CLEVELAND – Derek Jeter homered leading off the game for his 1,000th career run, then stole a pair of bases in the ninth inning and scored on Hideki Matsui’s two-out single to lead the New York Yankees over Cleveland 5-4 Tuesday night, the Indians’ ninth straight loss.

New York, which rallied from a 4-1 deficit, has won two straight after losing six of seven and remained 61/2 games ahead of second-place Boston in the AL East.

It was the Yankees’ 48th come-from-behind win, the most in the major leagues.

Cleveland, which had been one game behind AL Central-leading Minnesota on Aug. 15, began the night eight games behind the Twins. The Indians are on their longest skid since losing 10 straight in 1979.

Jeter, hit on the left elbow by a pitch from Bob Wickman (0-2) on Monday, showed no signs of lingering problems. He hit his 16th homer in the first inning, then walked against Wickman with the score 4-all in the ninth and stole his 19th and 20th bases.

White Sox 9, Tigers 5

DETROIT – Juan Uribe homered, scored the go-ahead run and drove in three runs, helping the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 9-5 Tuesday night to end a five-game losing streak.

Jon Garland (9-9) won for just the second time in nine starts since defeating Seattle on July 9, giving up four runs and eight hits in seven innings.

Wilfredo Ledezma (3-1), who had won his previous two starts, allowed five runs and seven hits in six innings, which matched his longest outing since moving into the starting rotation on July 30.

Carlos Pena hit a third-inning grand slam for Detroit, which lost for just the third time in 10 games. It was the third slam of Pena’s career. He also had a game-ending grand slam against Arizona on June 27.

Pirates 3, D-backs 1

PITTSBURGH – Oliver Perez pitched eight sharp innings, Daryle Ward homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a five-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.

Pirates left fielder Jason Bay reached over the wall to take away a two-run homer from Alex Cintron in the first, and Perez faced few problems after that.

Perez (9-6), who entered the game leading the National League with an average of 11 strikeouts per nine innings, fanned nine and walked two. He struck out five over his last two innings.

Perez gave up five hits and Jose Mesa pitched a perfect ninth for his 34th save in 39 chances.

Ward entered the game hitting just .207 since returning from the disabled list Aug. 15. He hit his 12th home run and an RBI double, and also singled. His solo homer off reliever Mike Koplove in the seventh made it 3-1.

Dodgers 10, Expos 2

MONTREAL – Adrian Beltre hit a grand slam of the season to become the first player to reach 40 home runs this year, and Alex Cora homered and had five RBIs to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Montreal Expos 10-2 Tuesday night.

Los Angeles scored eight times in the fifth, its biggest inning of the season. Beltre connected off Rocky Biddle (4-7) for his fourth career slam, his second this season, and Cora hit a three-run drive against Francis Beltran.

Cora also had an RBI single in the second and a run-scoring grounder in the ninth, tying his career high for RBIs.

Kazuhisa Ishii (12-6), who had been 0-2 in six starts July 16, allowed two runs in 7 1-3 innings. Masao Kida, whose contract was purchased from Triple-A Las Vegas earlier in the day, got the last five outs.

Marlins 9, Giants 1

MIAMI – The Florida Marlins started a big series against the San Francisco Giants with a big inning.

Alex Gonzalez hit a three-run homer to cap a seven-run first inning, and Mike Lowell drove in five runs to help Florida win 9-1 on Tuesday night.

With the win, the defending World Series champions opened a three-game set touted as their most important so far this season. Florida won for the eighth time in 11 games and pulled within four games of the Giants, who began the night tied with Chicago for the NL wild-card lead.

A.J. Burnett (4-6) allowed just two hits – both singles by Edgardo Alfonzo – and one run in seven innings. Throwing at up to 100 mph, he walked four and hit a batter, and the Giants’ only run scored on a bases-loaded wild pitch.

Matt Perisho and Armando Benitez completed the three-hitter, which matched a season low for the Giants.

Padres 3, Mets 1

NEW YORK – David Wells continued his road dominance Tuesday night, taking a shutout into the ninth inning and pitching the San Diego Padres past the New York Mets 3-1.

The only hits against the 41-year-old left-hander until the ninth were a pair of first-inning singles to Jeff Keppinger and Gerald Williams. The Mets knocked Wells out of the game with two outs on a double by Williams and Richard Hidalgo’s RBI single.

Trevor Hoffman came in and struck out Mike Cameron on three pitches for his 32nd save.

It was the fifth straight road victory for Wells, whose only loss away from home came on April 19 at San Francisco. Wells (8-7) struck out four and walked none and came within one out of his 13th career shutout.

Astros 4, Phillies 2

HOUSTON – Lance Berkman and Mike Lamb hit RBI singles in the eighth inning and the Houston Astros used a rare relief appearance by Roy Oswalt to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 Tuesday night.

The Astros won for the seventh time in nine games.

Carlos Hernandez pitched seven strong innings for Houston and left with the score tied at 2.

The Astros then turned to Oswalt, who had not relieved since July 2, 2002. The right-hander had made 64 straight starts since that time, but went only 2 2-3 innings Sunday against Chicago before being ejected for hitting Michael Barrett.

Braves 6, Rockies 5

ATLANTA – Rafael Furcal went 4-for-4, including a two-run triple in Atlanta’s four-run sixth inning, and Eli Marrero drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the seventh to lead the Braves to a 6-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.

Marrero and Julio Franco each went 3-for-4 for the Braves, who used 14 hits to rally past the Rockies after falling behind by four runs. Atlanta remained 71/2 games ahead of Florida in the NL East.

With Colorado leading 5-1 in the sixth, Shawn Estes gave up a double to Franco to open the inning and Marrero hit an infield single to put runners on first and third. Charles Thomas hit into a fielder’s choice to score Franco. Pinch-hitter Mark DeRosa followed with a single, knocking Estes out of the game.

Rangers 5, Twins 4

ARLINGTON, Texas – Mark Teixeira singled home the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Texas Rangers rallied to beat Minnesota 5-4 Tuesday night and stop the Twins’ four-game winning streak.

With the Twins in front, 4-3, Gerald Laird led off the ninth with a single off Joe Nathan (1-2). After Alfonso Soriano and David Dellucci struck out, Michael Young doubled into the left-field corner to tie the score, giving Nathan just his third blown save in 37 chances.

Hank Blalock was walked intentionally, Nathan threw a wild pitch and Teixeira singled just inside the right-field foul line.