THREE UP
Adam Jones hit a two-run homer, got a key infield single in the Orioles’ three-run fifth and scored twice. He has reached base safely in 20 straight games, going 29-for-78 (.372) with 15 RBIs.
Bill Hall homered leading off the 10th, helping the Brewers beat the Cardinals 6-3 after squandering a ninth-inning lead. Milwaukee is 4-0 on its seven-game trip and an NL best 35-19 since May 20.
Evan Longoria homered for the third consecutive game (the rookie’s 19th of the season) and drove in two runs, helping the AL East-leading Rays win for the third time in four days. Their victim was …
THREE DOWN
… the Athletics, who suffered their sixth defeat in a row for their
longest skid since they dropped nine straight in July ’07. They’ve scored one or fewer runs 28 times — four more than all last year.
Closer Francisco Cordero blew his second save in three chances in the Reds’ 6-4 loss to the Padres, who were 0-53 when trailing after the eighth. He gave up three runs,
retiring two of seven batters.
Nick Blackburn lasted just 12/3 innings in his
second career start against the Yankees, allowing seven hits and six runs — three earned. The Twins dropped to 3-17 at Yankee Stadium since 2002.
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EDITED BY ED CAVANAUGH AND DANIEL ELLMAN
