ROCKIES 8, PADRES 1: At Denver, Garrett Atkins, Troy Tulowitzki and Yorvit Torrealba homered for Colorado. Atkins drove in four runs and Ubaldo Jimenez pitched into the seventh inning for his second win in his last three starts. Chase Headley homered for the Padres, who have lost 15 of 18 games.

CARDINALS 8, METS 7: At St. Louis , Troy Glaus' second homer of the game with two outs in the ninth won it for St. Louis, an inning after pinch-hitter Chris Duncan's two-run shot had tied it. Ryan Franklin (3-2) worked a perfect ninth for the Cardinals.

BREWERS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 3: At Phoenix, Mike Cameron singled home Russell Branyan with one out in the top of the ninth for Milwaukee. Cameron finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Rickie Weeks added his first career pinch-hit home run for the Brewers. The Diamondbacks' lead in the NL West over Los Angeles slipped to 1 1/2 games.

CUBS 6, GIANTS 5: At San Francisco, Mike Fontenot hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and Chicago continued its offensive resurgence with a victory over the Giants. Jim Edmonds also homered for the Cubs, who have scored 16 runs in the first three games of this four-game series.

American League

RAYS 7, RED SOX 6: At Petersburg, Fla., Evan Longoria went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs as Tampa Bay beat Boston to complete their second three-game sweep of the World Series champions this season. The Rays improved the best record in baseball to 52-32, rallying from a three-run deficit in the seventh inning and extending their lead in the AL East to a franchise-best 3 1/2 games over the second-place Red Sox.

YANKEES 18, RANGERS 7: At New York, Jason Giambi hit a grand slam and drove in a season-high six runs and Alex Rodriguez added a three-run homer as New York avoided a series sweep. It was Rodriguez's 535th homer, moving him past Jimmie Foxx for 14th on the career list and within one of Mickey Mantle. Milton Bradley and Chris Davis hit two-run homers for the Rangers.