CHICAGO – The Cubs own the best record in the majors and it sure looks as if they’re the top team in their own town, too.

Jim Edmonds homered twice, Mike Fontenot went deep and Aramis Ramirez added a three-run shot, all during a nine-run fourth inning Saturday that helped the Cubs beat the White Sox 11-7 to win for the second straight day in the meeting of first-place teams.

The Cubs hit back-to-back homers twice in the fourth inning – the second straight day they’ve hit consecutive homers against their city rivals – and finished with 15 hits. They’ve now won 13 straight at Wrigley Field, where they are 31-8 this season.

Indians 7, Dodgers 2

LOS ANGELES – Pitcher C.C. Sabathia hit a tape-measure home run and struck out 10, highlighting Cleveland’s win over the Dodgers.

Jamey Carroll opened a six-run 11th with a single and capped the burst with a sacrifice fly.

Sabathia launched a home run estimated at 440 feet and improved to 12-for-40 (.300) lifetime as a hitter. He has two career homers and seven RBIs. He allowed one run and five hits over seven innings, and improved his league-leading strikeout total to 107.

Angels 6, Phillies 2

PHILADELPHIA – Erick Aybar hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning and Vladimir Guerrero connected twice to back another strong performance by Joe Saunders, and Los Angeles beat Philadelphia.

Saunders (11-3) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings. He had 15 career victories entering this season, but is now tied with Arizona’s Brandon Webb for most wins in the majors.

Reds 6, Yankees 0

NEW YORK – Edwin Encarnacion broke up an unlikely pitchers’ duel with a two-run single in the seventh inning and Cincinnati beat New York.

Encarnacion’s two-out hit off Dan Giese (1-2) gave Cincinnati the lead and Corey Patterson followed with a drive to right off Jose Veras for his 100th career homer. Brandon Phillips tacked on a two-run single in the eighth.

Daryl Thompson worked five innings in his major league debut for Cincinnati, which has won the first two games in its first trip to the Bronx since it swept New York in the 1976 World Series.

Rays 4, Astros 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Pinch-hitter Gabe Gross doubled with the bases loaded, driving in two runs in the bottom of ninth inning to give Tampa Bay its sixth win in eight games, pulling the Rays within a half-game of Boston in the AL East.

With Houston leading 3-2 in the ninth, Astros manager Cecil Cooper turned to Doug Brocail (2-3) instead of calling on closer Jose Valverde to finish the game. It turned out to be the wrong move; Brocail failed to record an out.

Brewers 3, Orioles 2

MILWAUKEE – Corey Hart hit a two-run homer, Seth McClung continued his superb June and Milwaukee snapped Baltimore’s four-game winning streak.

The Brewers won for the fifth time in six games overall and for the 11th time in their last 14 home games.

McClung (5-3), a one-time reliever, struck out six and improved to 3-1 with a 2.55 ERA this month. He gave up two runs and three hits with five walks in 6 2-3 innings, retiring 12 of the first 13 batters.

Pirates 6, Blue Jays 3

PITTSBURGH – Jason Bay, Raul Chavez and Jose Bautista each hit two-run homers, helping Pittsburgh extend Toronto’s season-high losing streak to seven games.

Rod Barajas had two hits and two RBIs and Vernon Wells had two hits and scored two runs for the Blue Jays, who lost for the second consecutive night in Pittsburgh under new manager Cito Gaston.

Bautista had three hits and Matt Capps pitched a perfect ninth for his 17th save.

Twins 6, D-backs 1

MINNEAPOLIS – Joe Mauer started a six-run seventh inning for Minnesota with a surprise bunt single, and Nick Blackburn pitched seven shutout innings to get the Twins their fifth straight victory.

Blackburn (6-4) surrendered only three hits, two by Stephen Drew, and struck out three. He threw just 89 pitches.

Stepping in to start the seventh, Mauer bent down on a first-pitch fastball from Micah Owings (6-6) and sent a bunt toward replacement third baseman Augie Ojeda.

Royals 5, Giants 3

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Gil Meche won consecutive starts for the first time this season, Jose Guillen hit a two-run homer and Kansas City defeated San Francisco.

Meche lost his shutout in the sixth when Fred Lewis and Ray Durham led off with singles. Randy Winn hit a comebacker, but Meche’s throwing error to second allowed Lewis to score and Durham to take third, and Bengie Molina followed with a sacrifice fly that made it 3-2.

Rangers 13, Nationals 3

WASHINGTON – Kason Gabbard won for the first time since April 4, David Murphy and Ramon Vazquez had three RBIs each and Texas beat Washington.

Ian Kinsler led the game off with a fly ball that left fielder Wily Mo Pena deflected into the visitors bullpen for a home run, his 11th.

The Rangers scored seven runs in the seventh.

on a two-run single by Michael Young, RBI singles by Josh Hamilton and Murphy, and a bases-loaded double by Vazquez. The seven runs equaled Texas’ biggest inning of the season.

The Nationals have lost eight of their last 10 home games and 14 of 20 overall.

Gabbard (2-3) was staked to 3-0 lead before he threw a pitch on Kinsler’s homer and a two-run double by Murphy off Garrett Mock (0-2).

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