By The Associated Press

NEW YORK – Randy Johnson pitched eight gritty innings, Tony Womack hit a go-ahead single and the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 Monday night for their first three-game winning streak of the season.

Tino Martinez homered in his third consecutive game for the Yankees (14-19), who were coming off consecutive shutouts of Oakland.

Adrian Beltre connected for the Mariners, who have lost eight of nine.

Ichiro Suzuki went 2-for-4 with an RBI single and a strikeout against Johnson, his first regular-season at-bats against the Big Unit.

Blue Jays 6, Royals 1

TORONTO – Josh Towers won his third straight start by pitching eight strong innings, and the Toronto Blue Jays ended a four-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the struggling Kansas City Royals on Monday night.

Russ Adams hit a two-run triple for the Blue Jays, swept in three of their previous four home series.

Towers (4-1), Toronto’s fifth starter, allowed one run and seven hits, struck out five and walked one. He has allowed two runs in his last 22 2-3 innings, dropping his ERA to 3.12, and has given up two runs or fewer in five of seven starts.

Orioles 3, Twins 0

BALTIMORE – Daniel Cabrera outpitched Carlos Silva, Miguel Tejada homered and drove in two runs, and the Baltimore Orioles ended the Minnesota Twins’ four-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory Monday night.

Cabrera (2-2) allowed three hits, had a career-high 11 strikeouts and walked two in eight innings.

He permitted only two runners past first base and had at least one strikeout in every inning but the fourth.

After Michael Cuddyer singled in the second, Cabrera retired 13 straight before issuing a leadoff walk to Justin Morneau in the seventh. Torii Hunter followed with a single before Cabrera struck out Jacque Jones, Terry Tiffe and Cuddyer.

Devil Rays 4, White Sox 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Chris Singleton had two hits and drove in two runs Monday night to help the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat Chicago 4-2, ending the White Sox’s eight-game winning streak.

Lance Carter (1-0) pitched three scoreless innings in relief of Hideo Nomo, who left because of cramps in his left hamstring in the sixth. Danys Baez worked the ninth for his third save in four opportunities.

Singleton had two run-scoring singles off Freddy Garcia (3-2), the second snapping a 2-2 tie in the sixth. Damon Hollins added an RBI double in the sixth, and the Devil Rays scored again for a two-run lead when Aubrey Huff grounded out with the bases loaded in the seventh.

Astros 2, Marlins 1

MIAMI – Roger Clemens pitched seven shutout innings to win for the first time since April 8, and the Houston Astros broke an 11-game road losing streak Monday by beating the Florida Marlins 2-1.

Orlando Palmeiro, who came into the game with one RBI, drove in both runs with a scratch single and sacrifice fly. Houston has scored 11 runs in seven starts by Clemens (2-1).

The Astros improved to 2-14 on the road, winning away from Houston for the first time since April 15. They bounced back from a 16-0 loss Sunday at Atlanta, their sixth consecutive defeat.

Tigers 2, Rangers 0

ARLINGTON, Texas – Nate Robertson pitched eight strong innings and Craig Monroe hit an RBI triple with two outs in the ninth to give the Detroit Tigers a 2-0 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night.

The Tigers got their only runs off AL saves leader Francisco Cordero (0-1), who took over after Chris Young threw eight innings.

After Cordero got the first two outs in the ninth, he walked Dmitri Young before Monroe tripled off the fence in right-center field. Carlos Pena then had a run-scoring single.

Phillies 4, Brewers 2

MILWAUKEE – The Philadelphia Phillies rode an unexpected power surge to a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night when Chase Utley homered twice and Jason Michaels and Bobby Abreu also went deep.

Randy Wolf (2-4) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings, snapping a personal three-game losing streak and winning on the road for the first time since July 17, 2004, at Shea Stadium.

Philadelphia had just 24 homers coming into the game, tied for 13th in the NL and 27th in the majors, but Wolf got all the support he needed from three mighty swings.