Mauer played for the first time since April 12, the leg problems finally behind him. Greeted with a standing ovation before his first at-bat, Mauer hit an RBI single, but he later grounded into a double play and left five men on base. The Twins have won 12 of their last 14 games.

Brian Duensing (4-6) picked up the victory with six effective if inefficient innings, and the Padres lost for the sixth time in seven games despite a 4-for-5 performance by Chase Headley. He drove in two runs, and Ryan Ludwick hit a three-run homer in the seventh.

At Denver, Chris Nelson hit his first major league home run during a six-run second inning and Carlos Gonzalez homered and doubled to drive in four runs as Colorado downed Detroit.

Rookie Charlie Blackmon added four hits and two RBIs, helping to fuel the Rockies' second-highest scoring output of the season and improve their winning percentage in interleague competition to .620 (49-30) since 2006, tops in the NL in that span.

At Washington, Jerry Hairston doubled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning as Washington extended its winning streak to seven games despite giving up a season-high 18 hits.

Roger Bernadina homered and Ian Desmond had two hits and two RBIs for the Nationals. Hairston had three hits and scored twice.

Derrek Lee went 5 for 5, and Adam Jones and Nick Markakis had four hits each for the Orioles.

At St. Louis, first baseman Albert Pujols made a fielding error with two outs in the eighth inning to allow the tiebreaking run to score from second base as St. Louis lost its seventh straight game.

Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter appeared to have pitched around a walk to Mike Moustakas leading off the inning when he induced Alcides Escobar to hit a grounder to Pujols. But the ball went under Pujols' glove. Moustakas, who had advanced to second on a sacrifice by Matt Treanor, scored to break a 4-all tie and spoil manager Tony La Russa's 2,500th game with the Cardinals.

At New York, Peter Bourjos hit a tiebreaking double and turned in a sensational catch to help Los Angeles pitcher Joel Pineiro earn down his 100th major league win.

Hard-throwing rookie Jordan Walden walked his first two batters in the ninth inning, then struck out the next three to hold on.

Torii Hunter had three hits, including an RBI single, while Maicer Izturis and Howie Kendrick each scored twice.

At Atlanta, Colby Lewis and Nelson Cruz shook off slumps, and Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer as Texas protected its lead in the American League West.

Cruz, who had been 0 for 18 with 10 strikeouts in his last five games, drove in three runs with two doubles. Hamilton had four hits and drove in three runs, including a run-scoring single in the ninth.

At Atlanta, Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer as Texas beat Atlanta to protect its lead in the AL West.

Nelson Cruz, who had been 0 for 18 with 10 strikeouts in his last five games, drove in three runs with two doubles.

Hamilton had four hits and drove in three runs, including a run-scoring single in the ninth.

Colby Lewis (6-7) recovered after two ugly losses in which he gave up a combined 15 runs on 17 hits in only 4 2-3 innings. The right-hander gave up two runs on five hits in 6 2-3 innings while matching his career high with 10 strikeouts.

At Boston, John Lackey retired 15 straight batters after a shaky start, and Adrian Gonzalez and David Ortiz had three hits each as Boston won for the 12th time in 13 games.

Tied at 4-4 in the fifth inning, the Red Sox went ahead to stay on Gonzalez's leadoff homer. They added two runs in the sixth and three in the seventh.

At Cleveland, Carlos Santana homered and Travis Hafner had an RBI double in his return to Cleveland's lineup in a win over Pittsburgh.

Josh Tomlin (8-4) bounced back from three consecutive rocky starts, giving up six hits but no walks over 6 2-3 innings, striking out five.

Vinnie Pestano struck out Michael McKenry with two on to end the seventh, then worked a perfect eighth. Tony Sipp pitched the ninth.

At St. Petersburg, Florida, Sean Rodriguez and Kelly Shoppach homered, and Wade Davis pitched six solid innings as Tampa Bay beat Florida.

Rodriguez finished with four RBIs. He put the Rays ahead with a two-run homer during the second off Brad Hand (0-3), and added a two-run double in the eighth.

Shoppach made it 3-0 on a third-inning solo shot.

Davis (6-5) allowed one run, six hits, two walks and had two strikeouts.

The Marlins got a homer from John Buck.

At Cincinnati, Adam Lind homered for the fourth straight game, hitting a tiebreaking two-run shot in the seventh inning as Toronto held on for a victory over Cincinnati.

Lind's homer off Mike Leake (6-3) marked the 11th time in Blue Jays history that a player homered in four straight.

Jo-Jo Reyes (3-5) gave up a pair of solo homers, including Drew Stubbs' inside-the-park dash off a misplayed fly.

At Chicago, Doug Davis pitched into the eighth inning in easily his best start of the season as Chicago began a rare series against New York with a victory.

Aramis Ramirez hit a pair of RBI singles and made a couple nice plays in the field for Chicago, which has won four of five after dropping a season-high 14 games under .500.

Starlin Castro doubled twice and is batting .458 (11 for 24) in the last six games.

A season-high crowd of 42,219 packed Wrigley Field for the Bronx Bombers' first trip to the neighborhood ballpark in eight years. There was a smattering of “Let's go Yankees!” chants but the mostly red-and-blue clad fans were firmly behind the Cubs on a sunny, breezy afternoon.

At Phoenix, Daniel Hudson threw a three-hitter in his first career complete game as Arizona beat his old team, the Chicago White Sox.

Hudson (8-5) earned his eighth win in nine decisions since starting the season 0-4.

Paul Konerko's leadoff homer in the seventh ended a string of 18 scoreless innings for the White Sox, who have two runs total in their last three games.

At Seattle, Michael Pineda took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and Ichiro Suzuki had three hits as Seattle ended Philadelphia's season-high seven-game winning streak.

Suzuki, the two-time batting champion, had his six straight multihit game, raising his batting average from .252 to .275.

At Oakland, California, Josh Willingham hit an RBI double and scored on a throwing error as Oakland ended its winless streak against San Francisco pitcher Tim Lincecum.

Conor Jackson had three hits and an RBI, and Graham Godfrey pitched seven innings to win in just his second major league start for Oakland.

At Los Angeles, Brett Myers pitched a four-hitter and retired 17 consecutive batters in the first complete game by Houston this season.

Myers (3-6) struck out six, allowing a first-inning sacrifice fly by Matt Kemp and a two-run homer in the ninth by Andre Ethier after an error by first baseman Brett Wallace.