BALTIMORE – Garrett Olson took a shutout into the seventh inning, and the Baltimore Orioles ended the Tampa Bay Rays’ six-game winning streak with a 7-4 victory Tuesday night in a surprising duel for first place in the AL East.

Aubrey Huff homered and Melvin Mora had two RBIs for the Orioles, who broke a tie atop the division with Tampa Bay.

Both teams usually reside in the lower tier of the standings, but each has gotten off to an unexpected solid start while Boston, the New York Yankees and Toronto have struggled.

Mariners 7, Indians 2

CLEVELAND – Adrian Beltre hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in Seattle’s five-run ninth inning, and the Mariners beat the Cleveland Indians 7-2 on Tuesday night.

Nationals 6, Braves 3

WASHINGTON – Slumping Ryan Zimmerman had a season-high three hits, including a homer and tiebreaking two-run double, to lead the Washington Nationals past the Atlanta Braves 6-3 on Tuesday night.

Zimmerman and Nick Johnson hit consecutive solo shots in the third inning off Tom Glavine, who was coming off his first trip to the disabled list in a 22-season career. Zimmerman hadn’t homered since April 2.

Dodgers 7, Marlins 6

MIAMI – Jeff Kent’s two-out single broke a ninth-inning tie, and the Los Angeles Dodgers won their fourth game in a row Tuesday night by beating the Florida Marlins 7-6.

Phillies 7, Padres 4

PHILADELPHIA – Cole Hamels pitched 7 1-3 impressive innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 7-4 Tuesday night, denying Greg Maddux his 350th career victory.

Tigers 6, Yankees 4

NEW YORK – Gary Sheffield and Curtis Granderson homered in the third inning, sending old pro Kenny Rogers and the Detroit Tigers to a 6-4 victory over the road-weary New York Yankees on Tuesday night. Magglio Ordonez got Detroit going with a two-run single off struggling right-hander Phil Hughes, and the $139 million Tigers won for the sixth time in eight games as they try to recover from an 0-7 start.

Twins 3, White Sox 1

MINNEAPOLIS – Boof Bonser picked up Minnesota’s beleaguered starting rotation with the group’s first win in 10 days to lead the Twins to a 3-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.

Bonser (2-4) gave up a homer to Joe Crede among six hits and struck out eight to earn the win, the first by a Twins starter since April 19.

Jason Kubel homered and Joe Nathan picked up his eighth save for the Twins.

Gavin Floyd (2-1) gave up three runs and five hits in six innings and Crede hit his AL-leading seventh homer of the season.