NEW YORK – One day after getting no-hit for the first time in 45 years, the New York Yankees bounced back against the same Houston bullpen that shut them down.

Alfonso Soriano hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, and the Yankees took advantage of a big error by Jeff Bagwell to beat the Astros 6-5 Thursday.

New York took two of three in the first series between the teams. Roger Clemens makes his fourth bid for his 300th victory Friday night against the St. Louis Cardinals – he’s been stuck at 299 for three weeks.

Houston took a 5-3 lead in the sixth on Adam Everett’s two-run double off David Wells. But this time, the Yankees were able to rally against the Houston bullpen.

Juan Rivera’s RBI single off Kirk Saarloos, who got four outs in Wednesday night’s no-hitter, cut it to 5-4 in the sixth. Raul Mondesi singled off Brad Lidge, who threw two innings in the no-hitter, with two outs in the seventh to tie it at five.

Brewers 6, Marlins 5

MILWAUKEE – Eric Young and Wes Helms each homered in a five-run sixth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-5 victory over the Florida Marlins on Thursday.

Matt Kinney (5-4) pitched six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits. Three relievers pitched the final three innings for Milwaukee.

The Marlins had runners on first and second with one out in the ninth but Mike Redmond hit into a double play to end it. Mike DeJean got the final three outs for his 15th save in 19 chances.

Braves 4, Athletics 2

OAKLAND, Calif.- Gary Sheffield and Andruw Jones each homered and Shane Reynolds took a three-hit shutout into the seventh inning as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Thursday.

Barry Zito (7-5), last year’s AL Cy Young Award winner, didn’t make many mistakes but still dropped his first interleague game in eight starts as the A’s lost their third consecutive series for the first time in nearly a year.

Zito gave up three runs on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts as the A’s lost their fourth in five games.

Blue Jays 5, Pirates 4

TORONTO – Mark Hendrickson won for the first time in almost a month and the Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 5-4 victory on Thursday night.

Carlos Delgado increased his major league-leading RBI total to 74 with a two-run single for the Blue Jays, who won their fourth straight to move seven games over .500 for the first time since May 7, 2001.

Hendrickson (5-5) allowed two runs on three hits, while walking a career high four and striking out four in six innings. Control hasn’t been Hendrickson’s problem before, as the 28-year-old left-hander walked just nine over his previous seven starts.

Reds 2, Devil Rays 1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Austin Kearns stole home and homered and Ryan Dempster allowed one run over 7 1-3 innings as the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with a 2-1 win Thursday night.

Dempster (2-4) allowed four hits in his second start since spending 15 days on the disabled list with a neck injury.

Dempster left with one out in the eighth and runners on second and third. Reliever Gabe White retired Carl Crawford on a soft liner to short for the second out. After intentionally walking Rocco Baldelli to load the bases, White got Aubrey Huff to fly out.

Scott Williamson threw a perfect ninth for his 16th save in 17 opportunities.

The Reds went up 1-0 in the second when Kearns scored from third on the back end of a double steal.

Padres 9, Indians 4

CLEVELAND – Jake Peavy got his first win since April 25 as home runs by Rondell White and Ryan Klesko helped rally the San Diego Padres to a 9-4 win Thursday night over the Cleveland Indians.

Trailing 3-0 after four innings, the Padres scored four runs in the fifth and five in the sixth to help Peavy (5-5) and avoid being swept in their first ever series against the Indians.

Mark Loretta had three RBIs for the Padres, who finally got their 20th win.

Jody Gerut and Ben Broussard homered for the Indians.

Peavy had lost four times and had four no-decisions in the eight starts since his last victory. The right-hander allowed three runs and six hits in 5 2-3 innings.

Indians rookie starter Jason Davis (5-5) dominated the Padres for the first four innings, but was tagged for four runs – three earned – in the fifth and two in the sixth for his first loss since May 8 – a span of six starts.

Twins 15, Rockies 3

MINNEAPOLIS – A.J. Pierzynski hit a grand slam in the first inning and added a three-run shot in the seventh, leading the Minnesota Twins to a 15-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday night.

Pierzynski hit his second career grand slam, had his first multihomer game and finished 3-for-4. His grand slam came on a 0-1 pitch from Darren Oliver (3-5) with Minnesota already leading 3-0.

The All-Star catcher hit Oliver’s pitch into the folded seats above the Metrodome’s right-field wall to complete the scoring in the Twins’ seven-run inning.

Pierzynski’s previous grand slam came May 7 against Tampa Bay. It’s the first time the Twins have had a player hit more than one grand slam in a season since Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett hit two in 1993.

Giants 8, White Sox 4

CHICAGO – Barry Bonds hit a tying two-run homer in the ninth and Rich Aurilia had a pinch-hit grand slam later in the inning to rally the San Francisco Giants over the Chicago White Sox 8-4 Thursday night.

Bartolo Colon (6-6) struck out Bonds in his first three at-bats and took a three-hitter into the ninth.

Ray Durham singled leading off the inning, and Bonds hit the next pitch for his 631st home run, his 18th this season. He also homered Wednesday night.

San Francisco then loaded the bases on singles by Benito Santiago and Pedro Feliz, and an intentional walk to Edgardo Alfonzo.

Mets 11, Rangers 0

ARLINGTON, Texas – Vance Wilson homered and drove in five runs and Al Leiter pitched six shutout innings as the New York Mets beat the Texas Rangers 11-0 on Thursday night.

Leiter, Graeme Lloyd and John Franco combined for New York’s third shutout of the season. The Rangers had 11 hits, but left 14 men on base while being shut out for the third time.

The Mets had season highs for runs and hits (16). Rookie Ty Wigginton went 4-for-5 with three RBIs.

If New York had played like this more often, Phillips might not be out of the job less than three years after a World Series appearance.

Then again, the Mets beat another last-place team for the second night in a row. And they are still just 29-35 overall, 15 games behind Atlanta in the NL East.