By The Associated Press

CHICAGO – Matt Morris outpitched Kerry Wood and Jim Edmonds hit his second homer of day as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 to split their day-night doubleheader Tuesday night.

Sammy Sosa hit a two-run homer in the 15th inning to give the Cubs a 4-2 win in the four-hour, 47-minute opener.

Morris (9-4) allowed five hits in seven scoreless innings. He got his first win since June 25 and ran his career record against the Cubs to 10-2, including 3-0 this season.

Jason Isringhausen pitched the ninth for his 17th save in 18 chances.

The Cardinals restored their lead over the Cubs in the tight NL Central to 11/2 games. Houston, which was tied with St. Louis at the start of play Tuesday, faced the Dodgers on the West Coast.

Sosa didn’t play the second game after giving the Cubs a dramatic win in the first one.

Mets 3, Braves 1

NEW YORK – Al Leiter outpitched Mike Hampton again, and Jason Phillips drove in two runs as the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1.

Danny Garcia singled twice in his major league debut for the Mets, who beat Atlanta for the fourth time in five meetings.

Mike Piazza snapped an 0-for-17 skid with a two-out RBI single in the seventh inning that made it 3-1.

Pirates 3, Marlins 2

MIAMI – Jason Kendall had four hits and two RBIs as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Florida Marlins 3-2.

Kendall, who went 6-for-11 in a three-game sweep of the Marlins last week, had three singles and a double for the Pirates, who snapped a two-game losing streak.

Kip Wells (7-7) allowed two runs and six hits in seven-plus innings to beat the Marlins for the second time in less than a week.

Brewers 4, Reds 3

MILWAUKEE – Keith Ginter hit a two-run homer and Eddie Perez drove in two runs as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3.

Perez hit a tiebreaking double, his third hit of the game, off Danny Graves (4-15)

American League

Mariners 10, Devil Rays 8

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Carlos Guillen hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the 11th inning as the Seattle Mariners beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10-8.

John Mabry hit a leadoff infield single off Lance Carter (7-4), and pinch-runner Chad Meyers went to third on Bret Boone’s double.

Guillen, who tied a career high with five RBIs, followed with a double into the left-center field gap. Ben Davis drove in another run on a sacrifice fly three batters later.

Athletics 2, Orioles 0

BALTIMORE – Mark Ellis drove in the tiebreaking run with a 12th-inning sacrifice fly and Chris Singleton added an RBI single as the Oakland Athletics won their 10th straight, 2-0 over the Baltimore Orioles.

It was the ninth consecutive loss for the Orioles, four of which have come against Oakland. Baltimore is 0-7 against the A’s this season.

Tigers 8, Indians 6

DETROIT – Cody Ross hit a grand slam for his first major league home run then needed to be carted off the field with an apparent knee injury in the eighth inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 8-6.

Rangers 8, Royals 7

ARLINGTON, Texas – Laynce Nix hit a three-run homer and Mark Teixeira drove in three runs, and the Texas Rangers held on to beat the Kansas City Royals 8-7.

The Royals scored four runs in the ninth, but fell short when Francisco Cordero struck out pinch-hitter Aaron Guiel and Raul Ibanez to end it with a runner on second for their fourth straight loss. Kansas City fell three games behind the Chicago White Sox and a game back of Minnesota in the AL Central.

Twins 12, Angels 6

MINNEAPOLIS – Rookie Michael Ryan hit a three-run homer and Cristian Guzman had a three-run triple as the Minnesota Twins beat the Anaheim Angels 12-6. The Twins, who moved within a game of the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox, built a 12-1 lead after four innings and finished with 14 hits to make a winner of Kyle Lohse (12-10).

Minnesota gave up 21 runs in its previous two games.

– both losses.