Weeks, Brewers rally past Cardinals

Rickie Weeks hit a bases loaded, 2-run single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give host Milwaukee a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night and snap the Brewers' six-game losing streak.

After looking lethargic most of the game, the Brewers came alive after Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen recorded two outs on the first two pitches in the ninth.

After Isringhausen (1-4) got the two quick outs, J.J. Hardy singled, pinch hitter Gabe Kapler hit a blooper to right and Isringhausen walked Jason Kendall to set up Weeks.

Weeks took Isringhausen's second pitch to left field to score Hardy and Kapler.

Brian Shouse (3-0) pitched a scoreless ninth and the Brewers handed St. Louis its first three-game losing streak this season.

Pirates 3, Braves 2: Freddy Sanchez singled home Brian Bixler with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving host Pittsbirgh its fourth straight win.

Sanchez went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI and is 9-for-17 in four games since being moved to the top of Pittsburgh's lineup.

With one out in the ninth, Jose Bautista singled off Atlanta reliever Jeff Bennett (0-2). Bixler hit into a forceout at second, and Doug Mientkiewicz singled to put runners at first and third.

Mientkiewicz took second on fielder's indifference before Sanchez singled up the middle to drive in Bixler with the winning run.

John Grabow (2-1) struck out one in a scoreless ninth to earn the win.

Jeff Francoeur drove in 2 runs for Atlanta, which had won six straight.

Marlins 7, Nationals 3: Ricky Nolasco joined first-place Florida's win parade with 6 strong innings, and Luis Gonzalez passed the 1,400 career RBI mark with a bases-loaded double as the Marlins beat host Washington.

Nolasco (2-3) broke a personal three-game losing streak, getting his first win in nearly a month, as the Marlins ran their winning streak to a season-high five games. Florida (21-14) is 7 games over .500 for the first time since September 2005.

The Marlins blew the game open with a 4-run sixth, taking advantage of a sudden spate of wildness from Nationals starter Tim Redding (4-3). Redding walked three of the last six batters he faced, including Hanley Ramirez and Dan Uggla to load the bases before Gonzalez doubled off Jesus Colome.

American League

Tigers 6, Yankees 5: Kenny Rogers pitched into the seventh inning, and Ivan Rodriguez had 3 hits as host Detroit edged New York .

Rodriguez drove in a pair of runs, and Rogers (3-3) held the Yankees to 2 runs on 9 hits before New York scored 3 runs off Todd Jones in the ninth, but still lost for the third time in four games.

Rogers picked Wilson Betemit off first base in the second inning, giving him the big-league record with 92 career pickoffs. The statistic has been kept since 1974.

Detroit won for the second time in eight games since sweeping the Yankees in a three-game series in New York. It was the Tigers' first sweep of at least three games at Yankee Stadium since 1966.

Kei Igawa (0-1) allowed 6 runs on 11 hits in 3-plus innings.

Indians 6, Blue Jays 1: Casey Blake and Ben Francisco hit 2-run doubles in a 6-run seventh inning to help C.C. Sabathia and host Cleveland defeat Roy Halladay and Toronto in a duel of Cy Young Award winners.

Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells jammed his left wrist while making a diving catch and left in the sixth inning as Toronto lost for the 13th time in its last 14 games in Cleveland.

Sabathia (2-5) struck out nine over 7 innings. The reigning AL Cy Young winner gave up 6 hits, walked two and won for the first time in 5 decisions at home this season.

Halladay (3-5), the 2003 Cy Young winner, lost for the fourth time in 5 starts and fell to 5-1 in his career against Cleveland.

Rays 2, Angels 0: James Shields pitched a 1-hitter, and Evan Longoria's 2-run, ninth-inning homer snapped a scoreless tie as host Tampa Bay beat Los Angeles.

Shields (4-2) rebounded from the second-shortest outing of his career to post his second shutout in his past 3 starts.

The 26-year-old right-hander limited the Angels to Brandon Wood's one-out single in the third and retired the last 17 batters he faced after hitting Erick Aybar with a pitch in the fourth.

Jon Garland allowed 4 hits in 8 innings for the Angels. He walked three and struck out two before being replaced by Justin Speier (0-2), who gave up a leadoff single to B.J. Upton in the ninth and, one out later, Longoria's fourth big-league homer.

Rangers 4, Athletics 0: Scott Feldman and three relievers combined for host Texas' third consecutive shutout, and Brandon Boggs drove in 3 runs to end Oakland's four-game winning streak.

Feldman (1-1) pitched 6 innings, stretching Texas' scoreless streak to 28 consecutive innings. Jamey Wright threw a perfect seventh before Joaquin Benoit and C.J. Wilson finished it off for 31 in a row.

The last time a major-league team had three consecutive shutouts was Florida in August 2005. Minnesota was the last American League team to accomplish that feat, in July 2004.

It was the third straight start for rookie left-hander Greg Smith (2-2) in which the Athletics failed to score any runs behind him.