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 7.
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 as 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 chose a bad time to end his 50-game errorless streak. The second baseman misplayed Jason Bartlett’s popup with two outs in the ninth and the winning run scored as the Twins beat the Rangers 5-4. Kinsler: “A bug didn’t fly in my eye. I just dropped it.”
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.
Tony Pena gave up five runs in the eighth as the Giants rallied for an 8-5 victory and Arizona’s NL West lead fell to one game. Pena opened the inning by plunking one batter and walking another before Randy Winn’s 420-foot homer. Pedro Feliz then delivered a two-run shot.
