Thursday, June 25, 2009
Cody Ross had three hits and the Florida Marlins won their fourth straight game, 5-2 over the Baltimore Orioles to push their record to one game over the .500 mark.
The Tampa Bay Rays used solid pitching by Matt Garza to defeat Philadelphia 7-1 to square that series at a game apiece. Meanwhile, the New York Yankees finally beat Atlanta 8-4 as closer Mariano Rivera picked up his 498th career save.
In other action, Pittsburgh tops Cleveland 10-6; the Chicago White Sox cool off the LA Dodgers 10-7; Boston beat Washington 6-4; Milwaukee nips Minnesota 4-3; Toronto used a five run first inning to beat Cincinnati 8-2; Detroit wins its sixth straight with a 5-3 win over the Cubs; Texas nips Arizona 2-1; the Los Angeles Angels cool off Colorado 11-3; San Francisco tops Oakland 6-3; Seattle edges San Diego 4-3 and the New York Mets wallop St.Louis 11-0.