Saturday’s games
Mets 10, Yankees 9: Shane Spencer hit a dribbler against his former team with the bases loaded in the ninth inning to drive in the winning run, capping an afternoon of comebacks and giving the Mets a home win and ensuring them of no worse than a split in this year’s Subway Series. Tony Clark homered twice and tied his career high with four hits, but the Yankees wasted leads of 3-1, 6-4 and 8-6 and failed to score with the bases loaded in the ninth against John Franco (2-4). Cliff Floyd, Ty Wigginton and Richard Hidalgo homered off Yankees starter Jose Contreras.
Athletics 6, Giants 2: Mark McLemore’s tiebreaking RBI single sparked a four-run ninth inning and Oakland rallied for a victory in San Francisco. Barry Bonds went 1-for-2 with two walks, snapping his streak of homering in four straight games with an at-bat. But he now has 2,189 walks for his career — including 119 this season — to trail Rickey Henderson’s career record by only one.
Cubs 4, White Sox 2 (5 1/2 ): Greg Maddux pitched around three rain delays for his 296th win, and Sammy Sosa backed him with a homer and a great sliding catch as the Cubs beat the visiting White Sox. The game was called after it was delayed a fourth time for 77 minutes after the top of the sixth inning.
Dodgers 8, Angels 5: Adrian Beltre hit two of his team’s four homers, and Los Angeles scored in each of the first five innings en route to a win in Anaheim, Calif. Eric Gagne, the fifth Dodgers pitcher, pitched a perfect ninth to extend his major league record for consecutive saves to 84, including 21 this season.
Red Sox 6, Braves 1: Curt Schilling stopped another Boston losing streak by pitching a six-hitter, Nomar Garciaparra homered and Doug Mirabelli had a grand slam to lead the Red Sox to a win in Atlanta. Schilling (11-4) struck out 10 and walked one in his second complete game this season and the 80th of his career.
Astros 10, Rangers 8: Morgan Ensberg hit a grand slam and Mike Lamb and Raul Chavez each drove in two as Houston beat visiting Texas. The teams combined for 13 runs in the nearly hour-long fifth inning.
Devil Rays 6, Marlins 1: Victor Zambrano gave up four hits in seven shutout innings and drove in his first career run, leading Tampa Bay to a win in Miami. The Devil Rays improved to 30-10 since May 20 and moved two games over .500 (40-38) for the first time since starting the 2002 season 3-1.
Twins 8, Diamondback 4: Doug Mientkiewicz drove in three runs with a home run and double to help Minnesota win in Phoenix and move into a virtual tie with the Chicago White Sox atop the A.L. Central. Mientkiewicz has just five homers all season, but two in the last two games.
Reds 4, Indians 2: Paul Wilson won for the first time in more than a month, D’Angelo Jimenez hit a two-run homer and Cincinnati beat visiting Cleveland. Wilson (8-2), who was 0-2 with three no-decisions — he left with leads in all three games — since improving to 7-0 on May 25, limited Cleveland to two runs in 6 2/3 innings.
Phillies 7, Orioles 6: Pinch-hitter Tomas Perez’s RBI single in the eighth inning lifted Philadelphia to a win over visiting Baltimore. David Bell’s two-run homer off Jason Grimsley (3-5) tied it at 6 in the eighth before Perez delivered against B.J. Ryan.
Padres 5, Royals 4: San Diego’s Adam Eaton took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning, watched Kansas City rally for four runs in the eighth, then saw Khalil Greene’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning send the Padres to a win over the visiting Royals.
Rockies 11, Tigers 6: Vinny Castilla had three RBIs and Preston Wilson put an end to his slump with a two-run homer, lifting Colorado to a win over visiting Detroit.
Blue Jays 2, Expos 0: Roy Halladay showed his Cy Young form, pitching seven sharp innings as Toronto beat Montreal in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Saturday’s National League game
Pirates 5, Brewers 3: Randall Simon’s opposite-field groundball double drove in two runs to break a sixth-inning tie as Pittsburgh beat visiting Milwaukee for its eighth win in a row.