By The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA – Jaret Wright combined with four relievers on a three-hitter to lead the New York Yankees to a 5-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night.

Wright (4-4) gave up three hits, struck out a season-high six in five innings and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Johnny Damon went 3-for-3 with an RBI for New York, which has won two straight after losing eight of 11.

Cole Hamels (1-3) pitched seven strong innings for the Phillies, who finished 2-7 on their only homestand this month to fall to 35-37.

A night after Ryan Howard put on a tremendous power display with two homers, one triple and seven RBIs, the Yankees shut him down. Howard went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, and the rest of Philadelphia’s offense wasn’t any better.

Reds 6, Mets 5

NEW YORK – Brandon Phillips hit a two-out, two-run single off Mets closer Billy Wagner in the ninth inning to help the Cincinnati Reds overcome Jose Reyes’ cycle in a 6-5 victory over New York on Wednesday night.

Wagner retired the first two batters easily but then walked Austin Kearns and pinch-hitter David Ross. Pinch-hitter Rich Aurilia reached on an infield single to third and Phillips followed with a sharp single to center.

Kearns and pinch-runner Quinton McCracken scored to put the Reds in front 6-5. Wagner (3-1) blew his fourth save in 18 opportunities.

Angels 6, Giants 3

SAN FRANCISCO – Maicer Izturis hit a tiebreaking, three-run double off the wall in left in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels avoided a three-game sweep by the San Francisco Giants with a 6-3 victory Wednesday.

Juan Rivera hit a go-ahead two-run homer to left in the sixth but the Giants tied it the next inning when Barry Bonds entered as a pinch-hitter with runners on the corners and no outs and grounded into a double play that allowed Pedro Feliz to score the tying run from third.

Fans jumped to their feet and chanted “Barry! Barry!” and the slugger emerged from the dugout to rousing applause.

Blue Jays 6, Braves 3

ATLANTA – Lyle Overbay had two RBIs in Toronto’s four-run third inning and the Blue Jays beat Atlanta 6-3 Wednesday night to give the Braves their longest losing streak in 18 years.

Tim Hudson, who has dominated Toronto in his career, couldn’t rescue the Braves from their first nine-game losing streak since opening the 1988 season with 10 straight losses.

The Braves have lost 19 of 22 games, including a 2-17 mark in June. They trail first-place New York by 141/2 games in the NL East, their largest deficit since 1990 when Atlanta finished last, 26 games back.

White Sox 13, Cardinals 5

CHICAGO – Paul Konerko, Jim Thome, Joe Crede and Juan Uribe homered and the Chicago White Sox put on another double-digit offensive display Wednesday night, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 13-5.

The White Sox scored 11 runs with 12 hits in the third inning during Tuesday night’s 20-6 victory that featured 24 hits. On Wednesday, they scored four in the first and five in the second to take control early and finished with 16 hits, four by Thome.

Cardinals starter Jason Marquis (9-5), who had won six straight decisions, was pounded for 13 runs and 14 hits in five innings, one night after the White Sox scored nine runs and had 10 hits off Mark Mulder in 2 1-3 innings.

It was Marquis’ first loss since May 8.

Cubs 9, Indians 2

CLEVELAND – Carlos Zambrano won again following a Chicago loss and the Cubs, handed extra outs by Cleveland’s infield during a bizarre eight-run third inning, rolled to a rain-shortened 9-2 win over the Indians on Wednesday night.

Booming thunderstorms halted play in the top of the eighth, and the umpiring crew waited 1 hour, 18 minutes before calling the interleague game.

Staked to a 9-1 lead after three, Zambrano (6-3) simply coasted for six innings while improving to 5-0 with a 1.56 ERA in his last eight starts after a Chicago defeat. He allowed two runs and six hits.

Devil Rays 3, D-backs 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Rookie James Shields allowed four hits in seven innings and Rocco Baldelli continued his torrid hitting with a run-scoring double to help the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the slumping Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Wednesday night.

Shields (4-0) became the first Devil Rays pitcher to begin his career with four straight victories.

He held the Diamondbacks hitless until the fifth inning and finished with five strikeouts and three walks.

Baldelli, who missed all of 2005 and the first two months of this season with a variety of injuries, went 2-for-3 against Brandon Webb (8-3) and is hitting .388 with two homers and six RBIs in 13 games since coming off the disabled list.

Orioles 4, Marlins 0

BALTIMORE – Erik Bedard ended another lengthy winning streak, this time with a pitching performance that was nearly perfect for seven innings.

Bedard took a one-hitter into the eighth, and the Baltimore Orioles snapped the Florida Marlins’ nine-game winning streak with a 4-0 victory Wednesday night.

The only Florida batter to reach base over the first seven innings was Alfredo Amezaga, who lined a clean single to center with one out in the fourth.

Royals 6, Pirates 4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Mark Teahen’s tiebreaking two-run home run off Salomon Torres in the eighth inning lifted Kansas City to a 6-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.

Teahen, whose error at third base earlier in the game led to an unearned run, hit the first pitch from Torres (2-4) over the fence in right for his fourth home run. Emil Brown started the inning with a single.

The Royals, who still have the worst record in the majors, have won four of their last five. It was the seventh loss in a row for the Pirates, who are 1-7 this year against the American League.

Brewers 4, Tigers 3

MILWAUKEE – Rickie Weeks hit a two-run homer with two outs in the seventh inning to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-3 victory over Detroit on Wednesday, snapping the Tigers’ six-game winning streak.

Weeks’ seventh homer of the season came on a 2-0 pitch from fireballing Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya, landing just over the wall in left center field as outfielder Curtis Granderson tried to make a leaping catch.

Detroit starter Nate Robertson gave up three runs – two earned – in 6 2-3 innings before giving up a pinch-hit single to Chris Barnwell, his first major league hit.

Robertson then left the game with tightness in his left quadriceps and is listed as day to day.

Astros 5, Twins 3

HOUSTON – Adam Everett had two doubles and two RBIs and Lance Berkman homered to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-3 victory over Minnesota on Wednesday night, snapping the Twins’ eight-game winning streak.

Preston Wilson singled off reliever Kyle Lohse (2-5) to start the Astros’ two-out rally in the eighth that led to their 10th win in 14 games. Eric Munson walked before Jason Lane muscled a soft liner into right to score Wilson.

Everett followed with a double off the left field wall to score Munson and knock Lohse out of the game before he retired a batter. Lohse had relieved Dennys Reyes, who retired the two hitters he faced in the eighth.