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From the Associated Press

* at Boston 10, San Francisco 2: Rookie Dustin Pedroia had a career-high five hits, including a home run, and a career-high five RBIs for the Red Sox. Playing for the first time in Babe Ruth’s first major-league ballpark, Barry Bonds failed to gain ground on Hank Aaron despite a long fly ball that was inches foul of being No. 748.

* Atlanta 5, at Cleveland 4: Yunel Escobar’s two-run double in the ninth inning lifted the Braves. Casey Blake extended his hitting streak to 24 games with a home run in the eighth for the Indians.

* Detroit 12, at Philadelphia 8: Jeremy Bonderman (7-0) started the Tigers’ five-run fifth inning with his first hit in 21 career at-bats, an infield single. Ivan Rodriguez drove in five runs for the Tigers.

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* at Pittsburgh 4, Chicago White Sox 2: Paul Maholm (3-9) pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and ended a personal five-game losing streak and the Pirates won for only the fourth time in his 14 starts this season.

* Arizona 7, at Baltimore 3: Pinch-hitter Orlando Hudson hit a three-run homer to cap a five-run eighth inning. Chris Snyder also homered in the eighth for the Diamondbacks, who started the inning trailing, 3-0.

* at Toronto 7, Washington 2: Roy Halladay (7-2) won consecutive starts for the first time since April 24 and 30. He gave up two runs and seven hits in 7 1/3 innings, striking out six and walking one.

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* Texas 7, at Cincinnati 6: Sammy Sosa ended an 18-game home run drought with his first grand slam since Sept. 15, 2004. It was his 599th homer.

* at Houston 5, Seattle 1: Wandy Rodriguez went 7 2/3 innings for the longest outing of his career. He retired 11 in a row from the second through fifth innings.

* at Kansas City 6, Florida 2: Mike Sweeney hit a three-run double in the sixth inning after the Marlins deliberately loaded the bases to pitch to him.

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* at Oakland 14, St. Louis 3: Dan Haren (8-2) won his eighth consecutive decision. He has not lost since April 7, and has not yielded more than two earned runs since April 13.

* Milwaukee 11, at Minnesota 3: Geoff Jenkins hit a grand slam and Prince Fielder had a two-run shot for the Brewers.

* at Colorado 12, Tampa Bay 2: The Rockies (34-33) moved a game above .500 for the first time since April 9.

* at Chicago Cubs 4, San Diego 1: In the only National League game, Mike Fontenot and Alfonso Soriano homered off David Wells in the sixth inning to lead the Cubs.

* N.Y. Mets 2, at N.Y. Yankees 0: Oliver Perez out-pitched Roger Clemens, and the Mets stopped the Yankees’ winning streak at nine.

* at Dodgers 2, Angels 1: Derek Lowe had a career-high 11 strikeouts, and Luis Gonzalez singled home both runs.

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