead Texas past Seattle.
National League
AP, ST. LOUIS
Jeff Weaver won for the first time in nine home starts since joining St. Louis, and Albert Pujols and Preston Wilson homered on Friday night in the Cardinals' 10-5 victory over Milwaukee.
Braves 4, Astros 1
At Atlanta, Roger Clemens lost in what might have been the final start of his career, and Atlanta ended Houston's nine-game winning streak.
Dodgers 4, Giants 3
At San Francisco, Russell Martin scored the go-ahead run on Mike Stanton's wild pitch in the ninth inning after pinch-hitter Olmedo Saenz singled in the tying run, and Los Angeles tied San Diego for the NL West lead.
Diamondbacks 3, Padres 1
At Phoenix, Livan Hernandez pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning and Eric Byrnes hit his team-leading 26th homer in the Diamondbacks' victory that dropped San Diego into a tie with Los Angeles for first in the NL West.
Reds 5, Pirates 2
At Pittsburgh, Aaron Harang pitched an eight-hitter for his league-leading sixth complete game for Cincinnati, which beat Pittsburgh to keep its slim postseason hopes alive.
Phillies 14, Marlins 2
At Miami, Shane Victorino had five hits and Pat Burrell hit two homers for Philadelphia, which remained two games out in the NL wild-card race.
Mets 4, Nationals 3
At Washington, Carlos Beltran and Paul Lo Duca each had two hits and an RBI, and Shawn Green drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth for New York's win over Washington.
Rockies 5, Cubs 2
At Chicago, Josh Fogg pitched seven strong innings and Colorado scored three runs in the sixth without a hit to beat Chicago.
Fogg (11-9) allowed two runs and five hits. He walked none and struck out four.
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