NEW YORK – Alex Rodriguez went 0-for-4 and remained stuck at 499 career homers in New York’s 8-1 victory over Chicago on Wednesday night and matched the longest hitless streak of his big league career at 21 at-bats.

Jorge Posada homered twice, and Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano and Shelley Duncan also connected to give the Yankees 13 home runs in two games. That tied the team record for a two-game span set in a doubleheader at the Philadelphia Athletics on June 28, 1939.

Rodriguez is hitless since he went deep at Kansas City last Wednesday, dropping his season average to .295.

Andy Pettitte (7-7) allowed one run and six hits in seven innings as New York won its third straight.

Athletics 3, Tigers 2

OAKLAND, Calif. – Mark Ellis hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning, and Oakland handed Detroit its fourth straight series loss.

The AL Central-leading Tigers dropped two straight to the A’s after winning the series opener. The Tigers have lost six of seven games overall and eight of 11.

Mike Piazza had two hits and drove in a run for the A’s, who won their second straight following a four-game losing streak. Piazza is batting .354 (17-for-48) with 12 RBIs since coming off the disabled list on July 20.

Andrew Brown (1-0) allowed two hits in 1 1-3 innings for his first major league win, and Alan Embree got five outs for his 12th save.

Oakland starter Dallas Braden, winless in 10 games since beating Baltimore on April 24, allowed two runs and four hits in 5 1-3 innings.

Devil Rays 6, Blue Jays 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Carl Crawford had three hits, including a two-run homer, to lead Tampa Bay.

Crawford connected off Josh Towers (5-8) in the sixth to put Tampa Bay up 3-2. Brendan Harris made it 4-2 with an RBI single off Brandon League.

Crawford, slowed recently by a sore right wrist, has two homers in his last three games after not hitting one in his previous 42 games.

Jonny Gomes also homered for the Devil Rays, just 8-26 since June 25. Gary Glover (5-3) threw two scoreless innings as five pitchers combined on a five-hitter.

Braves 12, Astros 3

ATLANTA – Mark Teixeira hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs in his Atlanta debut Wednesday night, leading the Braves.

Teixeira, acquired from Texas in Tuesday’s seven-player trade, drew a bases-loaded walk in the first inning to drive in a run in his first plate appearance.

After Houston reliever Matt Albers walked Edgar Renteria and Chipper Jones in the sixth inning, Teixeira hit a 2-1 pitch over the wall in left-center for his first homer with the Braves and his 14th overall. Teixeira was greeted with high-fives from Jones and Renteria and slaps on his helmet in the dugout, but the fans were not satisfied until he bounced back up the dugout steps and lifted his helmet high in response to the cheers.

The Braves scored a combined 38 runs in three straight wins, including 24 in winning two straight over the Astros.

Marlins 4, Rockies 3

MIAMI – Byung-Hyun Kim survived a 37-pitch first inning and had a career-high 10 strikeouts Wednesday as the Florida Marlins held off the Colorado Rockies 4-3.

Kim (6-5) needed 126 pitches to make it through 5 1-3 innings. He walked six, hit a batter, threw a wild pitch and allowed the Rockies to steal four bases.

But his former team repeatedly wasted scoring chances after taking an early 2-0 lead. The Rockies stranded 14 runners and struck out a season-high 16 times.

When Kim walked the leadoff batter in the third, manager Fredi Gonzalez paid a visit to the mound, and whatever he said transformed his struggling pitcher. Kim struck out the next three batters on 10 pitches, then struck out five over the next 2 1-3 innings while allowing only one hit.

Three relievers combined for 2 2-3 hitless innings, and Kevin Gregg allowed an RBI single to Garrett Atkins in the ninth before striking out Yorvit Torrealba with the bases loaded to complete the victory for his 22nd save in 24 chances.

Florida’s Miguel Cabrera had three hits, including his 26th homer. Josh Willingham also had three hits and drove in the go-ahead run for the Marlins, who won for only the second time in nine games.

Josh Fogg (5-7) allowed eight hits and four runs, three earned, in five-plus innings. Fogg was pitching on nine days’ rest after his last scheduled start was rained out.

Colorado’s Willy Taveras reached four times and stole three bases, a career high, but he was stranded three times.

The first two Rockies to bat scored their only runs until the ninth. Taveras led off the first with his 32nd bunt single of the year, stole second and came home on a double by Kaz Matsui. Todd Helton doubled in another run, but Colorado left the bases loaded.

The Marlins made it 2-all in the bottom of the first. They loaded the bases with two walks sandwiched around a single. Willingham singled home a run, and another run scored when center fielder Taveras bobbled the ball for an error.

Florida went ahead to stay in the fourth when Willingham singled, stole second and came home on a single by Matt Treanor. Cabrera hit a two-out homer on a 3-2 pitch in the fifth.

Notes: Kim’s pitch count was the highest for a Florida pitcher since Josh Beckett threw 126 on May 20, 2004, against Houston. … The Rockies traded Kim to Florida on May 14 for RHP Jorge Julio. … When Taveras stole second in the fourth inning, Kim crouched to avoid the throw, then inexplicably reached up and caught it. … Treanor improved to 5-for-6 against Fogg. … Cabrera moved ahead of Derrek Lee into sole possession of second place on the Marlins’ home-run list with 130. Mike Lowell holds the club record with 143.

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