At Chicago, the Cubs' Alfonso Soriano showed off his power and his arm as the Cubs completed their first three-game sweep at US Cellular Field.
Soriano cut down a runner at the plate in the fifth with a strong throw and then hit his third homer of the interleague series in the seventh -- also his 15th of the season and 11th this month.
Nationals 3, Indians 1
At Washington, Jason Simontacchi shut down Cleveland for six innings and Jesus Flores drove in two runs.
Ronnie Belliard went 3-for-3 and Dmitri Young scored twice for Washington, which took two of three in the series.
Jake Westbrook came off the disabled list and pitched seven solid innings for Cleveland in his first start since May 2.
Royals 4, Brewers 3
At Milwaukee, Joey Gathright's bases-loaded walk in the 11th inning off Chris Spurling lifted Kansas City to the win.
The Royals loaded the bases with no outs in the 11th against Jose Capellan (0-2). John Buck walked, Tony Pena singled, and Emil Brown walked.
Spurling got David DeJesus to line out, but Gathright walked on five pitches to make it 4-3.
Tigers 5, Braves 0
At Atlanta, Andrew Miller threw six sharp innings and Detroit won its seventh straight game -- all on the road against National League teams.
The AL Central-leading Tigers finished 14-4 in interleague games, tying the LA Angels for the best mark in the majors.
Astros 12, Rangers 9
At Arlington, Texas, Craig Biggio's 2,996th career hit was a tiebreaking RBI double in the 10th inning, helping Houston avoid a series sweep.
After the Astros bullpen blew another save -- allowing six runs in the eighth and ninth innings -- Biggio's double scored Morgan Ensberg, who led off the 10th with a single off C.J. Wilson (0-1). Biggio scored on a single by Lance Berkman.
Shane Victorino had a pinch-hit, three-run double to break a tie with two outs in the eighth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 in the National League on Sunday.
Brian Sanches (1-0) pitched two near-pefect innings in his third appearance of the season.
Brad Thompson (5-3) pitched a perfect seventh in relief before allowing two hits and intentionally walking Ryan Howard to load the bases in the eighth. Randy Flores came in relief and gave up Victorino's first pinch-hit of the season.
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