NEW YORK – John Lackey earned his major league-leading eighth victory and the Los Angeles Angels barely had to swing the bat during a seventh-inning rally Sunday that gave them a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees and a three-game sweep.
Los Angeles took advantage after starter Mike Mussina got a quick hook, with pinch-hitter Erick Aybar and Chone Figgins drawing bases-loaded walks from Scott Proctor.
Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez held on in the ninth inning, giving up Melky Cabrera’s sacrifice fly before retiring Derek Jeter on a flyball with a runner on third for the final out. The AL West leaders won for the ninth time in 11 games and posted their first sweep at Yankee Stadium since 2004.
The Yankees lost for the seventh time in 10 games and dropped a season-high six games below .500.
Proctor (0-2) gave up two runs, walking three and allowing a hit. He covered his face with his cap when manager Joe Torre came to get him.
Orioles 8, Athletics 4
BALTIMORE – Miguel Tejada, Melvin Mora and Nick Markakis homered for Baltimore, negating another home run by Oakland’s Nick Swisher.
Oakland starter Joe Blanton (4-3) had allowed six homers in 67 2-3 innings before yielding three in six innings against Baltimore’s rejuvenated attack. The Orioles have scored eight runs in two straight games after going 13 straight games without scoring as many as seven runs.
Daniel Cabrera (4-5) allowed four runs, five hits and four walks in six innings for the Orioles. Tejada has homered in two straight games and three of four after connecting only twice in his first 46 games. Mora’s homer was his sixth, the first since May 1.
Twins 4, Blue Jays 2
MINNEAPOLIS – Carlos Silva ended a four-game losing streak and Justin Morneau homered and drove in three runs for Minnesota.
Silva (3-5) allowed six hits and struck out three in 7 1-3 innings, and the Twins won at home for just the third time in eight games.
A.J. Burnett (5-4) allowed three hits in eight innings for Toronto – his fourth three-hit effort of the season – but was hurt by his own defensive blunder.
Mariners 7, Royals 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jarrod Washburn gave up four hits and three runs, Jose Vidro and Raul Ibanez drove in two runs each and Seattle completed a three-game sweep of Kansas City.
Washburn (5-4) took a one-hit shutout and 6-0 lead into the sixth, but following a 22-minute rain delay gave up two runs, one on a wild pitch. He struck out four and walked one. The left-hander is 5-1 with a 2.83 ERA in Kauffman Stadium, where he won in his major league debut.
Devil Rays 11, White Sox 5
CHICAGO – Carl Crawford hit a go-ahead RBI triple in the seventh inning for Tampa Bay to back Scott Kazmir, who won for the third time in 17 starts dating to last season.
Ty Wigginton and Carlos Pena homered and Tampa Bay came from behind to win for the 17th time. The Devil Rays tied a season high with 15 hits, including four by B.J. Upton.
Kazmir (3-2) allowed four runs and scattered eight hits in seven innings, while striking out seven and walking three.
National League
Mets 6, Marlins 4
MIAMI – The New York Mets continued their mastery of left-handers with a four-run fourth against Florida starter Scott Olsen, carrying them past the Marlins.
David Wright had two hits and an RBI and Carlos Beltran walked and scored twice for the Mets, who swept a three-game series at Florida for the first time since October 1993. The Mets improved to a major-league best 18-7 on the road.
Miguel Cabrera had two hits, including an RBI double in the eighth, for Florida. Miguel Olivo had two hits, including his third home run of the year.
Mets starter Jorge Sosa (4-1) scattered five hits and two runs in 5 2-3 innings for his fourth win in 23 days.
Phillies 13, Braves 6
ATLANTA – Ryan Howard went 3-for-4 with a pair of two-run homers, Greg Dobbs added another two-run shot and Philadelphia completed its first sweep of the season.
Howard and Dobbs hit two-run homers in the first before the Phillies put the game away with seven runs in the fifth.
The Braves have lost 10 of 14 to fall to 12-13 in May. The Braves, in second place in the NL East, are only two games ahead of the third-place Phillies, who are 22-13 since starting 4-11.
Pirates 14, Reds 10
CINCINNATI – Jason Bay capped Pittsburgh’s five-run first inning with a three-run homer, Freddy Sanchez drove in a season-high four runs and Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati for the third straight game.
Jack Wilson added a two-run homer and the Pirates set a season high for runs.
Kirk Saarloos (0-4) failed to retire any of the seven batters he faced in his second start of the season for the Reds, who saw their season-high losing streak reach six games.
Padres 3, Brewers 0
SAN DIEGO – Jake Peavy held Milwaukee to two hits in seven innings and hit an RBI double off Jeff Suppan and San Diego finished off a three-game sweep of the Brewers.
Adrian Gonzalez added a solo homer for the Padres, who won for the 10th time in 13 games.
Heath Bell and Trevor Hoffman finished up the combined three-hitter, with Hoffman picking up his 15th save in 17 chances and extending his career record to 497.
Diamondbacks 8, Astros 4
PHOENIX – Carlos Quentin hit a two-run home run and Arizona beat Roy Oswalt for the first time, handing the Astros their eighth straight loss.
The Astros have been outscored 66-16 during their longest losing streak in six years.
Livan Hernandez (5-2) allowed 11 hits in his 43rd complete game and first since Sept. 9, 2005, for the Washington Nationals against San Francisco.
Dodgers 2, Cubs 1
LOS ANGELES – Andre Ethier hit a game-tying home run in the eighth, and Juan Pierre got hit with the bases loaded in the 11th to force in the winning run for Los Angeles.
Chad Billingsley (3-0) pitched a perfect 11th inning for the win.
after two hitless innings by Jonathan Broxton.
Derrek Lee snapped a scoreless tie in the eighth against reliever Rudy Seanez with an RBI single.
Left-handers, Randy Wolf and Chicago’s Rich Hill each pitched six scoreless innings of three 3-hit ball.
Rockies 6, Giants 4, 10 innings
SAN FRANCISCO – Barry Bonds broke out of a lengthy home run drought Sunday, hitting his 746th career homer in the sixth inning of a loss to Colorado to pull within nine of Hank Aaron’s career record 755.
Bonds’ 12th homer of the year was his first in 15 games since a shot off the Mets’ Tom Glavine on May 8. The two-run drive pulled the Giants within 4-3.
Former Giant LaTroy Hawkins gave up Bengie Molina’s tying single to right with two outs in the eighth after Bonds drew a full-count walk with a runner on first.
Steve Kline (0-1) allowed Todd Helton’s leadoff single in the 10th and was responsible for pinch-runner Kazuo Matsui, who scored on Troy Tulowitzki’s single.
Ramon Ramirez (2-1) pitched the ninth for the win as Colorado completed its first three-game sweep in San Francisco, and first in the series since May 24-26, 2002, in Denver. The Rockies have won five in a row for the first time since July 2-6, 2004.
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