Glavine Records Win #297; Bedard Blanks Yanks

American League Boston 1 Seattle 2, 11 innings - Jose Lopez doubled with one out in the bottom of the 11th sending Ichiro Suzuki around from first with the winning run as the Mariners outlasted Boston. Seattle has won 5 straight to close to within 5 games of the Angels in the AL West. LA has lost 3 straight. NY Yankees 0 Baltimore 4 - Erik Bedard (right) outdueled Roger Clemens, blanking the pinstripers on 2 hits over 7 innings before turning the game over to the bullpen. Bedard, 6-4, struck out 8, increasing his MLB-leading total to 129. Aubrey Huff's 3-run homer off Clemens in the 6th was the big blow for the O's. Kansas City 1 LA Angels 0 - Kansas City doesn't get many ace pitching performances, but some of the better ones come from Jorge De La Rosa (5-9), who scattered 10 hits over 6 innings to lead the Royals over the Angels and complete the unlikely 3-game sweep at LA.

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Oakland 13 Cleveland 7 - The A's rapped out 18 hits and abused rookie Fausto Carmona, who didn't record an out in the 2nd inning before being lifted. The A's loaded up for 8 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks against the starter and cruised from there. Jack Cust led the assault with a 3-run homer in the 1st, adding 2 more RBI later. Other AL Scores Chi White Sox 5 Tampa Bay 3 Toronto 5 Minnesota 4 - Blue Jays, 39-38, trail Boston by 9 games National League St. Louis 0 NY Mets 2, 6 innings - Tom Glavine (right) got win #297 with a little help from the weather. Glavine allowed just an infield single by Scott Rolen before rain stopped play and eventually ended the game after the Mets batted in the bottom of the 6th. Glavine (7-5) walked 2 and struck out one. Colorado 4 Chi Cubs 6 - The Cubs won their 6th straight and Carlos Zambrano improved to 9-6, allowing 2 runs over 6 innings while fanning 8. The Cubs' win streak coincides with a Rockies losing skein of the same length. Chicago has a firm grasp on 2nd place in the NL Central, trailing Milwaukee by 7 1/2. The Rockies dropped 6 1/2 back of co-leaders San Diego and Arizona in the West. LA Dodgers 0 Arizona 2 - Brandon Webb gave up 7 hits and walked 5, but managed to keep the Dodgers off the scoreboard for 7 innings. Three Arizona relievers finished the job, with Jose Valverde throwing a perfect final 1 1/3 for his 25th save. Arizona remained tied with the Padres atop the NL West with the Dodgers 1/2-game back. Other NL Scores Houston 3 Milwaukee 6, 11 innings - D. Miller, GW 3-run HR (1) San Diego 4 San Francisco 2 - G. Maddux, W (7-4) Cincinnati 9 Philadelphia 6 - A. Dunn, HR (22); R. Howard, HR (18) Pittsburgh 7 Florida 5, 10 innings Washington 0 Atlanta 13 - Y. Escobar, 4-5, 4 R, 1 RBI