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• AMERICAN LEAGUE: Tigers pile up runs in rout of Rangers

  PITCHING IN Detroit hit Texas for 19, while elsewhere 39-year-old Mike Mussina earned his 252nd victory for the Yankees, whose Jorge Posada made four hits

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  Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run home run and Carlos Guillen had three of his five RBIs in an 11-run sixth inning, helping the Detroit Tigers rout the Texas Rangers 19-6 in the American League on Wednesday.

  Jacque Jones also homered as Detroit scored its most runs this season and handed Texas its sixth straight loss. The Tigers led 7-6 going into the sixth, when they had their biggest inning since scoring 11 in the sixth inning on April 23, 2004, against Cleveland.

  Rangers pitchers walked 10 and hit two batters.

  

  The San Francisco Giants’ Eugenio Velez looks skyward as he pops out with a runner in scoring position against the San Diego Padres to end the eighth inning of their game on Wednesday in San Diego,California.

  PHOTO: AP

  Both starters were ineffective: The Tigers’ Kenny Rogers allowed six runs and nine hits in 3 1-3 innings, and the Rangers’ Luis Mendoza gave up five runs in 1 2-3 innings.

  Angels 6, Red Sox 4

  At Boston, Casey Kotchman’s solo homer put Los Angeles ahead in the sixth, Gary Matthews Jr hit two solo homers of his own and the Angels snapped Boston’s six-game winning streak.

  Kotchman hit his sixth of the season off Craig Hansen (0-1), who was recalled before the game. Matthews hit solo shots in the first and fifth off emergency starter Jon Lester, giving him four homers for the season and 100 for his career.

  Lester, starting on three days’ rest for the first time in his career, pitched in place of Daisuke Matsuzaka, who was scratched with flulike symptoms.

  Jon Garland (3-2) allowed four runs in six innings.

  Yankees 6, White Sox 4

  At Chicago, Mike Mussina pitched seven strong innings and moved ahead of Bob Gibson on the career wins list with victory No. 252 for New York.

  Jorge Posada had four hits, including a career-high three doubles, and drove in two runs.

  While Alex Rodriguez missed his second game because of a strained quadriceps and the birth of his second daughter, the Yankees matched a season high with their third straight win.

  Mussina (3-2) moved into sole possession of 42nd place on MLB’s wins list. The 39-year-old allowed two runs and four hits while striking out three and walking one in a season-high seven innings.

  Javier Vazquez (3-2) gave up a season-high 10 hits over 5 1-3 innings after winning three straight starts.

  Orioles 3, Mariners 2

  At Seattle, Nick Markakis struck out twice looking early but tied the game with a ground out and then hit a tie-breaking home run in the eighth inning to make Daniel Cabrera a winner.

  Markakis hit the first pitch he saw from Ryan Rowland-Smith (0-1) five rows into the right field bleachers. Mariners manager John McLaren had summoned Rowland-Smith to relieve Sean Green, who had allowed only a walk in 1 1-3 innings, because lefties had been 3-for-17 against him.

  Athletics 3, Twins 0

  At Oakland, California, Mike Sweeney returned to the starting lineup for the first time in six games and ended a 39-game homerless streak spanning 140 at-bats with a solo shot in the eighth inning.

  He also had an RBI single and scored Oakland’s first run.

  His drive into the left-field seats on the first pitch from Matt Guerrier was his first home run since last June 8 for Kansas City — the longest drought of his 14-year career.

  Chad Gaudin (2-1) went seven innings and retired 11 straight and 18 of 19 during one stretch on the way to his second straight victory.

  The right-hander was efficient, too, throwing only 84 pitches. He struck out four and didn’t walk a batter for the first time in four starts.

  Rays 5, Blue Jays 3

  At Kissimmee, Florida, Evan Longoria drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single to help Tampa Bay rally against Roy Halladay and Toronto in a game at Disney World.

  The Rays improved to 5-0 in games they’ve played here over the past two seasons to bolster fan support in the Orlando area, about 145km from St Petersburg.

  Longoria’s hit was the big blow in a four-run sixth against Halladay (2-3), who carried a 3-0 lead into the inning, thanks to a pair of homers by streaking Matt Stairs.

  Jason Hammel (2-1) allowed three runs and struck two.

