By The Associated Press

SCOREBOARD

Thursday, July 7

Boston at Baltimore (7:05 p.m. EDT). Manny Ramirez and the Red Sox face the second-place Orioles, who have lost 11 of 13.

STARS

Wednesday

Chris Carpenter, Cardinals, struck out seven and allowed only one run on three hits over eight innings to earn his 13th victory in St. Louis' 2-1 win over Arizona.

David Ortiz, Red Sox, homered and drove in three runs in Boston's 7-4 win over Texas.

Garret Anderson, Angels, had two hits, including a three-run homer, and threw out the potential tying run at home in the eighth inning of Los Angeles' 7-6 win over Minnesota.

Ted Lilly and Vernon Wells, Blue Jays. Lilly pitched seven innings and Wells hit a three-run homer to lead Toronto over Oakland 8-0.

Antonio Perez, Dodgers, went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer and a career-high five RBIs to lead Los Angeles past Colorado 9-5.

ALL-STARS

Chicago White Sox left fielder Scott Podsednik and Houston right-hander Roy Oswalt earned the final spots on the All-Star teams in Internet fan voting completed Wednesday. This is the first All-Star appearance for both players.

MILESTONES

Houston second baseman Craig Biggio moved past Roberto Alomar into 50th place on the career hits list in a 5-4 win over San Diego on Wednesday night. ... New York Mets left-hander Tom Glavine earned his 268th win, tying Jim Palmer for 31st on the career list in a 5-3 victory over Washington. ... St. Louis closer Jason Isringhausen earned his 200th career save in a 2-1 win over Arizona.

RECORDS

Florida pitchers retired 28 consecutive batters from the third inning on and set a team record with 22 strikeouts in a 12-inning, 5-4 victory over Milwaukee on Wednesday night. A.J. Burnett matched his career high and the individual club record with 14 strikeouts in only six innings. The Marlins' team record for a nine-inning game is 17 strikeouts against Montreal on July 21, 2002. Florida's previous record for an extra-inning game was 21, set in 16 innings against Houston on Aug. 20, 1999.

SPEAKING

"I'm not going to be perfect all the time. I'm happy for my work today, and I'll be better next time." - Washington's Livan Hernandez after the All-Star right-hander's run of 11 consecutive winning decisions ended with a 5-3 loss to the New York Mets on Wednesday night.