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NEW YORK – Tom Glavine closed within five wins of 300, while the New York Yankees lost yet another pitcher to injury.

David Wright hit a pair of two-run homers off reliever Mike Myers after Darrell Rasner broke his index finger in the first inning, and the Mets held off their fading Big Apple rivals 10-7 on Saturday for their second consecutive victory in the Subway Series.

Super sub Endy Chavez had four hits on a rainy afternoon at Shea Stadium, one day after delivering the go-ahead homer in a 3-2 win over Andy Pettitte and the Yankees.

Staked to a six-run lead, Glavine (5-1) lasted six-plus innings for his 295th career victory.

The plummeting Yankees (18-23) lost for the seventh time in nine games and matched their low-water mark in a dismal season.

Cubs 11, White Sox 6

CHICAGO – Derrek Lee, who’d missed the five previous games with neck spasms, punctuated a six-run eighth inning with a pinch-hit grand slam to lead another Cubs comeback, sending the White Sox to a staggering 11-6 defeat.

Twins 5, Brewers 2

MILWAUKEE – Scott Baker pitched into the ninth inning in his first major league appearance this season and the newly buzzed Minnesota Twins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2.

Marlins 7, Devil Rays 2

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Dontrelle Willis allowed two runs in seven innings, Jeremy Hermida and Aaron Boone homered on consecutive pitches in the sixth and the Florida Marlins beat Tampa Bay 7-2.

Blue Jays 13, Phillies 2

PHILADELPHIA – Matt Stairs hit a grand slam, Lyle Overbay drove in four runs with a triple and homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 13-2.

Tigers 8, Cardinals 7

DETROIT – Ivan Rodriguez’s three-run homer in the third inning gave Detroit a six-run lead, and some strong defensive plays helped the Tigers hold on for an 8-7 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Astros 6, Rangers 1

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HOUSTON – Lance Berkman hit a two-run single after an umpire’s missed call in the sixth inning, and the Houston Astros went on to beat the Texas Rangers 6-1.

Reds 10, Indians 5

CLEVELAND – Brandon Phillips hit a three-run homer against his former team and extended his hitting streak to 21 games, leading the Cincinnati Reds over Cleveland 10-5 .

Orioles 3, Nationals 2

WASHINGTON – Jay Payton’s two-run double in the 11th inning gave the Baltimore Orioles a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals.

D-backs 9, Pirates 8

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PITTSBURGH – Carlos Quentin’s two-run single in the eighth inning finished off Arizona’s franchise record-tying comeback, and the Diamondbacks rallied from six runs down with the help of Pittsburgh’s ineffective bullpen for a 9-8 victory.

Angels 6, Dodgers 2

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Mike Napoli homered and scored the go-ahead run on a double play, Robb Quinlan drove in two more with a bloop double and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Dodgers 6-2.

Rockies 6, Royals 4

DENVER – Brad Hawpe and Garrett Atkins hit home runs off Gil Meche – the first earned runs the right-hander allowed on the road this season – as the Colorado Rockies beat Kansas City 6-4.

Athletics 4, Giants 2

OAKLAND, Calif. – Dan Haren allowed three hits over seven dominant innings, and Jack Cust hit a three-run homer in the Oakland Athletics’ second straight victory in the Bay Bridge Series, 4-2 over the San Francisco Giants.

While Barry Bonds played in his ninth straight game without hitting a homer, two of the Bay Area’s top young pitchers showed off in front of another Coliseum crowd with divided loyalties – and Cust added another big blast to his remarkable binge for the A’s.

Haren (4-2) retired 15 straight batters after a rocky 33-pitch first inning, giving up his only runs on Bengie Molina’s two-run homer in the seventh. Three relievers finished it off, with Alan Embree pitching the ninth for his first save with the A’s.

But Matt Cain (2-4) nearly matched Haren after Cust’s shot in the first inning, striking out nine and yielding just six hits in 6 1-3 innings.

Bonds went 1-for-3 with a single, but the slugger hasn’t added to his 745 career homers since May 8 against the New York Mets.

San Francisco, which walked 13 batters in a 15-3 loss to the A’s on Friday night, has lost eight of 11, including four of its last five while falling back below .500. Oakland has been similarly mediocre, but the majors’ second-best interleague team has been solid so far against its local rivals.

Haren struck out six in yet another strong outing for the A’s, who haven’t missed injured starter Rich Harden terribly because of Haren and Joe Blanton.

Haren hasn’t allowed more than three earned runs in any of his AL-leading 10 starts while pitching at least five innings in every trip to the mound – but the right-hander got no decision in his three previous starts.

Haren walked two batters and barely escaped the first inning on a bases-loaded grounder by Molina, but quickly found a groove. Just two of the next 15 hitters even got the ball into the outfield before Bonds lined a leadoff single to right in the seventh.

But Molina popped his fourth homer of the season into the left-field stands, and Haren subsequently threw two wild pitches before escaping the inning on a groundout.

Cain, who threw a one-hitter at the Coliseum last May, walked Nick Swisher and gave up a two-out single to Dan Johnson in the first before Cust hit his eighth homer in 13 charmed games since joining the A’s on May 4 after a minor-league trade with San Diego.

Cain didn’t face trouble again until the seventh, when he walked two batters and left with the bases loaded. Reliever Jack Taschner struck out Eric Chavez and got Johnson on a fly.

Cain has lost three of his last four starts.

Jason Kendall drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the eighth to make it 4-2.

Notes: Randy Winn led off the game with a single to extend his hitting streak to 18 games. Winn’s streak is the Giants’ longest since Robby Thompson hit in 21 straight in 1993. … Swisher had his hair cut by his father before the game. His lengthy locks will be donated to a charity that makes wigs for cancer patients. … Cust punctuated his homer with an old-fashioned “Bash Brothers” forearm high-five with Swisher and Johnson.

AP-ES-05-19-07 2347EDT

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