  NATIONAL LEAGUE

  AP, DENVER

  The Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 7-6 on Ryan Theriot’s RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning on Wednesday, giving the franchise its 10,000th win.

  Both teams blew ninth-inning leads with their closers, but it was the Rockies who ended up losing their fourth straight game when leading after seven innings.

  Theriot’s single to right field scored pinch-runner Mike Fontenot from second base as the Cubs joined the Giants as the only franchises in major league history to reach 10,000 wins.

  Carlos Marmol pitched a perfect the 10th for his second save in as many chances.

  Mets 7, Nationals 2

  At Washington, Johan Santana hit two doubles and went seven solid innings to lead New York over Washington.

  Santana (3-2) allowed seven hits, none after the fourth inning, struck out four and walked one. As a batter, he had the second two-hit game of his career.

  The Mets improved to 4-0 against the Nationals this season.

  Marlins 7, Braves 2

  At Atlanta, Mike Jacobs hit a two-run homer, Hanley Ramirez added a solo shot and Dan Uggla had three hits including a two-run triple in the ninth for Florida.

  The Marlins jumped on Atlanta starter Jeff Bennett (0-1) for three runs in the first inning on the leadoff home run by Ramirez and Jacobs followed with his two-run shot after a single by Josh Willingham.

  Andrew Miller (1-2) pitched five innings and gave up nine hits, two walks and didn’t strike out any. But he was a big part of the Braves stranding 13 runners on base.

  Pirates 7, Cardinals 4

  At Pittsburgh, Jose Bautista and Doug Mientkiewicz had RBI singles during a tiebreaking three-run eighth inning, and Pittsburgh erased a four-run deficit to beat St Louis.

  Jason Bay added a two-run homer for Pittsburgh.

  Damaso Marte (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings in relief to earn the win.

  Astros 9, Reds 3

  At Cincinnati, Kazuo Matsui sparked Houston’s seven-run rally with a two-run single, and the Astros coasted to their fourth straight victory.

  Ken Griffey Jr hit his 597th career homer off Chris Sampson (1-2), the only bright moment for struggling Cincinnati, which changed general managers before the game. Walt Jocketty took over for Wayne Krivsky, a show of impatience by team owner Bob Castellini.

  The Astros knocked Bronson Arroyo (0-3) out of the game by sending 11 batters to the plate in the fourth inning for seven runs.

  Brewers 5, Phillies 4

  At Milwaukee, Prince Fielder hit a pair of two-run homers, including a go-ahead shot in the eighth, as Milwaukee rallied past Philadelphia.

  The homers snapped a relative power drought for Fielder, the defending NL home run champion who had 50 a year ago.

  Fielder went homerless in his first 14 games this season. Both of Fielder’s homers came off Philadelphia ace Cole Hamels (2-3), who lost despite striking out a season-high 11. He gave up eight hits and five runs in seven innings.

  The Brewers overcame Chase Utley’s major league-leading 10th homer.

  Giants 3, Padres 2, 13 innings

  At San Diego, Trevor Hoffman blew another save and San Francisco went on to beat the slumping San Diego.

  Rookie Emmanuel Burriss doubled off Glendon Rusch (0-2) leading off the 13th and scored the go-ahead run on Fred Lewis’ single. The Giants’ rally came four innings after Hoffman couldn’t hold the lead for what would have been Greg Maddux’s 350th career victory.

  The Padres loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the inning against Brian Wilson before rookie Colt Morton hit a sacrifice fly for his first RBI. Khalil Greene flied out to center and Josh Bard walked to load the bases again. Tadahito Iguchi forced Bard to end the game.

  Dodgers 8, Diamondbacks 3

  At Los Angeles, James Loney had a pair of RBI singles, Hu Chin-lung singled home two more runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers handed Arizona’a Dan Haren his first loss of the season.

  Derek Lowe (2-1) pitched just five innings for the victory, allowing a run and three hits with two strikeouts and a walk. The right-hander was removed for precautionary reasons because of tightness in his elbow, but is expected to make his next scheduled start.

  Haren (3-1) was charged with six runs — five earned — and nine hits in four 2-3 innings. It was the most runs the right-hander had allowed in 42 regular-season starts since Sep. 18, 2006.
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