Twins 7, White Sox 4, 10 innings
At Minneapolis, Justin Morneau's second homer of the game, a three-run blast off Nick Masset in the 10th inning, lifted Minnesota past Chicago.
Miguel Cabrera singled home the winning run with one out in the ninth inning, and the Florida Marlins beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 in the National League on Tuesday.
Pungent smoke from brush fires in southwest Florida rolled into the area shortly before the first pitch and hung over the crowd of 11,124 throughout the game.
Rookie pinch-hitter Eric Reed led off the ninth with a single, hiking his lifetime average to .109 in 55 at-bats. He took second on a passed ball. After a strikeout and a walk, Cabrera singled off Jonathan Broxton (1-1), improving his average with runners in scoring position to .423. He also hit his eighth home run for Florida, and Miguel Olivo hit his second.
Henry Owens (2-0) pitched a perfect ninth for the win.
Brewers 6, Nationals 4
At Milwaukee, Prince Fielder hit a three-run homer and J.J. Hardy homered to extend his hitting streak to 19 games for Milwaukee.
The Brewers, winners of five straight, are 8-1 on their 10-game homestand that ended yesterday. Washington has lost seven in a row.
Milwaukee, with the best record in the major leagues at 23-10, also spoiled Jason Simontacchi's return to the majors. Simontacchi (0-1) had not appeared in the big leagues since 2004. He spent the entire 2005 season recovering from shoulder surgery and last year in the minors. Simontacchi was finished after the sixth, allowing six hits and a walk.
Francisco Cordero allowed his first earned run in 15-and-two-thirds innings this season but got the save, his 14th in as many chances.
Astros 7, Reds 6
At Cincinnati, Lance Berkman's second home run in two nights overshadowed the 568th of Ken Griffey Jr's career and lifted Houston to the win.
Braves 3, Padres 2
At Atlanta, Andruw Jones snapped an 0-for-21 slump with two hits, including an eighth-inning single that drove in the go-ahead run for Atlanta.
Cardinals 4, Rockies 1
At St. Louis, pinch-hitter Scott Spiezio and Adam Kennedy both drove in two runs in a four-run seventh for St. Louis.
Diamondbacks 3, Phillies 2
At Phoenix, Eric Byrnes and Tony Clark hit long home runs as Arizona edged Philadelphia.
With two outs in the seventh, Clark hit a 457-foot shot off the facing of the loge in right field to break a 2-2 tie. In the second, Byrnes hit a 473-foot (147m) homer into a restaurant above the bleachers in left, tying for the second-longest homer in Chase Field's 10-year history.
Pirates 4, Cubs 3, 15 innings
At Chicago, Jack Wilson hit his first sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to tie the game then hit a second one with the bases loaded in the 15th for Pittsburgh.
Mets 4, Giants 1
At Saqn Francisco, New York's Tom Glavine earned his 294th win and San Francisco's Barry Bonds hit his 745th home run.
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