DETROIT – Jay Gibbons broke up Mike Maroth’s no-hit bid with a leadoff single in the eighth and the Baltimore Orioles went on to score six runs with two outs to sweep a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers with a 6-4 win Thursday.

Gibbons hit a go-ahead two-run single and Tony Batista drove in another run in the eighth as Baltimore rallied to win the opener 5-2.

The Tigers dropped to 3-23 after losing their fourth straight game. The Orioles (15-12) are three games above .500 for the first time since May 4, 2000. Baltimore has won four straight and 13 of 19 after starting 2-6.

Twins 6, Devil Rays 5, 13 innings

MINNEAPOLIS – Cristian Guzman’s timely hit in the 13th inning completed Minnesota’s long rally and its three-game sweep over Tampa Bay.

Guzman’s double off Travis Harper scored Jacque Jones as the Twins beat the Devil Rays 6-5 on Thursday. Guzman sent a 3-2 offering from Harper (0-2) into left-center for the game-winning RBI.

Jones reached second on a bizarre ground-rule double. Left fielder Carl Crawford and center fielder Rocco Baldelli converged on what appeared to be an easy fly. But both slowed down and the ball dropped between them and bounced over the center field wall to set up Guzman’s hit.

Cardinals 6, Mets 5, 10 innings

ST. LOUIS – Jim Edmonds homered off Scott Strickland with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning as the St. Louis Cardinals completed a three-game sweep of the New York Mets with a 6-5 victory on Thursday.

The NL Central champions, who won the first two games 13-3 and 13-4, moved two games above .500 for the first time since the opening week of the season. New York has lost five in a row and is 11-17 overall, last place in the NL East, despite a $117 million payroll.

Expos 5, Brewers 0

MILWAUKEE – Montreal manager Frank Robinson couldn’t recall seeing anything like Zach Day’s pitching performance Thursday.

The rookie right-hander threw a three-hitter for his first career shutout, not allowing Milwaukee to get a ball out of the infield until the seventh inning, as the Expos completed a three-game sweep with a 5-0 victory over the Brewers on Thursday.

Of the 31 batters who faced Day, only two got the ball to the outfield. John Vander Wal flied out to left in the seventh and Keith Ginter singled to left in the ninth. Day recorded 21 groundball outs and five strikeouts.

Cubs 5, Giants 1, 10 innings

SAN FRANCISCO – Alex Gonzalez hit a three-run homer in the 10th for his second home run of the game, and Sammy Sosa followed with another shot, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 5-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday.

After an error by third baseman Edgardo Alfonzo put two runners on with two outs in the 10th, Gonzalez connected off Tim Worrell (1-1) for his second homer of the year. Sosa’s 505th career homer made it 5-1.

Reds 7, Rockies 2

DENVER – Jeff Austin took a shutout into the seventh inning, and Aaron Boone and Jose Guillen each hit two-run homers as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Thursday.

The Reds won for the sixth time in eight games and posted their third straight series victory. All seven of the Reds’ runs came with two outs.

Austin (1-1), making his second career start, took a two-hit shutout into the seventh, when he departed after walking the first two batters.

Pirates 5, Padres 2

SAN DIEGO – Jack Wilson hit a three-run homer and Kip Wells pitched into the eighth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Thursday for a three-game sweep.

The Pirates came into the series having scored just 11 runs in five straight losses, then outscored the Padres 20-9. San Diego lost its fifth consecutive game.

Wells (1-1) won for the first time in six starts. He was chased on his 105th pitch, allowing Mark Loretta’s pinch-hit home run leading off the eighth.

Yankees 2, Mariners 1

NEW YORK – Mike Mussina matched a career high with his eighth straight win, backed by home runs from Alfonso Soriano and Jorge Posada, and the New York Yankees defeated the Seattle Mariners 2-1 Thursday night.

Mussina (6-0) became the first Yankees pitcher to win his first six starts since Bob Turley won seven straight in 1958 in his Cy Young Award season.

Mussina leads the majors in victories and his nine strikeouts boosted his AL-leading total to 51.

Showing exceptional control of his curve, he gave up six hits, walked none and lowered his ERA to 1.60.

On a night when Joel Pineiro (2-2) was sharp for Seattle, the Yankees relied on Mussina’s pitching and Mariano Rivera’s first save of the season. They also needed Soriano’s 10th homer and Posada’s all-around play.

Posada produced at the plate, hitting a tying home run in the fifth, and also behind it. The catcher pounced on Randy Winn’s bunt to throw out the speedy Ichiro Suzuki at second base in the fourth, then threw a perfect strike to cut down Winn trying to steal in the sixth.

In the seventh, Posada raced back to the box seats and reached into the stands to catch Mark McLemore’s foul pop. In the eighth, Posada threw out Suzuki when he tried to steal second with two outs.

Rivera, activated this week after being on the disabled list all season, pitched a perfect ninth. He did it against the middle of the Mariners’ order.

The Yankees won for the 11th time in 14 games. They also took two of three from Seattle, a rare feat for them – this marked the first time in the regular season New York had won a series against Seattle at Yankee Stadium since 1999. Then again, the Yankees beat the Mariners in the AL championship series in 2000 and 2001.

Neither pitcher permitted a runner past first base until the fifth, when both teams scored a run.

The Mariners nicked Mussina with two outs when McLemore, Jeff Cirillo and Dan Wilson hit successive singles. That is the lone earned run allowed by Mussina in 24 innings at home this year.

Posada pulled the Yankees even when he led off the bottom half with his eighth home run.

Soriano pulled a drive down the left-field line to lead off the sixth.

Notes: Nick Johnson drew a walk in his 15th straight game. That’s the longest streak by a Yankees player since Willie Randolph did it for 17 games in a row in 1980-81. … Suzuki was 1-for-10 in the series and had not hit a ball out of the infield until singling twice. After getting a major league record 450 hits in his first two seasons, he’s batting just .252 this season.

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