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Tigers rally in the eighth for second night in a row

The St. Louis Cardinals’ Albert Pujol scores on a wild pitch by Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Dave Bush, right, during the first inning in St. Louis, Missouri, on Tuesday. Photo: AP PHOTO: AP

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer to cap the Detroit Tigers’ second straight eighth-inning rally, beating the Minnesota Twins 6-5 in the American League on Tuesday.

Magglio Ordonez homered and drove in two runs, and Gary Sheffield and Carlos Guillen also hit home runs for Detroit, which scored six times on Monday in the eighth inning for an 11-9 win over Minnesota. Justin Morneau homered for Minnesota and Joe Mauer drove in two runs.

Detroit started the eighth 4-3 down, but Jesse Crain (0-1) allowed three runs.

Red Sox 5, Indians 3

At Cleveland, Jason Varitek hit a pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning off Jensen Lewis to lead Boston to a two-game sweep of Cleveland in an AL Championship Series rematch.

Varitek came up with one out in the ninth and drove a 1-2 pitch from Lewis (0-1) the opposite way to left-center for his third career homer as a pinch-hitter.

The Red Sox, who won three straight over the Indians to advance to the World Series last October, will take a four-game winning streak to New York for a two-game set at Yankee Stadium starting yesterday.

Boston rookie infielder Jed Lowrie drove in three runs in his major league debut.

Angels 7, Rangers 4

At Arlington, Texas, Gary Matthews Jr. snapped out of a slump with a tiebreaking, three-run double, and Los Angeles rallied to hand Texas its fifth straight loss.

Matthews was in a 3-for-27 slide before his double to left-center in the sixth inning off Josh Rupe (0-1) broke a 4-all tie.

Darren Oliver (1-0), like Matthews a former Ranger, threw 2 2-3 scoreless innings in relief of starter Dustin Moseley.

White Sox 4, Athletics 1

At Chicago, John Danks celebrated his 23rd birthday with his first win in 12 starts, taking a shutout into the eighth inning to lead Chicago past Oakland.

Danks (1-1) held the Athletics to five singles while striking out four and walking two. Carlos Quentin hit a three-run homer in the fourth for Chicago.

Oakland’s Dana Eveland (1-1) had his worst outing of the year, allowing four runs (three earned) in four-and-two-third innings.

Mariners 11, Royals 6

At Seattle, Jose Lopez became the 12th player in major league history to hit three sacrifice flies in a game, Yuniesky Betancourt drove in three runs to lead Seattle.

Yankees 5, Rays 3

At St. Petersburg, Florida, Andy Pettitte allowed three runs over seven innings and Hideki Matsui homered to lead New York to a two-game sweep of Tampa Bay.

Blue Jays 11, Orioles 3

At Baltimore, Aaron Hill hit a three-run homer, and Alex Rios and Matt Stairs each had two RBIs for Toronto.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

AP, PHILADELPHIA

A four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning carried the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros in National League action on Tuesday.

After being held scoreless for eight innings, a leadoff homer, a hit batter, and then a two-run homer drew the Phillies level at 3-3 with two outs before Pedro Feliz ripped a shot to the left-field corner, scoring the runner from first to win the game.

Cubs 9, Reds 5

In Chicago, Derrek Lee hit a three-run homer and started a pivotal double play to help Chicago beat Cincinatti and former Cubs manager Dusty Baker.

Diamondbacks 8, Giants 2

In San Francisco, Chris Young hit a two-run homer as Arizona downed San Francisco.

Mets 6, Nationals 0

In New York, David Wright homered and drove in five runs as New York beat struggling Washington.

Cardinals 6, Brewers 1

In St. Louis, Braden Looper pitched around Milwaukee slugger Prince Fielder to steer St Louis to victory. The surprising Cardinals have an early 1.5 game lead in the NL Central.

Marlins 4, Braves 0

In Miami, Scott Olsen pitched seven innings of five-hit ball as Florida closed down Atlanta.

Padres 6, Rockies 0

In San Diego, Randy Wolf held Colorado hitless for six-and-two-third innings and struck out nine, leading San Diego to victory.

Dodgers 11, Pirates 2

In Los Angeles, the home side ended Pittsburgh’s four-game winning streak.