Pitcher Joe Saunders won his fourth straight start as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 7-1 in the American League Friday. Saunders allowed just three hits over seven innings, struck out three and retired his final 15 batters. Bobby Abreu drove in two runs without the benefit of a hit for Los Angeles, which won its fourth straight to increase its lead in the AL West to 5-1/2 games over Texas. Orioles 10, Yankees 4: In New York, Derek Jeter broke the New York Yankees' hit record held by Lou Gehrig for more than seven decades, but Baltimore overcame an early deficit to win. Jeter's third-inning single to right field gave him 2,722 hits, one more than Gehrig, whose Hall of Fame career was cut short by illness in 1939. The captain added an RBI single in the fourth that put the Yankees up 4-1 before the Orioles rallied, going ahead with four runs in the sixth inning. Blue Jays 6, Tigers 4: In Detroit, Aaron Hill had four hits as Toronto extended Detroit's slump. Athletics 12, Twins 5: In Minneapolis, Jack Cust hit one of Oakland's five home runs in the easy win over Minnesota. Royals 2, Indians 1, 12 innings: In Cleveland, Miguel Olivo homered with one out in the 12th inning to lift Kansas City over Cleveland. Dodgers keeps lead Los Angeles pitcher Hiroki Kuroda dodged the barrel of a broken bat that flew toward him and retired 19 straight batters during one stretch as the Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 10-3 in the National League Friday. The win maintained Los Angeles' two-game lead in the NL West while the Giants vanishing playoff hopes receded further. Blake returned to the Dodgers lineup following a five-game absence with a hamstring injury and hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning as the team matched its win total from last season at 84, still with 20 games to play. Kuroda, making his second start since missing three weeks after sustaining a concussion, quickly ducked out of the way and off the mound when Matt Cain's bat splintered in the third inning, sailing beyond second base. Braves 1, Cardinals 0: In St. Louis, pitcher Jair Jurrjens worked eight scoreless innings, overcoming another weak offensive showing behind him as Atlanta downed St. Louis. Rockies 4, Padres 1: In San Diego, Colorado strengthened its grip on the NL wild card by downing San Diego. Phillies 4, Mets 2: In Philadelphia, Cole Hamels pitched 6 2-3 effective innings to guide Philadelphia past New York. Cubs 6, Reds 4: In Chicago, the host beat Cincinnati to record their first four-game winning streak in nearly two months. Other results: Brewers 6, Diamondbacks 3; Nationals 5, Marlins 3; Astros 9, Pirates 1.
