MLB roundup: Kendall pushes Brewers to win

MILWAUKEE — Jason Kendall's two-out double in the eighth inning tied the game, and he came around to score after two errors on the play to give Milwaukee a 4-3 victory over Minnesota on Wednesday night.

Twins starter Nick Blackburn (6-3) scattered nine hits through 7 2-3 innings and had a 3-2 lead when he allowed a single to J.J. Hardy. Kendall hit a ball off the wall in left-center and Brendan Harris' relay throw to the plate skipped past catcher Joe Mauer.

Blackburn, backing up the play, threw to third trying to get Kendall, but the ball sailed away from Joe Crede, allowing Kendall to score easily.

The Brewers, who had lost 10 of 14, snapped a season-high four-game losing streak.

Reliever Todd Coffey (3-1) pitched the eighth and Trevor Hoffman worked the ninth for his 17th save in 18 chances.

Minnesota took a 3-1 lead in the sixth on Jason Kubel's home run and an RBI double by Crede off starter Braden Looper. Kendall drove in a run in the bottom of the inning with a single to cut the lead to 3-2.

RED SOX 6, NATIONALS 4: At Washington, David Ortiz got his 1,000th RBI and Boston won for a second straight night in its first regular-season visit to Washington since 1971. Ortiz and Jason Varitek homered and Jon Lester (6-6) allowed three runs and six hits over six innings for the Red Sox, who have won 16 of 21. Jonathan Papelbon got his 17th save. Craig Stammen (1-3) was perfect for three innings for the Nationals, but the rookie threw a 3-2 changeup to Ortiz with two outs and two on in the fourth. Ortiz has 1,002 RBIs. Varitek hit a two-run shot in the sixth to give the Red Sox a 6-1 lead.

TIGERS 5, CUBS 3: At Detroit, Gerald Laird and Miguel Cabrera homered to help Detroit win its sixth straight. Zach Miner (5-1), the third of seven Detroit pitchers, picked up the win. Fernando Rodney finished for his 15th save in as many tries. Rookie Rick Porcello allowed two runs and seven hits. He walked four in five-plus innings. Rich Harden (4-4) took the loss, giving up four runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings. Derrick Lee extended his hitting streak to a career-high 21 games with a seventh-inning single. It's the longest hitting streak by a Cub since Jerome Walton's 30-gamer in 1989.