By The Associated Press

NEW YORK – Jorge Posada drove in three runs to back Chien-Ming Wang, and the New York Yankees cooled off the surprising Florida Marlins with a 6-5 victory Friday night.

Making their first trip to Yankee Stadium since winning the 2003 World Series, the young Marlins lost for only the second time in 12 games. Managed by ex-Yankee catcher and coach Joe Girardi, they are 20-8 since May 22 after starting the season 11-31.

Miguel Olivo hit a two-run homer for Florida, which opened the season with baseball’s lowest payroll (about $15 million) to New York’s major league high of approximately $199 million.

Tigers 10, Cardinals 6

DETROIT – Brandon Inge and Curtis Granderson homered to help the Detroit Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-6.

Albert Pujols went 4-for-4 with his 26th homer and a walk in his second game since coming off the disabled list. He had been sidelined since June 3 with a strained oblique muscle.

The Tigers lost catcher Ivan Rodriguez to a wrist injury after he was hit with a foul tip. X-rays were negative and his status is day-to-day.

Mets 6, Blue Jays 1

TORONTO – Tom Glavine became baseball’s first 11-game winner, David Wright hit a three-run homer and the New York Mets beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 to set a club record with their ninth straight victory on the road.

Lastings Milledge also homered for the Mets, and Glavine (11-2) pitched seven strong innings to win his ninth consecutive decision.

But it might have been a costly victory because setup man Duaner Sanchez, a key member of New York’s stellar bullpen, left after only two pitches with an injury.

Orioles 2, Nationals 1

BALTIMORE – Rodrigo Lopez allowed one run in seven innings and Chris Ray bounced back from his first blown save of the season, pitching a perfect ninth to seal the Baltimore Orioles’ 2-1 victory over the Washington Nationals.

Melvin Mora drove in a run and scored one for the Orioles, who rebounded from Thursday’s disheartening loss to Florida.

Ray blew a four-run lead by yielding two ninth-inning homers in that game, but he got the job done in this one to earn his 19th save in 20 chances.

Lopez (5-8) gave up seven hits, struck out seven and walked none.

Reds 3, Indians 0

CLEVELAND – Aaron Harang pitched his second career shutout and Ryan Freel had a career-high five hits to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 win over the Cleveland Indians.

Harang (8-5) allowed seven hits, walked two and struck out six. The right-hander improved to 6-2 with a 1.57 ERA in eight road starts as Cincinnati won for the 10th time in its last 12 games away from home.

Freel went 5-for-5 and is hitting .418 (33-for-79) in his last 22 games.

Twins 7, Cubs 2

MINNEAPOLIS – Johan Santana threw eight excellent innings and the Minnesota Twins moved two games above .500 for the first time this year with a 7-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

Justin Morneau homered and had three RBIs, and Michael Cuddyer and Luis Castillo each drove in two runs to support Santana (8-4), who easily outpitched Cubs rookie Carlos Marmol (1-2) and sent the Twins to their 12th win in 14 games.

Braves 4, Devil Rays 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Todd Pratt’s RBI grounder in the 11th inning helped the Atlanta Braves end their longest losing streak in 18 years at 10 games with a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

The victory stopped Atlanta’s longest losing streak since they lost the first 10 games of the 1988 season. The win came with a cost, though, as starting pitcher John Smoltz left with a strained right groin in the second inning.

White Sox 7, Astros 4

CHICAGO – Jose Contreras won his team-record 16th straight decision, Scott Podsednik hit his first career grand slam and the Chicago White Sox won a World Series rematch by beating the Houston Astros 7-4 for their eighth straight win.

Eight months after helping the White Sox sweep Houston for their first World Series championship since 1917, Podsednik and Contreras again found themselves in the middle of the action.

Brewers 7, Royals 2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Dave Bush pitched effectively into the eighth inning and Geoff Jenkins drove in three runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers past the Kansas City Royals 7-2.

Corey Koskie homered for Milwaukee and Bush (5-6) earned his second victory since May 12. He scattered nine hits, struck out eight and walked none in 7 1-3 innings.

Jenkins, who popped out as a pinch-hitter Wednesday to snap his six-game hitting streak, had a two-run double in the first and a run-scoring single in the third.