Santana is doomed at dome
Indians, Carmona trump the Twins' ace
Johan Santana has a new streak at the Metrodome.
Santana lost his second straight home start and Fausto Carmona got a long-awaited win in Cleveland's 5-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins last night.
Santana (3-2) was making his first home start since Tampa Bay snapped his remarkable regular-season winning streak April 13. Santana was 17-0, and the Twins were 24-0, in his previous 24 home starts before he was outdueled by Scott Kazmir in a 4-2 loss.
The two-time Cy Young winner wasn't bad against Cleveland last night, giving up four runs on six hits and striking out seven in seven innings. But he didn't get much help from a lethargic offense that was befuddled by Carmona (1-1).
The Dominican righthander gave up two runs on six hits in 7 2/3 innings to snap a skid of 11 straight lost decisions, giving him his first victory since making his major league debut April 15, 2006.
"Fausto was fantastic tonight," manager Eric Wedge said.
Joe Borowski gave up a run-scoring single to Jason Kubel in the ninth before finishing for his eighth save.
Travis Hafner homered in the first inning for Cleveland, which was coming off a 12-inning victory over the Twins Monday night.
After giving up a run-scoring double to Casey Blake in the seventh that made the score 4-2, Santana hit Hafner in the middle of the back on the first pitch of the next at-bat, prompting a conversation with plate umpire Jim Reynolds.
Things were much less frustrating for Carmona, who breezed through the Twins' lineup.
Padres 10, Diamondbacks 5 --Randy Johnson returned to Arizona, looked his age, and was outpitched by another 43-year-old. David Wells got the victory in the oldest matchup of lefthanders in major league history.
Six months after back surgery, Johnson gave up six runs and six hits in five innings against San Diego, his first start for the Diamondbacks since 2004.
Braves 11, Marlins 6 -- Four Atlanta relievers combined to pitch six shutout innings, and the Braves scored all of their runs with two outs to beat host Florida. Peter Moylan pitched three scoreless innings for his first major league win. Bob Wickman finished with a one-hit ninth and has yet to allow a run in 9 2/3 innings.
Reds 10, Cardinals 3 -- Ken Griffey Jr. moved past Reggie Jackson into sole possession of 10th place on the career home run list, and Alex Gonzalez tied his career highs with two homers and five RBIs to spark visiting Cincinnati. Griffey, who entered with no homers and seven RBIs in 51 at-bats, grounded out and walked his first two at-bats before hitting a two-run shot in the fifth, the 564th of his career.
Giants 5, Dodgers 3 -- Matt Morris (3-0) took a three-hitter into the eighth inning, light-hitting Dave Roberts homered, and visiting San Francisco won its sixth straight game.
Brewers 4, Cubs 1 -- Prince Fielder homered for the second straight game, and Milwaukee dropped punchless Chicago to 7-13 overall and 3-9 at Wrigley Field.
Mets 2, Rockies 1 -- Pinch hitter Damion Easley hit a tying homer with two outs in the 10th, and Endy Chavez drove in the winning run with a beautiful bunt single in the 12th to lift host New York.
Pirates 3, Astros 0 -- Paul Maholm surrendered only three singles in his first career complete game and Pittsburgh avoided its longest home losing streak to start a season in 109 years.
White Sox 9, Royals 7 -- Joakim Soria surrendered two ninth-inning runs on a throwing error and a wild pitch as visiting Chicago outlasted Kansas City. In a game that started 1 hour 45 minutes late because of rain, Boone Logan got his first major league victory.
Angels 9, Tigers 8 -- Detroit closer Todd Jones's throwing error in the 10th led to the winning run for the host Angels, who blew a seven-run lead. Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer against All-Star closer Francisco Rodriguez with one out in the ninth, completing the Tigers' comeback from a 7-0 deficit and putting the defending AL champs up, 8-7.
Athletics 4, Orioles 2 -- Dallas Braden pitched six innings of three-hit ball to win his major league debut, and visiting Oakland completed a two-game sweep.
Phillies 6, Nationals 3 -- Wes Helms drove in the go-ahead run with a single in a three-run eighth to lead host Philadelphia to its fourth straight win.
The Mariners-Rangers game was postponed because of steady rain and will be rescheduled for July 23-25, when the Mariners return to Arlington. Seattle has had six games postponed by weather. 