Brian Giles had his third four-hit game of the season, Tadahito Iguchi had a homer among his three hits and the San Diego Padres opened interleague play with a 6-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
Joe Saunders bounced back from his lone loss of the year and Vladimir Guerrero drove in two runs without a hit to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 Friday night.
Alexei Ramirez hit his first major league homer, a two-run shot in the seventh inning that sent the Chicago White Sox to a 2-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.
Delmon Young went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored, and the Minnesota Twins avoided ninth inning trouble to edge the Colorado Rockies, 4-2, in the opener of a three-game series at Coors Field.
Gavin Floyd combined with four other pitchers in a five-hit shutout as the Chicago White Sox downed the San Francisco Giants, 2-0, in the opener of a three-game interleague set at AT&T Park.
Josh Hamilton went 5-for-5 with two long homers and five RBIs, and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 16-8 Friday night in a wild Lone Star Series opener.
Joe Saunders pitched 7 1/3 strong innings en route to his seventh win of the season as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim topped the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-2, in the opener of the three-game "Freeway Series" at Angels Stadium.
Eric Byrnes broke out of a monthlong slump with a homer and two RBIs, Dan Haren pitched seven innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied past the slumping Detroit Tigers 4-3 Friday night.
Nick Blackburn pitched seven strong innings and Delmon Young doubled twice and scored two runs to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.
Eric Byrnes went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, two RBI and two runs scored as the Arizona Diamondbacks edged the Detroit Tigers, 4-3, in the opener of a three-game interleague set at Chase Field.
