The Twins stun the Yankees with an 8th-inning grand slam by Jason Kubel against closer Mariano Rivera for a 6 – 3 win at New Yankee Stadium. Rivera had converted a record-tying 51 consecutive save opportunities at home and had not given up a grand slam since 2002; the runs are also the first he gives up this season.

With David Ortiz benched because of his poor start, the Red Sox still power past the Mariners, 5 – 3. Home runs by Jason Bay, Jason Varitek and Jeff Bailey account for all of Boston’s runs against starter Garrett Olson, a last-minute replacement for scheduled starter Erik Bedard.

Nick Hundley homers off Micah Owings with two outs in the 16th inning to end a marathon, 6 – 5, in favor of the Padres over the Cincinnati Reds. Normally a starter, Owings is pressed into pitching 5 2/3 innings in relief for the losers before surrendering the game-ending shot, while rookie Luis Perdomo, the Padres’ eighth pitcher, picks up his first major league win.

Jayson Werth ties the Phillies’ single-game RBI record when he drives in eight runs in Philadelphia’s 10-3 win over Toronto. The 28 year-old center fielder, who equals the franchise mark shared by Kitty Bransfeld (1910), Gavvy Cravath (1915), Willie Jones (1958), and Mike Schmidt (1976), accomplishes the feat with three home runs in team’s 10-3 victory over Toronto in the friendly confines of Citizens Bank Park.

Arizona beats Colorado, 8 – 5. Brandon Webb improves to 9-0 after 9 starts; it is the best start since Andy Hawkins won his first ten in 1985.

Before the start of the Subway Series at Yankee Stadium, the visiting Mets conduct a closed-door clubhouse meeting to clear the air concerning comments made yesterday by closer Billy Wagner about his teammates’ availability after games. Although the reliever addresses the issue, his remarks put focus the team’s lackluster start to the season, and the need to get it done on the field.

The Rangers pound the Astros, 16 – 8. Shawn Chacon, the Houston starter, gets his 9th straight no-decision, a major league record for starting pitchers at the beginning of a season.

In a game which features the Molina brothers as the respective catchers for their teams, Jose’s theft in the fourth proves to be the key to an Angel four-run inning. Blue Jays backstop Bengie takes second base without drawing a throw from his older brother, advancing on defensive indifference in the seventh inning of an 8-3 Los Angeles victory in Anaheim.

After drawing a warning from home plate umpire Joe West for throwing a ball behind Barry Bonds, Astros’ hurler Russ Springer strikes the Giants slugger on the shoulder with the fifth pitch of the at-bat. This incident will cost the 37 year-old right-handed reliever four games when baseball suspends him for his action against the San Francisco superstar, who needs just one home run to equal Babe Ruth’s career home run mark.

The Mariners score eight times in the 7th inning and go on to batter the Blue Jays, 15 – 2. LF Mark McLemore goes 5 for 5, including a double and three-run home run, for Seattle.