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MLB roundup: Boston routs Philadelphia

BOSTON (AP) -- David Ortiz drove in four runs, Boston led 12-0 after three innings and the Red Sox beat Philadelphia 12-2 on Friday night in the worst start of Jamie Moyer's 24 seasons.

BOSTON (AP) -- David Ortiz drove in four runs, Boston led 12-0 after three innings and the Red Sox beat Philadelphia 12-2 on Friday night in the worst start of Jamie Moyer's 24 seasons.

The 47-year-old left-hander allowed nine runs on nine hits, including six doubles and Mike Lowell's two-run homer, and left after failing to retire any of the first four batters in the second inning. Boston added three runs in the third off David Herndon.

John Lackey (7-3) won his third straight decision, giving up two runs and six hits in seven innings.

All the runs against Moyer (6-6) were earned. He had given up between nine and 11 earned runs in five of his other 620 starts before Friday, but the shortest stint in those shaky outings was 3 2-3 innings.

Yankees 4, Astros 3

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NEW YORK -- Andy Pettitte threw 7 1-3 sharp innings in his first career start against his hometown team.

Francisco Cervelli hit a two-run single in New York's three-run first inning, and Mark Teixeira added an RBI single in the fifth.

Marlins 14, Rays 9

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Anibal Sanchez pitched seven solid innings and Gaby Sanchez homered twice and drove in a career-high six runs for Florida.

The Marlins beat their intrastate rivals for just the third time in 13 tries over the past three seasons, handing Rays starter James Shields (5-5) his fourth consecutive loss while Anibal Sanchez (6-3) won for the fifth time in six starts.

Brewers 6, Rangers 2

MILWAUKEE -- Corey Hart hit his NL-leading 17th home run, Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun and Casey McGehee also went deep for Milwaukee.

Braun's two-run blast in the first set the tone, McGehee drove in his 46th run with his solo homer in the fourth and Hart and Fielder hit consecutive shots in the fifth off Rangers starter Rich Harden (3-3).

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Mets 5, Orioles 1

BALTIMORE -- Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey baffled Baltimore for seven innings and Chris Carter hit his first major league homer for New York.

Dickey (4-0) gave up one run and seven hits to win his fourth straight start. The right-hander had a career-high eight strikeouts.

White Sox 10, Cubs 5

CHICAGO -- Alex Rios and A.J. Pierzynski each had four hits and homered, and Carlos Quentin also went deep for the White Sox in their third straight win.

Pierzynski drove in three runs and Paul Konerko knocked in two runs and scored twice to back a strong outing by Jake Peavy (5-5), who allowed two runs on six hits over seven innings.

Royals 6, Reds 5, 11 innings.

CINCINNATI -- Kansas City's Yuniesky Betancourt completed his big game with a run-scoring single in the 11th inning.

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He also had an RBI double and a two-run homer. His two-out single off Micah Owings (3-2) gave the Royals their first set of consecutive wins in June.

Indians 7, Nationals 2

CLEVELAND -- Cleveland's Austin Kearns drove in four runs with two homers against his former team.

Travis Hafner also homered for Cleveland as manager Manny Acta won his first game against the team that fired him last July 13.

Tigers 6, Pirates 2

DETROIT -- Brennan Boesch hit a solo shot in a three-run fourth inning and Ramon Santiago had a two-run homer in a three-run sixth for Detroit.

Justin Verlander (7-4) gave up two runs on four hits and matched a season high with four walks in seven-plus innings.

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