David Wright homered, Johan Santana won for the first time in four starts and the visiting New York Mets snapped the Atlanta Braves' five-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory.
Tim Hudson (15-6) lost for the first time in nine starts after allowing eight hits and four runs - three earned - with one walk and four strikeouts in seven innings.
Santana (11-9) left after five innings, his shortest outing in 23 starts, throwing 65 pitches. The Mets later announced that the left-hander had a strained pectoral muscle and was listed as day-to-day.
Red Sox 6, Orioles 4: Adrian Beltre homered to spark a five-run second inning, and visiting Boston beat Baltimore to salvage a .500 road trip.
David Ortiz drove in two runs and J.D. Drew had three hits for the Red Sox.
Pedroia facing surgery
Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is bracing for the possibility of having season-ending surgery on his broken left foot.
Pedroia will be examined today.
"I have a CT scan early in the morning," Pedroia said Thursday before Boston's game against the Orioles. "If I have to have surgery, we'll do it later in the day."
The injury originally occurred in late June. Pedroia returned for two games in August, then went back on the 15-day disabled list. The 2008 AL MVP and the Red Sox hoped for his return this month, but his recovery hasn't gone as swiftly as anticipated.
Marlins catcher to have Tommy John surgery: Florida Marlins catcher John Baker will undergo Tommy John surgery to repair an injury to his throwing elbow that sidelined him for most of this season, meaning he might not play again until 2012.
Dr. James Andrews will perform the reconstructive surgery today, the Marlins said.
Back pain troubles Lee
Cliff Lee stunk again Tuesday. He blew three leads - in the first five innings. The Texas Rangers ended up losing a game in which Lee started and the offense scored nine runs.
Then Lee told the Rangers he's had discomfort in his lower back. And that the trouble pre-dated Tuesday.
You would not believe Rangers manager Ron Washington's reaction. He was relieved.
At least the back pain pronouncement - and the results of a preliminary exam suggesting it wasn't serious - provided insight for why Lee has turned from Cy Young contender to a left-handed version of Rich Harden. In Seattle, Lee had a 2.34 ERA; as a Ranger, it's almost exactly double that (4.69). Guys don't just turn that bad overnight.
A further exam in Arlington on Wednesday indicated a knot in the muscle. The solution: a "trigger point" injection of cortisone and local anesthetic into the knot. It should quickly eliminate the problem and allow Lee to pitch without missing a turn, though he will be pushed back an extra day to Tuesday at Toronto. After 10 consecutive starts on four days' rest, Lee will get six days.
The diagnosis and treatment gives the Rangers a more tangible way to treat Lee because all they had to work with in his past three starts was seeing the ball in locations it was not supposed to be - up when he was throwing to hitters; down and away when throwing to his fielders. It was his own throwing error on a double-play ball Tuesday that started the collapse.
