New York loses for the 10th time in 11 games at Yankee Stadium.
NEW YORK – Carlos Delgado and Tom Wilson each hit a pair of RBI doubles to help the Toronto Blue Jays send the reeling New York Yankees to their sixth straight home loss, 5-2 Saturday.
New York has dropped 10 of 11 at Yankee Stadium for just the second time in franchise history and lost 10 of 13 overall to fall 11/2 games behind Boston in the AL East.
Cory Lidle won his seventh straight decision to become the majors’ first eight-game winner, and Frank Catalanotto hit two of Toronto’s seven doubles and scored twice.
Angels 7, Devil Rays 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Troy Glaus went 4-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs as the Anaheim Angels beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-2.
John Lackey (3-4) won for the second time in eight starts, allowing two runs and four hits in seven innings.
Royals 3, Athletics 1
OAKLAND, Calif. – Kris Wilson gave the Kansas City Royals exactly what they wanted and needed.
Mark Sweeney and Joe Randa hit home runs and Wilson combined with three relievers to help the Royals beat Oakland 3-1, snapping a seven-game losing streak to the Athletics.
Tigers 1, White Sox 0
CHICAGO – Gary Knotts outpitched Esteban Loaiza as the Detroit Tigers shut down the Chicago White Sox 1-0 for their third straight win.
Knotts pitched 7 2-3 scoreless innings and Franklyn German completed the combined three-hitter. The Tigers have held the White Sox to a total of seven hits in two days.
Orioles 10, Rangers 3
ARLINGTON, Texas – Melvin Mora hit a go-ahead three-run homer and had five RBIs as the Baltimore Orioles beat Texas 10-3, snapping the Rangers’ seven-game winning streak.
Texas led 3-1 after six innings, but Mora hit a three-run homer off starter John Thomson in the seventh to give Baltimore a 4-3 lead. The Orioles added six runs in the eighth to break it open.
National League
Expos 3, Phillies 2
MONTREAL – Wil Cordero hit Montreal’s fifth game-ending homer of the season as the Expos beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 before 33,236 fans, the largest non-opening day crowd at Olympic Stadium in six years.
Cordero brought the crowd – drawn mostly by discount tickets and a hot dogs promotion – out of their seats when he led off the bottom of the ninth inning with his fourth homer, connecting against Jose Silva (3-1).
Braves 10, Mets 4
ATLANTA – Nothing seemed right about Tom Glavine’s return to Turner Field – not his uniform, not the smattering of boos from the crowd, and certainly not his performance.
Glavine, a stalwart of the Atlanta Braves’ rotation for 16 seasons, got knocked around in his first start against his old team, leaving after only 3 1-3 innings as the Braves beat the New York Mets 10-4.
Cardinals 6, Pirates 0
PITTSBURGH – Matt Morris pitched his second consecutive shutout and Fernando Vina and Jim Edmonds homered in a three-run second inning as the Cardinals, making sure they wouldn’t need a comeback this time, beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0.
The Cardinals jumped on Jeff Suppan for three runs in each of the first two innings.
Giants 5, Rockies 1
DENVER – Pedro Feliz homered for the second straight game in place of ailing Barry Bonds, and Kurt Ainsworth ended a four-game losing streak as the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 5-1.
Marquis Grissom was 5-for-6 and finished a homer short of the cycle for San Francisco, which improved its NL-best road record to 18-8.
Cubs 3, Astros 2
HOUSTON – Shawn Estes won his fourth straight decision, and Mark Grudzielanek had three hits to lead the Chicago Cubs over the Houston Astros 3-2 Saturday night.
Mike Remlinger escaped a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning for the Cubs, who are 8-5 since star slugger Sammy Sosa went on the disabled list May 10.
Dodgers 6, Brewers 0
MILWAUKEE – Hideo Nomo took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, and Fred McGriff hit a grand slam as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 for their ninth straight victory.
Nomo, who has pitched a pair of no-hitters in his career, held the Brewers hitless until John Vander Wal’s looping liner to left with one out in the seventh.
Wes Helms followed with another single, sending Vander Wal to third.
But Eddie Perez struck out and Royce Clayton grounded into a fielder’s choice as Nomo (6-4) got out of the jam.
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