Jeter hurt in Yankees' 12-2 loss

Just when the slumping New York Yankees got Alex Rodriguez back, Derek Jeter went down with an injury that nearly led to a brawl with Baltimore.

Adam Jones hit a 3-run double during Baltimore's 7-run first inning against Mike Mussina, and the Orioles routed visiting New York 12-2 Tuesday night in a testy game that included a late homer by A-Rod in his return from the disabled list.

The Orioles took advantage of a two-out throwing error by Jeter in the first to build a big cushion for Daniel Cabrera (5-1), who handed the last-place Yankees (20-25) their season-high fourth straight loss and sixth in seven games. New York has been outscored 30-8 during the first three games of this homestand.

"I'm hoping this is rock-bottom," manager Joe Girardi said. "It's an ugly loss and you've just got to put this one aside."

Kevin Millar and Luke Scott added homers for the surprising Orioles, who have won eight of 10 following a five-game skid. Jones finished with a career-high 4 hits and 4 RBI.

With Baltimore up 9-0 in the third, Cabrera hit Jeter on the left hand with a 2-1 pitch and the star shortstop spun away in pain. Girardi and a trainer came out to check on Jeter, who was quickly removed from the game.

X-rays were negative, and Jeter is day-to-day with a bruised hand.

"It'll be fine. Obviously, it doesn't feel good," Jeter said.

In the sixth, New York reliever LaTroy Hawkins threw one pitch inside to Scott and then the next one over his head. Hawkins was immediately ejected by plate umpire Chuck Meriwether without a warning, while Scott and Hawkins began gesturing at each other.

Scott was sure Hawkins threw at him intentionally.

"You've got to protect your players. That was not it," Scott said. "You never throw at anyone's head. You could end somebody's career, or life."

Hawkins insisted he was simply trying to pitch inside and the ball got away from him.

"The way it looked, he had a reason to think that way. But it wasn't intentional," he said. "Jeter got hit. Nobody else got hit. That's the bottom line."

Both benches and bullpens emptied as players spilled onto the field, but no punches were thrown. Hawkins was replaced by Edwar Ramirez.

Angels 3, Blue Jays 1: John Lackey (1-0) won for the first time since Sept. 28, pitching 7 strong innings to help the Angels get a rare victory in Toronto.

Francisco Rodriguez loaded the bases with 3 straight walks in the ninth, but held on to record his major-league leading 18th save.

Tigers 12, Mariners 8: Justin Verlander (2-7) struck out a season-high seven and Edgar Renteria hit 1 of Detroit's 4 homers and matched a career high with 5 RBI in host Detroit's victory over Seattle.

Curtis Granderson, Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen also homered for the Tigers, who had lost six of seven.

Red Sox 2, Royals 1: Rookie Justin Masterson pitched 6½ strong innings one day after Jon Lester's no-hitter against visiting Kansas City. The 23-year-old Masterson (1-0) allowed 1 run on 3 hits in his second-major league start. Jonathan Papelbon ended a bases-loaded threat in the eighth by striking out Billy Butler and pitched a perfect ninth -- with 2 more strikeouts -- for his 13th save in 15 opportunities.

Twins 11, Rangers 4: Glen Perkins pitched 6 scoreless innings for his first major-league win and host Minnesota beat Texas.

The Rangers lost their third in a row after Minnesota roughed up Texas starter Doug Mathis (1-1) for 9 runs in 2½ innings.

National League

Marlins 3, Diamondbacks 2: Maybe these first-place Florida Marlins are no fluke.

Dan Uggla hit his 14th home run and Kevin Gregg escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning to help the Marlins take the opening game in a series between division leaders, beating visiting Arizona.

The game was the Marlins' first against an opponent that has a winning record since May 1, and the widespread assumption is the team with baseball's smallest payroll will fold as the schedule becomes more difficult.

But Florida (25-19) did lots of little things right against NL West leader Arizona, which began the week with the best record in the majors. Jeremy Hermida and Luis Gonzalez had two-out RBI, the worst defense in the majors was errorless and Gregg came to the rescue to protect the 1-run lead.

Braves 6-6, Mets 1-2: Tom Glavine overcame a shaky first inning. Jorge Campillo pushed aside all those bad memories from his first big-league start.

The result: a sweep for the Atlanta Braves.

Glavine pitched 6 strong innings against his former team, retiring his last 17 hitters, to lead the host Braves past the New York Mets 6-1 in the opener of a doubleheader. Then it was Campillo's turn, and he was even better than his future Hall of Famer teammate -- 6 scoreless innings for his first major-league win, a 6-2 triumph in the nightcap.

Atlanta's Jeff Francoeur didn't play in the second game, ending the majors longest streak of consecutive games played at 370.

Phillies 1, Nationals 0: Greg Dobbs' RBI pinch-hit single in the ninth inning gave visiting Philadelphia the victory.

Dobbs picked up the game-winning RBI as a pinch hitter for reliever Tom Gordon (4-2). Dobbs has 10 pinch hits and 9 RBI in 22 at-bats this season.

Brewers 7, Pirates 2: Manny Parra pitched 5¿ scoreless innings, and Mike Cameron and Corey Hart homered to help visiting Milwaukee snap a five-game losing streak. Parra (2-2) won for the first time since beating San Francisco on April 5, his first start of the season.

Cameron, who entered in a 7-for-46 slump, had 3 hits and a walk.