DETROIT — Gary Sheffield went 4-for-4 with a home run and an RBI single, and Craig Monroe hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning to lead the Detroit Tigers past the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 on Wednesday.

The Tigers earned their first sweep of the year and have won a season-high four straight. Baltimore has lost four in a row and nine of 10.

Nate Robertson (3-1) gave up two runs and seven hits over 6 2-3 innings.

His 2.48 ERA ranks among the AL leaders.

Jason Grilli replaced Robertson and struck out Jay Payton with a runner on second. Fernando Rodney pitched a scoreless eighth and Todd Jones worked a perfect ninth for his 10th save in 12 opportunities.

Mariners 3, White Sox 2

SEATTLE – Yuniesky Betancourt hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and Miguel Batista pitched the surging Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

Jose Guillen also homered and Raul Ibanez had an RBI double for the Mariners, who won for the seventh time in eight games and sent Chicago to its fourth consecutive loss.

Betancourt hit a 1-0 fastball into Seattle’s bullpen beyond left field off rookie John Danks, who looked to Safeco Field’s closed roof in exasperation. Danks (0-4) allowed six hits and two walks in 6 2-3 innings.

Mets 6, Marlins 3

NEW YORK – Oliver Perez struck out a season-high 10 and singled twice to start New York rallies, helping the Mets beat the Florida Marlins 6-3 to avoid a three-game sweep.

Dodgers 2, Diamondbacks 1

LOS ANGELES – Mark Hendrickson allowed three hits over six-plus innings, Juan Pierre singled home a run after a costly error by rookie center fielder Chris Young, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1.

Brewers 4, Cardinals 0

MILWAUKEE – Carlos Villanueva pitched four scoreless innings of relief for injured starter Chris Capuano, helping the Milwaukee Brewers dazed the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0.

Cubs sweep Pirates

PITTSBURGH – Thanks to a rule change, Alfonso Soriano’s hitting and Jason Marquis’ pitching, the Chicago Cubs needed only 12 innings to get two wins in one day.

Marquis limited the Pirates to four hits over eight innings to win his fourth consecutive start and Soriano homered for the second time in two days after not connecting all season, leading Chicago to a 7-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.

A half hour before that game started, the Cubs completed an 8-6 win in a game suspended by a persistent rain with Chicago ahead 6-5 in the middle of the seventh Tuesday night.

Braves 4, Phillies 3

ATLANTA – Chipper Jones kept up his torrid hitting with a two-run double, the Atlanta bullpen shut down Philadelphia over the final four innings and the Braves edged the Phillies 4-3.

After slumping through April, Ryan Howard showed signs of breaking out with a three-run homer in the sixth.

Bonds hits 743

SAN FRANCISCO – Barry Bonds hit his 743rd home run Wednesday night, moving to within 12 of Hank Aaron’s all-time career record.

Bonds belted a two-run shot to right field during the fourth inning against the Colorado Rockies, his ninth homer of the year.