Red Sox' late 4-run rally beats Diamondbacks

Jason Varitek capped a 4-run eighth inning with a go-ahead single, and the Boston Red Sox rallied past the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 Tuesday night.

Varitek's big hit scored Mike Lowell, who tied the score with a two-out, 2-run double off Chad Qualls (1-6). Varitek was 1-for-30 before that at-bat, dropping his average to .227.

Chris Smith (1-0) pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief of another rookie, Justin Masterson, for his first major-league win. Jonathan Papelbon struck out two in the ninth, earning his 22nd save in 26 opportunities.

Arizona led 4-1 going into the bottom of the eighth behind the pitching of Doug Davis and the hitting of Chad Tracy, who had an RBI single and a 3-run homer.

Dustin Pedroia homered for Boston.

Rays 6, Marlins 4: Dioner Navarro and Eric Hinske drew bases-loaded walks in the eighth inning, Evan Longoria hit a 2-run double in the ninth, and visiting Tampa Bay beat Florida.

Akinori Iwamura had three hits for the Rays, including his fifth home run. Troy Percival walked four Marlins in the ninth but still managed his 18th save in 20th chances and No. 342 of his career, moving him past Rollie Fingers for ninth place.

Florida starter Scott Olsen allowed 2 runs and 4 hits in 7 innings but left without a win for the ninth straight time dating to May 6.

J.P. Howell (6-0) struck out four in 2 innings for the win. Renyel Pinto (2-3) took the loss.

Tigers 8, Cardinals 4: Brian Barton, Skip Schumaker and Brendan Ryan each drove in 2 runs to lead St. Louis past host Detroit.

Cardinals starter Braden Looper (9-5) gave up 4 runs on 3 homers in 6-plus innings.

Kenny Rogers (5-5) was roughed up for 5 runs in 5 innings, giving up 1 more run than he had in his previous five starts.

Barton tied the game with a solo homer in the fifth, and St. Louis broke the game open with 3 runs in both the sixth and seventh innings to go ahead 8-2.

Schumaker, pinch hitting for Barton in the sixth, hit a 2-run single and Ryan padded the lead with a 2-run double in the seventh inning.

In his first game off the disabled list, Gary Sheffield hit a two-run shot to left field in the seventh inning to pull the Tigers within four runs and chase Looper.

Pirates 12, Yankees 5: Jose Bautista and Ryan Doumit homered and Pittsburgh turned back the clock nearly a half-century, beating New York for the first time since the 1960 World Series.

The Pirates had been the only team in the majors to not beat the Yankees in a regular-season game.

Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski threw out the ceremonial first pitch to commemorate his memorable home run that beat the Yankees in 1960, still the only homer to end a World Series Game 7, and the Pirates took it from there by opening a 7-1 lead by the fifth. They finished with 19 hits, nine for extra bases.

Pirates left-hander Tom Gorzelanny (6-6) walked five and gave up 6 hits.

Darrell Rasner (4-5) lost his fifth in six decisions by giving up 7 runs in 5 innings.

Giants 3, Indians 2: Jonathan Sanchez won for the fifth time in six starts and Omar Vizquel dropped down a suicide squeeze against his former team in the first game between the clubs here since the 1954 World Series.

Blue Jays 14, Reds 1: Scott Rolen hit one of Toronto's three homers and A.J. Burnett pitched 8 strong innings as Toronto routed Cincinnati.

Alex Rios and Gregg Zaun also connected for the Blue Jays, who battered Bronson Arroyo (4-7) for 10 runs in an inning-plus. Rios and Marco Scutaro each had four hits as Toronto set season highs for runs and hits (22).

The struggling Reds have lost seven of nine and 11 of 16.

Burnett (7-7) allowed one run and four hits. He struck out seven and walked three.

Angels 8, Nationals 3: Mike Napoli hit a run-scoring double in a 6-run first inning and added a 2-run homer, and visiting Los Angeles took advantage of 4 Washington errors.

The Angels have won five straight games and the Nationals have lost seven of eight.

Shawn Hill (1-5) gave up 6 runs - 4 earned - on 5 hits and 2 errors in the first inning alone.

Jon Garland (7-4) pitched 7 innings, allowing 3 runs on 6 hits.

The Angels' Vladimir Guerrero extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a first-inning single, but left after two innings with flu-like symptoms.

Mariners 11, Mets 0: Raul Ibanez homered and drove in 3 runs, knuckleballer R.A. Dickey tossed 7 sharp innings, and visiting Seattle blew out New York.

Richie Sexson had 3 RBI, and Kenji Johjima hit a 2-run shot for Seattle, which took advantage of a shaky Oliver Perez (5-5) to boost its AL-worst road record to 13-25. The Mariners also improved to 7-1 all-time against the Mets.

National League

Brewers 4, Braves 3: Dave Bush earned his first road victory of the season, scattering 4 hits over seven innings, and visiting Milwaukee held ooff Atlana

The Brewers are 18-21 on the road with four straight wins, including two in a row over the Braves. They had to survive a ninth-inning scare when closer Solomon Torres allowed a 2-run homer to Mark Teixeira, but left the tying run on third base to earn his 13th save.

Bush (4-7) walked 1 and gave up 1 run for his first road victory since Aug. 21, 2007 at Arizona.

The Brewers (43-34) are a season-high 9 games over .500. The Braves committed 4 errors, including 3 to allow 2 unearned runs in the first behind rookie Charlie Morton (1-1).