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Bonds fails to homer as Giants nip Nats

Randy Winn singled with the bases loaded in the 11th inning on Monday to lead San Francisco to a 3-2 victory over Washington on a night Barry Bonds failed to hit his record 756th home run.

Nationals rookie starter John Lannan held Bonds hitless and left him tied with Hank Aaron. Bonds fouled out to third in the first inning, walked in the third, grounded into a double play in the fifth and struck out in the seventh before leaving the game.

Ryan Klesko started the rally in the 11th with a double off Ray King (1-1). After an intentional walk and hit batsman loaded the bases, Luis Ayala came on and got a fielder's choice before Winn won it with his fourth hit.

Brad Hennessey (2-3) pitched the 11th for the win, stopping the Giants' three-game losing streak and Washington's six-game winning streak.

Lannan allowed one run and eight hits in seven innings. San Francisco rookie Tim Lincecum allowed one run and five hits in seven innings.

Cardinals 10, Padres 5

At St. Louis, the Cardinals tied a major league record with 10 consecutive hits in a 10-run fifth inning, with pitcher Braden Looper and Aaron Miles getting two each in a victory over San Diego.

Looper opened the inning with a single and then with the Cardinals up 8-3 bunted for another hit. Miles followed both times with singles, the latter driving in a run.

The streak was broken when David Eckstein hit a sacrifice fly and So Taguchi ended the inning by grounding into a double play.

Scott Rolen's three-run homer put St. Louis ahead 7-3 and chased starter David Wells (5-8). Mike Thompson entered and Ryan Ludwick homered on his first pitch.

The Cardinals put an end to a five-game losing streak during which they were outscored 41-11 by Pittsburgh and Washington.

Astros 2, Cubs 1, 10 innings

At Houston, Eric Munson hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th to give Houston the victory over Chicago.

Chicago threatened in the 10th against Brad Lidge (3-1) when Jason Kendall led off with a single, took second on a sacrifice and advanced on a flyout. Lidge struck out Cliff Floyd.

Ty Wigginton was walked by Michael Wuertz (2-3) to start the bottom half. After a sacrifice and a fly out, Wuertz threw a wild pitch and Munson singled to right.

Ryan Theriot doubled twice for the Cubs, who have lost four of five.

Rockies 6, Brewers 2

At Denver, Brad Hawpe and Matt Holliday homered to lead Colorado over Milwaukee, which has lost 10 of 14 games but still lead the National League Central by one game over Chicago.

Prince Fielder hit his league-leading 33rd homer and Ryan Braun also connected for Milwaukee.

The Rockies scored four runs off Claudio Vargas (9-4) in the first inning. Todd Helton singled in a run and Hawpe hit a three-run homer, his 19th of the season.

Vargas gave up six runs and 12 hits in seven innings.

Paul Byrd threw his first shutout in more than two years and Travis Hafner homered to lead Cleveland to a 4-0 victory over Minnesota on Monday.

Byrd (10-4) needed 99 pitches to complete the four-hitter, his first shutout since 2005 at Kansas City. The victory allowed Byrd to match last year's win total and now he's eyeing his best season when he went 17-11 for Kansas City in 2002.

Michael Cuddyer, Justin Morneau and Torii Hunter -- Nos. 4-6 in the Minnesota order -- were a combined 1-for-10 on Monday night and 3-for-31 in the series. The Twins have scored more than four runs just once in the last 14 games.

Casey Blake's RBI single in the fourth snapped a season-high 17-inning scoreless streak for Twins pitchers.

Hafner's homer in the seventh made it 2-0.

Tigers 6, Devil Rays 4

At Detroit, Ryan Raburn hit a tiebreaking single in a four-run seventh for Detroit, which beat Tampa Bay to snap its longest losing steak of the season.

The defending American League champions had lost five straight and 12 of 15 since they had baseball's best record on July 21.

Sean Casey hit a one-out homer to spark the seventh, while Carlos Guillen had an RBI triple and Raburn singled for a 5-4 lead.

Reliever Gary Glover (5-4) was chased after getting only one out in the inning, allowing four runs and five hits. Edwin Jackson gave up two runs and seven hits in six innings for the Devil Rays, who have lost seven straight road games and 18 of their last 20 away from home.

Zach Miner (2-3) earned the win after retiring a batter in the seventh. Todd Jones finished with a perfect ninth for his 29th save.

Yankees 5, Blue Jays 4

At Toronto, Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead, two-run double in a four-run sixth inning and Andy Pettitte won consecutive starts for the first time this season for New York.

The Yankees won their fourth straight, improved to 19-7 since the All-Star break and ended Toronto's home winning streak at eight.

Pettitte (8-7) allowed three runs and six hits in five-and-two-thirds innings with seven strikeouts and four walks. Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth for his 18th save.

Melky Cabrera, who had three hits, tripled and scored on Johnny Damon's grounder in the third, but Thomas hit a two-run double in the bottom half and Wells singled in a run in the fifth.

Angels 4, Red Sox 2

At Anaheim, Maicer Izturis hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning for Los Angeles to spoil Curt Schilling's return from the disabled list.

The home run was Izturis' third in 187 at-bats this season. Jeff Mathis then chased Schilling (6-5) with a double that snapped an 0-for-18 drought and scored on Chone Figgins' sacrifice fly against Julian Tavarez.

Justin Speier (1-2) pitched a scoreless seventh for his first win with Los Angeles. Francisco Rodriguez got three outs for his 28th save, striking out Brandon Moss with two on and two outs.

Athletics 9, Rangers 7

At Arlington, Texas, Mike Piazza singled in the go-ahead run in the 13th inning and seven Oakland pitchers combined for 21 strikeouts in the win over Texas.

Marco Scutaro hit a grand slam in the first inning as Oakland build a 7-0 lead. The Rangers tied it in the ninth on Michael Young's homer.

Rob Bowen led off the 13th with a walk and was sacrificed to second. Willie Eyre (3-5) got a foul out before intentionally walking Nick Swisher. Piazza then lined a single to right -- Oakland's first hit since the fifth inning. Mark Ellis drove in another run with an infield single.

Andrew Brown (2-0) struck out five in two innings.
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