Lee (3-4) allowed five hits and struck out 10 to earn his first win since April 14. The lefty helped the Rangers capture the first AL pennant in franchise history after joining them last July. But he turned down more money from Texas and the New York Yankees to return to Philadelphia, signing a $120 million, five-year deal.
Rangers starter Colby Lewis (4-5) gave up two runs and seven hits in 6 2-3 innings.
In New York, Mark Teixeira homered for the third straight game, Alex Rodriguez also connected and the New York Yankees went deep four times to back A.J. Burnett (5-3) in a victory over the Mets.
Russell Martin and Curtis Granderson also homered as the Yankees evened the Subway Series at one apiece and snapped a six-game skid at home — their longest since 2003.
All four homers came off Chris Capuano (3-5), who allowed only 11 runs in his previous five starts. But he couldn’t keep up the Mets’ run of stingy pitching lately — they had given up just one run while winning their past three games.
In Phoenix, Kelly Johnson hit a grand slam off Matt Capps in a six-run eighth inning and Arizona rallied to beat Minnesota for its fifth straight victory, its longest streak in two seasons.
Arizona overcame a season-worst five errors, three in the eighth, for its seventh win in eight games.
Johnson, batting .185 after going 0 for 4 up to that point, lofted the 2-1 pitch from Capps (1-3) deep into the seats in right field, the second slam of his career.
In Chicago, Mark Buehrle threw seven strong innings to become the career victories leader in interleague play, Paul Konerko drove in three runs and Chicago beat Los Angeles.
Buehrle (4-3) allowed seven hits and two runs to win for the third time in four starts, giving him his 24th interleague victory — breaking his tie with Jamie Moyer atop the career list. He struck out one, and didn’t walk anyone for the second time in three starts.
Alex Rios and Brent Lillibridge homered in Chicago’s 16-hit attack, the fifth time this season the White Sox have had at least that many.
In Toronto, Jose Bautista hit two home runs, increasing his major league leading total to 18, Yunel Escobar added a tie-breaking drive and Toronto rallied to beat Houston.
Bautista hit a a three-run drive to left off Brett Myers in the sixth and added a solo shot to left against Jose Valdez in the eighth. It was his third multihomer game of the season and 14th of his career.
In San Francisco, Tim Lincecum pitched a three-hitter, and San Francisco beat the cross-bay rival Oakland for its fourth straight victory.
The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner allowed Ryan Sweeney’s two-out single in the first before retiring 21 straight batters, leading the Giants past the A’s for the second day in a row.
Lincecum (4-4) struck out five and walked none for his eighth career complete game, handing Oakland its fourth straight loss.
In Anaheim, California, Joe Mather hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning with Atlanta down by four runs, and drove in the go-ahead run with a 12th-inning double to lead the Braves past Los Angeles.
Trevor Bell (1-1), the eighth Angels pitcher, retired his first two batters in the 12th before Alex Gonzalez reached on an infield single up the middle and took an extra base as rookie second baseman Alex Amarista inadvertently kicked the ball into short left field for his first error in the big leagues.
In Kansas City, Missouri, Jake Westbrook pitched eight shutout innings and Matt Holliday broke a scoreless tie with a two-run homer in the eighth, lifting St. Louis over Kansas City.
Westbrook, (4-3) whose longest start this year had been seven innings, gave up four hits, with three walks and three strikeouts while raising his career mark in Kauffman Stadium to 3-0. Kansas City’s Nate Adcock went five scoreless innings in his first major league start.
Albert Pujols singled off Tim Collins (2-2) with one out in the eighth and then Holliday, who came in with an NL-leading .357 average, hit reliever Blake Wood’s 2-1 pitch 433 feet over the left field fence.
In Cleveland, Travis Buck hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning to give Josh Tomlin and Cleveland the victory over Cincinnati.
Buck connected with two outs against Homer Bailey (3-1), who took a one-hitter into the seventh before the Reds tied their season-high losing streak at four games.
In Baltimore, Jeremy Guthrie pitched seven solid innings to win for the first time since opening day, and Nolan Reimold’s two-run homer keyed a four-run third inning as Baltimore beat Washington.
Guthrie (2-6) allowed just two unearned runs and hadn’t won in his past seven starts. He came in with the poorest run support of any American League starter. The Orioles, who ended a four-game losing streak, hadn’t scored while he was on the mound in his previous three starts.
In Miami, Javier Vazquez pitched seven shutout innings in his best start of the season, and Florida defeated cross-state rival Tampa Bay for the second day in a row.
Vazquez (3-4) had made only one quality start previously this season, but he limited the Rays to three hits and two walks. Pirates 6 Tigers 2: In Pittsburgh, Andrew McCutchen went 3 for 4 and scored twice, and Kevin Correia finally won at home as the Pittsburgh beat Detroit.
Correia (6-4) entered the game winless in three starts at PNC Park this season, but allowed two runs and seven hits over 6 2-3 innings as the surging Pirates captured their season-high fourth straight win.
In Boston, Reed Johnson hit a go-ahead, two-run double in an error-filled, eight-run eighth inning and Chicago, wearing replica uniforms of their last series in Fenway Park in 1918, beat Boston.
The Cubs’ last visit to the 99-year-old stadium before Friday night’s 15-5 loss was in the World Series 93 years ago. Chicago won the fifth game then, but Boston took the championship by winning Game 6.
Brewers 3 Rockies 2: In Milwaukee, Shaun Marcum won his sixth straight decision with eight effective innings and Jonathan Lucroy homered, lifting Milwaukee over Colorado in the lone National League game.
Milwaukee has won nine of 12 overall and has the NL’s best winning percentage at home at .714 (15-6) after John Axford survived an adventure in the ninth for his 11th save.
In San Diego, rookie Michael Pineda allowed only two hits while striking out nine in seven innings and Mike Wilson had two run-scoring hits to lead Seattle past San Diego.
Pineda (6-2) and relievers David Pauley and Jamey Wright combined on a four-hitter and struck out 13.
The Padres were shut out for the ninth time, the most in the majors. San Diego’s home record of 8-17 also is the worst in the bigs.
