White Sox beat Reds, continue hot play
CHICAGO -- Mark Buehrle's scoreless stretch is over, but his winning streak continued after allowing five hits over eight innings Wednesday night as Chicago beat Cincinnati 4-2.
Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Lee and Ray Durham hit solo homers for the White Sox, who have won 15 of their last 18 games and are three games under .500 (29-32) for the first time since April 20.
Rob Bell became the first Cincinnati pitcher to start the season 0-5 since Dave Burba in 1996.
Devil Rays 5, Phillies 3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Bryan Rekar snapped his seven-game losing streak, and Greg Vaughn hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 Wednesday night.
Rekar (1-7) allowed three runs and nine hits, striking out seven in eight innings for his first win since Sept. 28.
Vaughn homered off Ricky Bottalico (2-4) as Tampa Bay won for the fourth time in five games.
The Devil Rays captured back-to-back series for the first time this season.
Esteban Yan got the final three outs for his seventh save.
Marlins 4, Red Sox 2
BOSTON -- Kevin Millar went 3-for-4 and scored the tie-breaking run as Florida beat Boston.
Matt Clement (3-6) won for the second time in his last 12 starts, allowing two runs and nine hits in 6 2-3 innings. Tim Wakefield (4-1) went six innings and gave up all of Florida's runs.
The Red Sox lost for just the fourth time in 14 games.
Antonio Alfonseca pitched the ninth for his 13th save in 16 opportunities.
Twins 3, Astros 1
MINNEAPOLIS -- Eric Milton came within three outs of Minnesota's second straight shutout as the Twins beat Houston.
Milton (7-3) followed up Brad Radke's 7-0 win with another gem. Milton shut down the Astros until Jeff Bagwell's leadoff homer in the ninth inning.
Milton gave up six hits, no walks and struck out three in his second complete game of the year.
Shane Reynolds (6-5) matched Milton through five innings, facing only 16 batters and allowing two hits with two strikeouts.
Reynolds pitched an eight-hitter for his first complete game since the 1999 season.
Royals 4, Cardinals 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City's Kris Wilson held St. Louis to only one run -- Mark McGwire's 425-foot homer -- in his first major league start.
Wilson (1-0), shaky in 11 relief appearances this season, gave up eight hits, struck out three and walked one in seven innings.
It was also the first major league win for Wilson, who was 0-1 in 20 relief appearances last season.
Blue Jays 12, Braves 5
TORONTO -- Alex Gonzalez hit a three-run homer and Carlos Delgado also had three RBIs as Toronto beat Atlanta.
Homer Bush went 4-for-5 with a homer for the Blue Jays, who have won just seven of their last 23 home games.
The game featured an odd twist in the fourth inning when Blue Jays outfielder Raul Mondesi had to be restrained from going after Atlanta reliever John Rocker after he was hit by a pitch by Tom Glavine (6-5).
Glavine, bothered by shoulder pain recently, allowed seven runs -- five earned -- and nine hits in four innings.
Andruw Jones homered for the Braves, who finished 9-3 on their longest road trip of the season. Atlanta cut Philadelphia's lead in the NL East from eight games to 2 1/2 on the trip.
Yankees 9, Expos 3
NEW YORK -- Tino Martinez hit a pair of two-run homers as New York beat former teammate Hideki Irabu and Montreal.
Roger Clemens (8-1) gave up three runs in the first two innings before settling down, retiring 13 of 14 Expos at one point. Clemens gave up seven hits and struck out six in eight innings to earn his fourth straight victory.
Jorge Posada, starting at catcher for the first time in eight games, homered and drove in the tiebreaking run as New York snapped a three-game losing streak.
Tigers 6, Pirates 3
DETROIT -- Jeff Weaver pitched seven strong innings and Tony Clark homered to lead Detroit over Pittsburgh.
The Pirates failed to record their first three-game winning streak of the season.
Weaver (6-6) got out of jams with double plays in the first two innings. He allowed one run and five hits in seven innings.
The Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on Brandon Inge's two-run single off Joe Beimel (2-2).
Indians 5, Brewers 2
CLEVELAND -- Jim Thome hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning to lift Cleveland over Milwaukee.
Thome hit a 3-1 pitch from Ray King over the center-field fence to give the Indians their fifth last at-bat home win this season.
Mets 7, Orioles 6
BALTIMORE -- Tsuyoshi Shinjo singled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the 10th inning as New York rallied from a six-run deficit to beat Baltimore.
Giants 1, Angels 0
SAN FRANCISCO -- Russ Ortiz allowed five hits over eight innings, and Shawon Dunston homered in the seventh as San Francisco beat Anaheim.
Dunston hit a 1-2 pitch from Scott Schoeneweis (6-4) as the Giants got their sixth victory in nine games.
Athletics 6, Padres 2
SAN DIEGO -- Frank Menechino homered twice and drove in three runs as Oakland beat staggering San Diego.
Menechino hit a two-run homer of starter Adam Eaton in the sixth, and a solo shot off David Lee in the ninth. He has 10 homers this year and two, two-homer games.
Diamondbacks 13, Cubs 3
PHOENIX -- Arizona had a club-record seven consecutive hits in a seven-run second inning against Chicago.
The Diamondbacks also set a franchise record with 17 singles, and had 19 hits overall. Luis Gonzalez, Jay Bell and Danny Bautista each had three hits.
Dodgers 5, Rangers 3
LOS ANGELES -- Alex Cora hit a game-tying three-run homer in the sixth inning and Marquis Grissom hit an RBI single in the seventh as Los Angeles beat Texas.