DETROIT David Wright and Carlos Delgado homered and Jorge Sosa won for the sixth time as the New York Mets snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-0 victory over Detroit on Friday night.
Wright hit his 10th homer off Tigers starter Chad Durbin in the fourth inning to make it 1-0. Delgado put New York ahead 2-0 with his 10th homer in the seventh.
Sosa (6-1) scattered four hits over eight innings in his longest outing of the year. He struck out five and walked two.
Billy Wagner pitched a perfect ninth for his 14th save.
Durbin (5-2) gave up three runs and six hits in eight-plus innings. He struck out four and walked one.YANKEES 5, PIRATES 4: At New York, Derek Jeter hit a game-winning infield single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning as New York extended a winning streak to four for the first time this season. Pittsburgh lost for the seventh time in 10 games.
ORIOLES 4, ROCKIES 2: At Baltimore, Nick Markakis hit a two-run homer to lead Baltimore.
Steve Trachsel (5-4) allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings for the Orioles, who have won two straight following a five-game skid. Both managers were ejected from the game by first base umpire Larry Vanover. Baltimore's Sam Perlozzo was tossed after arguing a balk call in the sixth inning, and Clint Hurdle was thrown out for disputing a check-swing strike call against Ryan Spilborghs in the eighth.REDS 4, INDIANS 3: At Cincinnati, Homer Bailey benefited from Cincinnati's three home runs, including the 577th of Ken Griffey Jr.'s career, to win his major league debut. Brandon Phillips and Jeff Conine also homered in support of Bailey, Cincinnati's No. 1 pick in the 2004 draft. He allowed two runs and five hits with four walks and three strikeouts. He left after five innings with a 3-2 lead.
NATIONALS 8, TWINS 5: At Minneapolis, Dmitri Young had three hits and three RBIs for Washington. Ryan Zimmerman added two hits and drove in two runs, and ex-Twin Cristian Guzman went 4-for-5 with an RBI and three runs as the Nationals won for the fourth time in 10 games.
ASTROS 5, WHITE SOX 2: At Chicago, Chris Sampson (6-5) allowed six hits in 6 2/3 innings and Houston won despite the early ejections of right fielder Lance Berkman and manager Phil Garner. Houston's win was just its fifth in 21 games. The White Sox have lost 11 of 13.
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