- BOSTON: Daniel Nava hit the first pitch he faced in the major leagues for a grand slam — only the second player to do it — leading the Boston Red Sox to their second straight rout of the Philadelphia Phillies, 10-2 Saturday.
Nava connected on a fastball from Joe Blanton (1-5) in the second inning, shortly after being called up from Triple-A Pawtucket. Kevin Kouzmanoff connected on the first pitch he saw Sept. 2, 2006, for Cleveland against Texas, according to STATS LLC.Only four players in big league history have hit grand slams in their first at-bat.Daisuke Matsuzaka was a late scratch and placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained forearm following his pregame bullpen warmup. St. Petersburg, Florida, Carlos Pena homered for the sixth consecutive game to help right-hander Matt Garza and Tampa Bay beat Florida.Pena, emerging from a season-long slump, became the first player to homer in six straight games since Frank Thomas did it for Oakland Sept. 5-11, 2006.Pena began the night batting .196 and connected off right-hander Ricky Nolasco (5-5) in the first inning for a 2-1 lead.Carl Crawford and Sean Rodrgiuez also went deep for the Rays, who maintained baseball's best record (40-22) and a one-game lead over the Yankees in the American League East. At New York, Derek Jeter homered twice and Jorge Posada snapped out of a slump with his first grand slam in nearly six years as the Yankees beat Houston.Javier Vazquez (6-5) pitched seven solid innings for his third straight win and fourth in five starts.Jeter hit a leadoff shot and drove in four runs for the Yankees. At Chicago, Mark Buehrle pitched scoreless ball into the seventh inning and Paul Konerko drove in two runs as the White Sox beat the Cubs for their season-high fourth straight win.Konerko delivered a run-scoring single in the first and another in the seventh after Juan Pierre stole second, avoiding the tag with a neat dive. Konerko is 20 for 42 in his last 12 games.The Cubs got a run-scoring single from Ryan Theriot off Bobby Jenks with two outs in the ninth, but he struck out Chad Tracy for his 11th save in 12 chances. At Denver, Jason Hammel pitched eight sharp innings and scored the only run as Colorado beat Toronto in a rare low-scoring game at Coors Field.It was only the ninth 1-0 game at Denver since the ballpark opened in 1995. The previous one came last July 6 when the Rockies beat Washington.Hammel (4-3) was masterful all night. He allowed just three hits, struck out six and walked three in his longest outing of the season. At Cleveland, Carlos Santana homered and drove in three runs in his second career game, powering Fausto Carmona and Cleveland past Washington.Carmona (5-5) gave up three hits and one run in his second complete game of the season to win for the first time in six starts. He struck out seven and did not walk a batter as Cleveland won its fourth in a row for the second time this year. At San Francisco, Barry Zito finally got the best of his former team and only club he'd never beaten, ending a four-start winless stretch in San Francisco's victory over Oakland.The Giants made it two in a row in the Bay Bridge Series after being swept across the bay in Oakland last month.Padres 7, Mariners 1: At San Diego, Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer and pinch-hitter Oscar Salazar added a three-run shot as San Diego sent Seattle to its fifth straight loss.Gonzalez connected in the first inning off Cliff Lee (4-3). It was only the second homer surrendered by Lee this season — then again, Gonzalez has gotten seven straight hits against Lee. At Baltimore, Hisanori Takahashi allowed one run in seven innings, and Jose Reyes and Jeff Francoeur homered as the Mets secured their first road-series win of the year.Combined with their 5-1 win Friday, the Mets have successive road victories for the first time since last July 25-26 in Houston. New York is now assured of winning the three-game series after going 0-7-2 away from home — its longest drought to start the season since 1983. At Cincinnati, Jonny Gomes hit three-run homers in his first two at-bats for a career-high six RBIs to power Cincinnati past Kansas City.Brandon Phillips had three hits, including his eighth homer of the season, to extend his hitting streak to 15 games — Cincinnati's longest of the season and the longest current streak in the majors. The Reds overcame another shaky start by Johnny Cueto to snap a four-game losing streak against Kansas City. At Minneapolis, Brooks Conrad made two nice plays at third base before driving in the go-ahead run with a squeeze bunt in the ninth inning as Atlanta edged Minnesota.Conrad also hit an RBI double. He was put into the Braves' lineup about a half-hour before the game — no reason was given for Jones' absence, though the slumping star missed five games last week with inflammation in his right ring finger. At Detroit, Carlos Guillen hit a leadoff home run in the 10th inning as Detroit beat Pittsburgh.Guillen hit the third pitch from Brendan Donnelly (2-1) into the right-field stands. Donnelly had won eight straight decisions since May 1, 2007. At Milwaukee, Chris Ray saved his first game since 2007 by getting Prince Fielder to pop up after the Texas bullpen nearly blew Scott Feldman's six scoreless innings.Ray came in with one out and the bases loaded and got National League home run leader Corey Hart to hit into a run-scoring fielder's choice before forcing Fielder to pop out to left field on a full count.Josh Hamilton hit his 14th homer of the season and Feldman (4-6) left with a 4-0 lead. At Los Angeles, Juan Rivera hit a two-run homer as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Dodgers for their ninth win in 11 games.The Angels improved to 11-3 since losing leading hitter Kendry Morales to a season-ending broken left leg on May 29. They can complete a Freeway Series sweep with a victory in Sunday's finale.Scott Kazmir (6-5) allowed two runs and three hits in five innings, struck out five and walked four in winning for the fourth time in his last five games.National League At Phoenix, Dan Haren struck out nine batters without allowing a walk over eight innings and Adam LaRoche hit two of Arizona's four solo home runs.Haren (7-4) gave up two runs on six hits to improve to 4-0 in four career starts against the Cardinals.Mark Reynolds had three hits, including an RBI double and his 15th home run of the season. Chris Snyder also homered for Arizona.

