Kansas City snaps 6-game skid

• AMERICAN LEAGUE

Alberto Callaspo's RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning lifted Kansas City to a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays Monday night in Kansas City, Mo., and snapped the Royals' six-game losing streak.

Scott Podsednik led off the 10th with a triple to right-center and scored on Jason Kendall's sacrifice fly to tie the game. Blue Jays closer Kevin Gregg suffered his third blown save in 25 opportunities.

With two outs in the inning, Gregg walked Billy Butler and Jose Guillen. Callaspo then singled up the middle scored Chris Getz, who ran for Butler.

Toronto had taken a 5-4 lead in the top of the inning when Fred Lewis scored on Jose Bautista's single off Kyle Farnsworth.

Rangers 8, Tigers 6, 14 inn.: Nelson Cruz's two-run homer in the 14th inning gave visiting Texas a win over Detroit, which lost its sixth straight game despite two home runs from Miguel Cabrera.

The game had a scary moment in the sixth inning when Rangers reliever Dustin Nippert was hit in the head by Austin Jackson's line drive. The ball landed in left field for a double as Texas players, coaches and trainers raced toward the mound. Nippert quickly sat up and walked off the field under his own power.

Rays 8, Orioles 1: Rookie Wade Davis allowed one run over eight innings in another sparkling performance against host Baltimore, Evan Longoria had two hits during a seven-run third inning in Tampa Bay's win.

Indians 10, Twins 4: At Minneapolis, Trevor Crowe drove in two runs and had a career-high four hits, and Cleveland collected a season-high 20 hits in its fifth straight win.

Red Sox 2, Athletics 1: Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning and Adrian Beltre homered to help visiting Boston snap Oakland's five-game winning streak.

Eric Patterson tripled and scored against his former team as the Red Sox got off to a strong start on their 10-game West Coast road trip.

• NATIONAL LEAGUE

Reds 7, Nationals 2: Johnny Cueto pitched six innings around a rain delay and drove home two runs, leading host Cincinnati over Washington in a matchup of teams that hadn't been able to score lately.

Brewers 3, Pirates 1: Prince Fielder and Rickie Weeks each hit home runs for the second consecutive game, Chris Capuano won for the first time in more than three years and visiting Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh.

Cardinals 8, Phillies 4: Albert Pujols' two-run home run in the fifth inning began a barrage of four long balls in a span of six at-bats and Blake Hawksworth survived a rocky start in host St. Louis's win over Philadelphia.

Astros 11, Cubs 5: Jason Castro hit a three-run homer, Carlos Lee had a two-run double in a five-run first inning and visiting Houston went on to beat Chicago.

Marlins 9, Rockies 8: At Miami, pinch-hitter Donnie Murphy hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, and Florida beat Colorado.

Diamondbacks 13, Mets 2: At Phoenix, Arizona chased Mike Pelfrey after 1 1/3 innings and Mark Reynolds drove in four runs with a triple and his 21st home run in a rout of sputtering New York.

Pelfrey threw 74 pitches, 51 in a miserable first inning, in the shortest outing of his career.

Giants 5, Dodgers 2: Nate Schierholtz hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and visiting San Francisco defeated Los Angeles, keeping the Dodgers winless since the All-Star break.