RESULTS {Nate McLouth helps Pirates end losing streak to Cubs}

* N.Y. Mets 7, at N.Y. Yankees 4: Johan Santana gave the Yankees a look at the ace they failed to acquire last winter. The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched efficiently into the eighth inning. Billy Wagner got four outs for his ninth save in nine chances.

* at St. Louis 9, Tampa Bay 8 (10 innings): Ryan Ludwick hit his second home run of the game off Dan Wheeler with one out in the 10th. Albert Pujols also homered and had two RBIs a day after his 42-game streak of reaching base ended.

* at Boston 5-7, Milwaukee 3-6: The teams' infielders combined for seven errors in the nightcap. None was by Boston first baseman Kevin Youkilis, who played his major league record 222nd straight game at first without an error. In the opener, Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-0) tied the Angels' Joe Saunders for the AL lead in wins.

* at Cincinnati 4, Cleveland 2: Adam Dunn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off Masa Kobayashi, giving the Reds their season-high fifth consecutive victory.

* Toronto 6, at Philadelphia 3: Rod Barajas hit two homers, one of them a grand slam. He tied a career-best with five RBIs.

* at Baltimore 6, Washington 5: Brian Burres pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning and Orioles won for the seventh time in eight games.

* Oakland 5, at Atlanta 4: Tim Hudson (6-3) had been 3-0 with a 1.88 earned-run average at home but gave up five hits -- two homers -- and five runs in five innings.

* at Florida 7, Kansas City 3: Wes Helms hit a three-run, pinch-hit homer and Mike Jacobs hit a two-run shot in the seventh inning, helping the Marlins deny the Royals their first six-game winning streak since beginning the 2003 season with nine victories.

* at Colorado 3, Minnesota 2: Ryan Spilborghs hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning. Greg Reynolds, the Rockies' first-round pick in the 2006 draft from Stanford, worked six scoreless innings.

* Detroit 3, at Arizona 2: Carlos Guillen hit a two-run single and rookie Matt Joyce homered to help the Tigers end a five-game losing streak.

* Chicago White Sox 3, at San Francisco 1: Mark Buerhle (2-5) ended a five-game losing streak by yielding one run and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings.

* at Seattle 4, San Diego 2: Adrian Beltre, batting only .164 in May, hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning.

* at Texas 6, Houston 2: The Rangers clinched their seventh consecutive series victory.

* Dodgers 6, at Angels 3: Chan Ho Park made his first start for the Dodgers since Oct. 5, 2001, when he gave up Barry Bonds' 71st and 72nd homers of the season.

From the Associated Press