Wade Davis shrugged off a rocky start to pitch seven innings and Matt Joyce hit a three-run homer Friday night to lead the surging Tampa Bay Rays over the New York Yankees 3-2. Tampa Bay forced Alex Rodriguez to wait at least one more day to join the 600-home run club, and the second-place Rays matched their longest winning streak of the season at seven games. The Rays pulled within one game of the American League East-leading Yankees with their 11th win in 12 home games. Derek Jeter singled and Nick Swisher homered to begin the game against Davis (9-9), who settled down to limit the Yankees to one hit – Robinson Cano's sixth-inning, broken bat single – and three walks over after that. Blue Jays 8, Indians 1: At Toronto, Jose Bautista hit a grand slam and Fred Lewis added a solo shot as Toronto beat Cleveland for its sixth win in seven games. Bautista went 3 for 3 and walked twice before being lifted for a pinch-runner in the eighth inning. His grand slam was his major league-leading 31st home run. Tigers 6, Red Sox 5: At Boston, Jhonny Peralta hit two homers in his first game since being traded and struggling Detroit withstood a grand slam by David Ortiz in the ninth inning to post the victory. Angels 9, Rangers 7: At Anaheim, California, Juan Rivera homered and drove in four runs and Erick Aybar also went deep as the Los Angeles Angels handed Texas' Tommy Hunter his first loss of the season. White Sox 6, Athletics 1: At Chicago, Lucas Harrell pitched six strong innings in his major league debut and Dayan Viciedo had three hits as the Chicago White Sox got their 12th straight home win in a victory over Oakland. Twins 5, Mariners 3: At Minneapolis, Matt Capps worked a scoreless ninth inning for a save in his first appearance with Minnesota to preserve a victory over Seattle. Royals 7, Orioles 5: At Kansas City Missouri, Alex Gordon hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth as Kansas City snap a five-game losing streak with a victory over Baltimore. Oswalt roughed up Craig Stammen carried a shutout into the seventh inning and the Washington Nationals roughed up Roy Oswalt in his Philadelphia debut, halting the Phillies' eight-game winning streak with an 8-1 victory Friday. Oswalt (6-13), a former 20-game winner acquired from Houston in a four-player trade Thursday, allowed five runs – four earned – and seven hits in six innings. He walked two, struck out four and hit two batters. It was another tough start against Washington for the right-hander, who on May 31 lasted only 2, 1-3 innings, yielded four runs and was ejected for arguing balls and strikes when he faced the Nationals in Houston. Stammen (3-4) went 6 1-3 innings, and gave up one run and five hits. He walked one and struck out five. Astros 5, Brewers 0: At Houston, J.A. Happ allowed two hits over six innings in his Houston debut, leading Houston past Milwaukee. Diamondbacks 9, Mets 6: At New York, Kelly Johnson and Miguel Montero homered in a five-run sixth inning as Arizona stopped a seven-game losing streak with a victory over New York. Braves 6, Reds 4, 10 innings: At Cincinnati, Jason Heyward doubled home two runs with two outs in the 10th inning, rallying Atlanta past Cincinnati. Rockies 17, Cubs 2: At Denver, Carlos Gonzalez, Ian Stewart and Dexter Fowler homered and Colorado used a record-setting 12-run eighth inning to rout the Chicago Cubs. Marlins 4, Padres 2: At San Diego, Cody Ross and Gaby Sanchez homered off Wade LeBlanc as Florida got past San Diego. Cardinals 1, Pirates 0, 10 innings: At St. Louis, Brendan Ryan's broken-bat infield hit in the 10th inning drove in the game's lone run to lead St. Louis past Pittsburgh. Giants 6, Dodgers 5: At San Francisco, Aubrey Huff hit a go-ahead two-run double in the third inning and added a solo homer as San Francisco held off a late rally to beat Los Angeles.
