SCOREBOARD

Tuesday, Aug. 12

New York at Minnesota (8:10 p.m. EDT). Mike Mussina (15-7, 3.27 ERA) goes for his 16th win, something he hasn't achieved since winning 17 games in 2003. He'll face Nick Blackburn (9-6, 3.60) and the Twins, who are trying to beat out the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central.

STARS

Sunday

- Ian Kinsler, Rangers, went 5-for-6 with his 15th home run, driving in three runs in Texas' 15-7 rout of Baltimore.

- Brian Giles, Padres, went 4-for-6 with a homer and four RBIs to help San Diego beat Colorado 16-7.

- Willy Aybar, Rays, hit two home runs and drove in four runs in his first multihomer game to help Tampa Bay down Seattle 11-3.

- Cliff Lee, Indians, pitched eight scoreless innings to win his AL-leading 16th game in Cleveland's 4-0 victory over Toronto.

- Randy Winn, Giants, had three hits and three RBIs and sparked a ninth-inning rally with a leadoff single to help San Francisco beat Los Angeles 5-4.

RAY OF HOPE

What better way for Tampa Bay to celebrate the return of outfielder Rocco Baldelli than to do it on the day the long-suffering franchise set a record with its 71st victory. Baldelli, who missed most of the 2005 and 2006 seasons, played his first game since May 15, 2007, going 1-for-4 in an 11-3 win over Seattle. He slowly worked his way back after earlier this season getting diagnosed with mitochondrial disorder, a condition that slows muscle recovery and causes extreme fatigue. The AL East-leading Rays improved to 71-46, beating their previous best record of 70-92 in 2004.

BORN WINNERS

Indians left-hander Cliff Lee wasn't tied for the major league lead in wins for long. He won his AL-best 16th a few hours before Diamondbacks right-hander Brandon Webb won his 17th, tops in the NL. Lee (16-2) threw eight shutout innings in a 4-0 win over the Blue Jays, lowering his ERA to a majors-best 2.45. Webb (17-4) wasn't quite as sharp, allowing six hits and a run in six innings, but he had a two-run double in a 6-1 win over the Braves.

BREAKING OUT

Lance Berkman of the Astros and Chase Utley of the Phillies ended unusually long home run droughts. Berkman hit his first homer in 113 at-bats dating to June 30 in Houston's 13-4 win over Cincinnati. It was his 23rd of the season. Utley snapped an 0-for-12 slump with his first home run since July 7 - and 29th of the season - but he's still looking for his first multihit game since July 30. Hitless streaks of 24 and 17 at-bats have helped dropped his average to .287 after he hit .362 with 13 homers in the first 33 games.

OFFENSIVE EXPLOSIONS

The Texas Rangers emphatically ended an uncharacteristic hitting drought in a 15-7 rout of the Orioles. Held to one run over their previous three games, the Rangers matched their season high with 20 hits. Ian Kinsler had five hits, more hits than in his last seven starts combined, and collected three RBIs. He had not homered since July 5. Hamilton hit his 28th homer, a three-run drive that snapped a 3-for-22 skid. Marlon Byrd went 4-for-6 with a homer and four RBIs, one of six Texas starters with at least two hits. … The San Diego Padres hit four home runs in a 16-7 win over Colorado. Brian Giles had four hits, including a homer, and Jody Gerut, Kevin Kouzmanoff and Luke Carlin also went deep for San Diego, which had 20 hits and set a season high in runs.

STREAKING

Lastings Milledge's RBI single in the sixth extended his hitting streak to 11 games and ended Washington's scoreless innings streak at 27. He added his 11th homer in the eighth. … Cincinnati's Jay Bruce went 0-for-4 to snap his hitting streak at 13 games. … Baltimore's Aubrey Huff went 1-for-5 with a homer run to extend the longest current hitting streak in the majors to 18 games. … Boston's Clay Buchholz lost his sixth straight decision, the longest current streak in the American League.

