Wed, Apr 25, 2007 - Page 18 News List

Willis pitches, hits Marlins past Braves

EXPECTING Though his wife was due to deliver a baby girl on the same day, the Florida starter won his fourth consecutive start and improved to a career 13-2 in April

AP , MIAMI, FLORIDA

Athletics 6, Orioles 5

At Baltimore, Nick Swisher hit two home runs, including a drive that sparked a five-run fourth against Erik Bedard (3-2) as Oakland ended Baltimore's four-game winning streak.

Swisher hit a two-run homer in the fourth and added a solo shot against Danys Baez in the ninth.

Dan Haren (2-2) allowed one run and five hits in seven innings to lower his ERA to an American League-best 1.41.

Mariners 5, Rangers 4

At Arlington, Texas, Ichiro Suzuki went 3-for-5 with a three-run triple as Seattle stopped a six-game losing streak.

Brandon Morrow (1-0) pitched three innings of one-hit shutout relief for his first major league victory and J.J. Putz got four outs for his first save of the season.

Indians 7, Twins 3, 12 innings

At Minneapolis, Ryan Garko drove in the go-ahead run for the second straight game, blooping a soft single in the 12th inning for Cleveland's victory.

Travis Hafner, who matched his career high with four hits, started the 12th with a walk against Minnesota's Jesse Crain (0-1). Jason Michaels followed Garko's hit with an RBI double and Choo Shin-soo added a two-run single off Joe Nathan with the bases loaded.

Tigers 9, Angels 5

At Anaheim, California, Curtis Granderson led off with a home run and Ivan Rodriguez hit a pair of two-out RBI singles for Detroit.

Jason Grilli (2-1) pitched two innings of hitless relief for the victory, allowing a run on Orlando Cabrera's sacrifice fly in the sixth. Detroit starter Mike Maroth was pulled by manager Jim Leyland one out shy of the required five innings for a victory, despite leading 8-3.

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