By The Associated Press

SCOREBOARD

Wednesday, July 20

Milwaukee at St. Louis (8:10 p.m. EDT). Mark Mulder (10-5) and the Cardinals face Ben Sheets (5-6) and the Brewers.

STARS

Tuesday

John Patterson, Nationals, struck out eight and allowed only three hits over eight innings in Washington's 4-0 win over Colorado.

Aramis Ramirez, Cubs, went 3-for-4 with two homers and five RBIs to lead Chicago past Cincinnati 7-3.

Eric Hinske, Blue Jays, hit a pair of two-run homers in Toronto's 12-10 win over Seattle.

Miguel Cabrera, Marlins, homered twice in Florida's 6-3 victory over Arizona.

Rich Harden, Athletics, struck out eight and allowed one run in 8 2-3 innings in Oakland's 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels.

Chris Woodward, Mets, hit a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th to give New York a 3-1 victory over San Diego.

RELIEF

Curt Schilling earned his 14th career save - first as Boston's temporary closer - in Tuesday night's 5-2 victory over Tampa Bay. It was Schilling's first save since 1992, when he was with Philadelphia. He went 375 games, 368 starts and 2,667 innings between saves. ... Jesse Crain (9-1) leads the Twins in victories after pitching a scoreless ninth in Minnesota's 4-3 win over Baltimore.

CUTTING IT CLOSE

Minnesota beat Baltimore 4-3 Tuesday night when B.J. Ryan blew his fifth save in 26 chances. Each of Minnesota's six games since the All-Star break have been decided by one run, but the Twins have won only two of those.

STRONG IN DEFEAT

Arizona's Royce Clayton went 4-for-4 with a double, a triple and three RBIs in a 6-3 loss to Florida on Tuesday night. ... Pittsburgh's Ryan Doumit homered twice in a 9-3 loss to Houston.

INJURED

New York Yankees outfielder Ruben Sierra was put on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained left hamstring. Sierra was hurt while running to first base Monday night. He also went on the disabled list in April and missed 24 games with a partial tear in the biceps muscle in his right arm.

SPEAKING

"It was a funny win tonight. It's hard to believe they were the same teams out there." - Rangers manager Buck Showalter after Texas' 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night. The two teams combined for 25 hits and 21 runs the night before.

SEASONS

July 20

1906 - Malcolm Eason of Brooklyn pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cardinals in St. Louis.

1925 - Brooklyn's Dazzy Vance struck out 17 batters as the Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in 10 innings.

1933 - Babe Herman hit three home runs, including a grand slam, to pace the Chicago Cubs in a 10-1 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field.

1941 - New York's Joe DiMaggio had three doubles and a homer in a 12-6, 17-inning Yankee victory over the Tigers in Detroit.

1958 - Jim Bunning of the Detroit Tigers threw a no-hitter, beating the Boston Red Sox 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader.

1970 - Bill Singer of the Dodgers pitched a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies for a 5-0 victory in front of 12,454 at Los Angeles.

1973 - Wilbur Wood of the Chicago White Sox lost both games of a doubleheader to the New York Yankees, 12-2 and 7-0.

1976 - Hank Aaron hit the 755th and final home run of his career to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-2 win over California.

2003 - Albert Pujols became the fourth player to hit 100 home runs in his first three major league seasons with a two-run shot in St. Louis' 10-7 win over Los Angeles.

Today's birthday: Bengie Molina, 31.