SWEPT

Alex Rodriguez said the Yankees have to treat every game like the playoffs after the Angels beat the Yankees 4-3. Los Angeles moved to 31 games over .500, and New York is now 8.5 games behind Tampa Bay and fading fast in the AL East race after closer Mariano Rivera again faltered in a non-save situation. It was the Angels' first home sweep of a three-game series over the Yankees since 1995.

FOOLING NO ONE

Welcome back to the National League, Livan Hernandez, now go sit down. The San Diego Padres roughed up Hernandez in his first start for the Rockies after being claimed of waivers from Minnesota. He gave up four runs in the first inning and was yanked after giving up two home runs in the third. Hernandez allowed nine runs on seven hits and walked four in 2 2-3 innings. The runs didn't stop coming, however, after he left and Colorado fell 16-7.

INJURED

A couple of playoff contenders suffered setbacks Sunday thanks to injuries. The Rays put Carl Crawford on the 15-day disabled list with an injured tendon in the middle finger. And Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Orlando Hudson is out for the season after surgery late Saturday night to repair a dislocated bone in his left wrist.

NOT AGAIN!

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Chris Carpenter was forced to leave the game against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning with a strained right triceps. After Carpenter delivered a second pitch to Jim Edmonds with one out in the inning, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and a team trainer went to the mound. After a brief conversation, Carpenter was removed and Ron Villone came on to pitch, getting as much time as he needed to warm up. Carpenter was making just his third start since elbow ligament replacement surgery in July 2007.

WALK-OFF WINS

The Giants are out of the playoff race but can take consolation in dealing a blow to the rival Dodgers' hopes of overtaking Arizona. San Francisco beat Los Angeles 4-3 in 10 innings Sunday for a series sweep after knocking the Dodgers off 3-2 in 10 on Saturday. The Dodgers are now one game under .500 and 1.5 games behind the Diamondbacks.

SPEAKING

"Bonds is not a fit for us. If he would come, I would go. I wouldn't want to deal with it." - Houston manager Cecil Cooper, responding to Internet reports that the Astros are interested in signing career home run leader Barry Bonds.

SEASONS

Aug. 12

1921 - Philadelphia's George Smith gave up 12 hits and still pitched a shutout as the Phillies beat the Boston Braves 4-0.

1948 - In the second game of a doubleheader, the Cleveland Indians beat the St. Louis Browns 26-3 with a 29-hit barrage. The Indians set a major league record as 14 different players hit safely.

1964 - Mickey Mantle hit a home run both left- and right-handed in a 7-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. It was the 10th time in his career and a major league record for switch-hit homers in a game.

1966 - Art Shamsky of the Cincinnati Reds connected for three home runs in a 14-11, 13-inning loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Crosley Field. Two of the homers came in the 10th and 11th innings. The game featured 11 homers by both clubs. Shamsky entered the game in the eighth inning for defensive purposes. In the bottom of the eighth, he hit a two-run homer to put the Reds ahead 8-7. He hit a solo shot to tie the game 9-9 in the 10th. Shamsky came back in the 11th inning with a two-run homer to tie the game again, 11-11. The Pirates scored three runs in the 13th for the victory.

1974 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angles struck out 19 Boston Red Sox for a 4-2 victory.

1986 - Don Baylor of the Boston Red Sox set an AL record when he was hit by a pitch for the 25th time for the season, breaking the record he had shared with Bill Freehan (1968) and Norm Elberfield (1911). Kansas City's Bud Black was the pitcher as the Royals completed a doubleheader sweep with a 6-5 victory.

1988 - The Boston Red Sox set an AL record with their 23rd straight victory at home, beating the Detroit Tigers 9-4. Boston surpassed the league mark of 22 set by the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics.

1994 - Major League Baseball players went on strike for the sport's eighth work stoppage since 1972.

2001 - Mark McGwire hit his 575th career home run and St. Louis beat the New York Mets 4-1. McGwire's last 11 hits had been homers.

2007 - Bobby Jenks pitched a perfect ninth inning in the Chicago White Sox's 6-0 loss to Seattle, breaking David Wells' American League record and tying the major league record of 41 straight batters retired. Jim Barr also set down 41 straight for San Francisco in 1972.

Today's birthday: Matt Clement 34.