No dice for Matsuzaka, Red Sox

Daisuke Matsuzaka said he felt fine in his return from the disabled list. He certainly didn't look fine.

Troy Glaus hit a grand slam and St. Louis rocked Matsuzaka in his return, beating host Boston 9-3 on Saturday.

On the DL since May 30 because of a mild strain in his rotator cuff, Matsuzaka (8-1) was tagged for 7 runs in 1-plus inning. It was the shortest outing of his brief major-league career.

"When he came out, there were not complaints about soreness, fatigue, anything, so that's a good sign," Boston manager Terry Francona said. "I'm hopeful we'll just chalk it up to a bad outing."

Matsuzaka walked Skip Schumaker on 5 pitches to start the game and Aaron Miles followed with a shot into the front row of the right-field seats for his first homer of the season. Jason LaRue added a 2-run single later in the first inning.

The Cardinals loaded the bases with no outs in the second and Matsuzaka was relieved by Chris Smith, who made his major-league debut.

After getting a big hand for striking out Ankiel swinging, Smith gave up Glaus' slam into the first row of the Green Monster seats to make it 8-0.

"I just hope that I can get back to a good spot," Matsuzaka said through a translator. "The good, I can't really think of anything that was good. Things were mostly bad today."

Indians 7, Dodgers 2 (11):ŒPitcher C.C. Sabathia hit a tape-measure home run and struck out 10, highlighting Cleveland's win over host Los Angeles. Sabathia launched a home run estimated at 440 feet and improved to 12-for-40 (.300) lifetime as a hitter. He has 2 career homers and 7 RBI.

Jamey Carroll opened a 6-run 11th with a single and capped the burst with a sacrifice fly.

Reds 6, Yankees 0:ŒEdwin Encarnacion broke up an unlikely pitchers duel with a 2-run single in the seventh inning and visiting Cincinnati beat New York.

Encarnacion's two-out hit off Dan Giese (1-2) gave Cincinnati the lead and Corey Patterson followed with a drive to right off Jose Veras for his 100th career homer. Brandon Phillips tacked on a 2-run single in the eighth.

Rays 4, Astros 3: Pinch hitter Gabe Gross doubled with the bases loaded, driving in a pair of runs in the bottom of ninth inning to give host Tampa Bay a victory over Houston.

Gross was the third straight pinch hitter to come through for the Rays, who got a leadoff single from Cliff Floyd before filling the bases when Eric Hinske singled and Dioner Navarro was hit by a pitch.

Angels 6, Phillies 2: Erick Aybar hit a tiebreaking 2-run homer in the eighth inning and Vladimir Guerrero connected twice to back another strong performance by Joe Saunders as Los Angeles beat host Philadelphia.

Saunders (11-3) allowed 2 runs and 5 hits in 7 innings. Saunders, who had 15 career victories entering this season, is tied with Arizona's Brandon Webb for most wins in the majors.

Royals 5, Giants 3: Gil Meche won consecutive starts for the first time this season, Jose Guillen hit a 2-run homer, and host Kansas City defeated San Francisco.

Meche retired the first 10 batters he faced before walking Ray Durham and Bengie Molina in the fourth, but he struck out Aaron Rowand to end the inning.

Twins 6, D'backs 1:ŒJoe Mauer started a 6-run seventh inning with a surprise bunt single, and Nick Blackburn pitched 7 shutout innings to push host Minnesota past Arizona for its fifth straight victory.

Blackburn (6-4) surrendered only 3 hits, 2 by Stephen Drew, and struck out three. He threw just 89 pitches.

Brewers 3, Orioles 2: Corey Hart hit a 2-run homer, Seth McClung continued his superb June and Milwaukee beat visiting Baltimore, snapping the Orioles' four-game winning streak.

McClung, a one-time reliever, struck out six and improved to 3-1 with a 2.55 ERA this month. He gave up 2 runs and 3 hits with 5 walks in 6¿ innings, retiring 12 of the first 13 batters.

Pirates 6, Blue Jays 3:: Jason Bay, Raul Chavez and Jose Bautista each hit 2-run homers, helping host Pittsburgh extend Toronto's season-high losing streak to seven games.

Rod Barajas had 2 hits and 2 RBI and Vernon Wells had 2 hits and scored 2 runs for the Blue Jays, who lost for the second consecutive night in Pittsburgh under new manager Cito Gaston.

Braves 5, Mariners 4: Greg Norton doubled home the tying run and then scored on Brian McCann's single in the ninth inning, rallying Atlanta past visiting Seattle.

The Braves won for the first time in 30 games this season when trailing after eight innings.

With all-star closer J.J. Putz on the 15-day disabled list with a hyperextended pitching elbow and backup closer Brandon Morrow in Seattle recovering from back spasms, Seattle turned to Miguel Batista to protect a 4-3 lead in the ninth. Batista (3-9) blew the save -- and the game -- without recording an out.

Rangers 13, Nationals 3: Kason Gabbard won for the first time since April 4, David Murphy and Ramon Vazquez each had 3 RBI and visiting Texas beat Washington.

Ian Kinsler led off the game with a flyball that left fielder Wily Mo Pena deflected into the visitors' bullpen for a home run, his 11th.

Marlins 6, Athletics 4: Dan Uggla hit a tiebreaking 3-run double in the ninth, and Florida got to Oakland closer Huston Street for the second straight game.

Cody Ross hit a tying solo homer off Alan Embree with two outs in the eighth, then Uggla lined a double to the wall in left with two outs in the ninth. Street (1-2) blew a save opportunity Friday night and surrendered 2 home runs before the A's won in 11 innings.

National League

Rockies 7, Mets 1: Garrett Atkins and Brad Hawpe homered on Pedro Martinez's first 2 pitches in the fifth inning, touching off a 6-run burst that led Colorado past visiting New York.

Martinez (2-1) cruised through the first four innings before the Rockies broke loose.