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Tigers top Orioles for 6th straight win

Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 12 years, 6 months AGO
| July 14, 2012 9:15 PM

* AMERICAN LEAGUE

Miguel Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta homered, Doug Fister pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, and the visiting Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-2 on Friday night for their sixth straight victory.

Brennan Boesh had two RBIs for the Tigers, who moved three games over .500 (45-42) for the first time since April 24, when they were 10-7.

Athletics 6, Twins 3: At Minneapolis, Jonny Gomes' grand slam helped Oakland overcome a career-high 15 strikeouts from Francisco Liriano and beat Minnesota.

White Sox 9, Royals 8, 14 inn.: Kevin Youkilis hit a sacrifice fly in the 14th and Chicago won at Kansas City.

Red Sox 3, Rays 1: At St. Petersburg, Fla., David Ortiz hit his 23rd homer and Pedro Ciriaco had three hits and drove in two runs, helping Boston beat Tampa Bay.

Indians 1, Blue Jays 0: Justin Masterson pitched seven sharp innings, Travis Hafner homered and Cleveland won at Toronto.

Yankees 6, Angels 5: Mark Teixeira homered twice and drove in five runs, Russell Martin hit a go-ahead single and New York beat visiting Los Angeles.

* NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cubs 8, Diamondbacks 1: Alfonso Soriano homered twice, doubled twice and had five RBIs as Chicago routed visiting Arizona.

Reds 5, Cardinals 3: First baseman Allen Craig's throwing error in the seventh inning helped host Cincinnati rally past St. Louis for its fourth straight win.

Rockies 6, Phillies 2: At Denver, Christian Friedrich pitched six strong innings and Colorado beat Philadelphia.

Nationals 5, Marlins 1: Ryan Zimmerman hit a two-run homer and Washington won at Miami.

Braves 7, Mets 5: David Ross homered and drove in four runs, Chipper Jones also connected and host Atlanta beat New York.

Brewers 10, Pirates 7: Cody Ransom's grand slam lifted Milwaukee past visiting Pittsburgh.

Dodgers 2, Padres 1: Clayton Kershaw pitched six solid innings and Los Angeles beat visiting San Diego.

Giants 5, Astros 1: Madison Bumgarner pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, Buster Posey homered and host San Francisco beat Houston.

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