THREE UP
Casey Blake homered with one out in the 11th inning to give the Indians a 6-5 come-from-behind win over the Tigers. Blake turned on a 1-2 pitch for his second game-ending homer in four days, a shot that lowered Cleveland’s magic number to seven.
Aaron Rowand prevented the tying and go-ahead runs from scoring with a tumbling catch on the warning track that ended the eighth then homered in the ninth, and the Phillies narrowly avoided an 11-run collapse when they held on for a 13-11 win over St. Louis.
Hideki Matsui broke out of a long slump with a go-ahead homer and the Yankees beat the Orioles 8-5. Back in the lineup after a night off Sunday, Matsui hit a solo shot in the third — his first homer in 123 at-bats since Aug. 8. He began the day in a 5-for-43 (.116) skid.
THREE DOWN
Ian Kinsler misplayed Jason Bartlett’s popup with two outs in the ninth inning, allowing Lew Ford to score the winning run as the Twins rallied to beat the Rangers 5-4. Bartlett hit a popup behind second base that hit the glove of the backpedaling Kinsler.
The Mets are sticking to quite a formula: poor fielding plus poor pitching equals defeat after defeat. New York lost its fourth straight with four errors in a 12-4 loss to Washington. Add in their six miscues Sunday, and the Mets set a franchise record with 10 errors over two games.
In an 11-6 loss at Atlanta, the Marlins truly played like a last-place team. Alfredo Amezaga misplayed two balls in center: one bounced off his glove and he lost another. Byung-Hyun Kim gave up a career-worst nine runs with three hit batters in four-plus innings.
