Alex Rodriguez hit his 522nd home run to pass Ted Williams and Willie McCovey for 15th place on the career list, as the New York Yankees outlasted the Boston Red Sox 15-9 on Wednesday in a glacially paced game that took four hours, eight minutes.
New York starter Wang Chien-ming and Red Sox hurler Clay Buchholz left early and did not figure in the decision.
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Wang, who entered the game with a 3-0 record, gave up eight runs in four-plus innings. Buchholz was charged with seven runs in three and two-thirds.
Melky Cabrera’s tiebreaking groundout in a four-run fifth inning put New York ahead to stay. The 24 runs were the most in a Red Sox-Yankees game at Yankee Stadium since New York’s 14-10 win on April 21, 1956, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. And the 15 runs were the most by New York against Boston in the Bronx since winning 17-9 on July 7, 1954.
New York went ahead for good 11-9 in the fifth, when Jorge Posada hit an RBI double against Julian Tavarez (0-1) and scored the tying run on Robinson Cano’s single.
The Yankees, who have won three straight for the first time this year, stopped Boston’s winning streak at four. Bobby Abreu hit a two-run homer for New York.
LaTroy Hawkins (1-0) got the win and Brian Bruney earned his first save since 2005.
Tigers 13, Indians 2
At Cleveland, Edgar Renteria hit a grand slam, Miguel Cabrera also homered and drove in five runs, and the resurgent Detroit roughed up struggling Cy Young pitching award winner C.C. Sabathia.
Cabrera finished with four hits, and Renteria’s fifth-inning slam capped Detroit’s offensive outburst against Sabathia (0-3), who has a 13.50 ERA after four outings. That’s one big reason for Cleveland’s slow start — the Indians (5-10) have lost three straight and eight of 11.
White Sox 3, Orioles 1
At Baltimore, Jim Thome broke a prolonged power drought with a three-run homer and a double, leading Chicago past skidding Baltimore.
Jose Contreras (1-1) pitched seven innings of four-hit ball for the White Sox, who have won nine of 12. He struck out six, walked none and lowered his ERA from 6.17 to 4.34.
Scott Linebrink worked the eighth and Bobby Jenks got three straight outs for his sixth save.
Twins 6, Rays 5
At Minneapolis, Mike Lamb hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning that Carl Crawford caught in foul territory, and Minnesota beat Tampa Bay.
Juan Rincon (1-0) got two outs and Joe Nathan pitched the ninth for his fifth save, striking out Crawford to end the game.
Shawn Riggans hit a two-run shot for the Rays, who also got homers from Crawford and Eric Hinske off Livan Hernandez. Dan Wheeler (0-2) took the loss.
Rangers 7, Blue Jays 5, 14 innings
At Toronto, Frank Catalanotto scored the go-ahead run on A.J. Burnett’s wild pitch in the 14th inning and Texas beat Toronto, snapping a five-game losing streak.
With the bullpen depleted, Burnett (1-1) relieved in the 14th.
The right-hander, who started in Texas on Sunday, became Toronto’s ninth pitcher of the game, tying a team record.
Mariners 4, Athletics 2
At Oakland, California, Felix Hernandez found success with all four of his pitches, throwing his first complete game in more than a year to lead Seattle past Oakland.
Hernandez struck out eight in an eight-hitter, retiring 16 of 18 during one stretch.
Royals 3, Angels 2
At Anaheim, California, Gil Meche pitched six solid innings to earn his first win of the year and Kansas City scored three early runs off Los Angeles right-hander Jered Weaver.
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Mike Jacobs hit his sixth home run and Luis Gonzalez added a two-run pinch-hit homer to lead surprising Florida to a 6-5 win over the Braves on Wednesday.
Tim Hudson (2-1) lasted only three innings for Atlanta, which lost its third in a row and fell to 0-7 in one-run games. They’re 2-7 on the road.
Mark Hendrickson (3-1) won his third start in a row for the Marlins, who are last in the NL in ERA but 9-0 when scoring at least four runs. They lead the National League East despite the lowest payroll in the majors.
Diamondbacks 4, Giants 1
At San Francisco, Brandon Webb and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants 4-1 in a National League matchup featuring a pair of former pitching award winners who are headed in different directions.
Webb, who has begun a season by winning his first four starts for the first time, hit an early two-run single and made it stand up.
Astros 2, Phillies 1
At Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roy Oswalt snapped out of an early funk with seven strong innings and Michael Bourn hit a tiebreaking solo homer for Houston.
Mets 5, Nationals 2
At New York, Carlos Beltran hit his first homer of the season, a three-run shot in New York’s four-run fifth inning, to back John Maine’s solid start.
Jose Reyes also connected for the first time and Ryan Church hit his second home run to help New York hand anemic Washington its 11th loss in 12 games.
Maine (1-1) allowed two runs and five hits in six innings.
Matt Chico (0-3) took the loss.
Cubs 12, Reds 3
At Chicago, Derrek Lee homered for Chicago and Carlos Zambrano pitched seven solid innings while helping himself with three hits.
The Cubs scored four runs in the first and six in the third to give Zambrano an early cushion on another blustery night at Wrigley Field.
Cardinals 5, Brewers 4
At St. Louis, Adam Wainwright pitched into the eighth inning and homered, helping St. Louis run its home winning streak to seven, matching its longest since 2005.
Rockies 10, Padres 2
At San Diego, Garrett Atkins went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and Colorado scored seven runs in the ninth inning to beat San Diego.
Dodgers 8, Pirates 1
At Los Angeles, Rafael Furcal went 4-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs and James Loney extended his season-opening hitting streak to 15 games for Los Angeles.
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