Roy Halladay struck out a career-high 14 batters to win his major league-leading ninth game and Alex Rios backed him with a home run as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-4 in the American League on Tuesday. Halladay (9-1) threw his second complete game of the season, allowing four runs, no walks and seven hits to win his sixth straight decision. Working on an extra day of rest, he threw a season-high 133 pitches. The right-hander, whose only defeat this season was an April 21 loss to Texas, moved ahead of Kansas City's Zack Greinke for the major league lead in wins. Joe Saunders (6-4) took the loss for Los Angeles. Rays 6, Royals 2: At St. Petersburg, Florida, Matt Joyce hit a tiebreaking two-run double and added a two-run homer to lead Tampa Bay past Kansas City. Yankees 12, Rangers 3: At New York, Mark Teixeira sparked the Yankees with a slide at second base after being hit with pitches twice, and Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada hit three-run homers as New York beat Teaxa to take over best record in the American League. Red Sox 5, Tigers 1: At Detroit, Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched five strong innings to win for the first time this season and manager Terry Francona earned his 500th victory as Boston beat Detroit. Other results: Twins 4, Indians 3; Athletics 5, White Sox 0; Mariners 8, Orioles 2. Pirates down Mets Zach Duke pitched seven effective innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Johan Santana and the New York Mets 3-1 in the American League on Tuesday. Jason Jaramillo hit his first major league homer for the Pirates, who have won three of four. Freddy Sanchez and Nate McLouth each had two hits. Duke (6-4) allowed one run and eight hits to lower his ERA to 2.62. He has allowed two earned runs or less in eight of his 11 starts. Santana (7-3) gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings for New York, which has lost three of four. The Mets have scored two runs or less in five of Santana's 11 starts. Phillies 10, Padres 5: At San Diego, Raul Ibanez homered twice and drove in five runs, and left-hander Antonio Bastardo won his major league debut as Philadelphia roughed up ailing San Diego pitcher Jake Peavy. Ibanez hit his 200th and 201st career homers – both two-run shots – and Greg Dobbs also connected for Philadelphia, which won its fifth straight game. San Diego's Adrian Gonzalez hit his major league-leading 22nd homer. Marlins 10, Brewers 3: At Miami, Cody Ross hit a grand slam and Dan Uggla belted a milestone home run to help Florida beat Milwaukee. Uggla became the fastest second baseman to reach 100 career homers with a two-run shot in the second. Nationals 10, Giants 6: At Washington, Christian Guzman hit a tiebreaking RBI single in Washington's six-run eighth inning, helping the Nationals beat San Francisco. Other results: Braves 6, Cubs 5, 12 innings; Cardinals 5, Reds 2; Astros 3, Rockies 2, 11 innings; Dodgers 6, Diamondbacks 5.
