By The Associated Press

SCOREBOARD

Wednesday, Sept. 14

Oakland at Cleveland (7:05 p.m. EDT). Wild-card contenders finish off a three-game set.

STARS

Tuesday

Jason Giambi and Hideki Matsui, Yankees. Giambi homered and drove in five runs and Matsui added four hits and four RBIs in New York's 17-3 win over Tampa Bay.

Ben Broussard, Indians, homered twice and drove in five runs to lead Cleveland to a 5-2 win over Oakland.

Josh Beckett, Marlins, struck out eight and allowed two runs over 7 1-3 innings in Florida's 4-2 win over Houston.

Luis Rivas, Twins, hit a three-run homer, his first of the season, and scored three runs to help Minnesota beat Detroit 9-3.

Aaron Rowand, White Sox, tied a career-high with four hits, including three doubles in Chicago's 6-4 win over Kansas City.

HEALING

An MRI exam on Johnny Damon's left shoulder Tuesday showed no structural damage. Damon, who didn't play in Boston's 6-5 win in 11 innings over Toronto on Monday night, has been playing with discomfort since injuring the shoulder on a slide against Baltimore on Sept. 4. Boston manager Terry Francona said Damon will remain in Boston for treatment while the Red Sox finish their Toronto road trip.

MILESTONE

Carlos Delgado homered in Florida's 4-2 win over Houston on Tuesday to become the ninth player to hit 30 homers in nine straight seasons.

LEAVING

Indians reliever Arthur Rhodes will miss the rest of the season because of a family illness. Rhodes has helped Cleveland's bullpen become one of the majors' stingiest with major league-leading 2.88 ERA one season after it was one of baseball's worst. Rhodes went 3-1 with a 2.08 ERA in 47 appearances.

HONORED

Diamondbacks outfielder Luis Gonzalez won the 2005 Branch Rickey Award for community service Tuesday for devoting more than 1,000 hours and generating more than $1 million in contributions for Arizona charities. The Denver Rotary Club gives the award annually to a major league player, coach or executive.

SPEAKING

"It always seems that odd things happen in my games, crazy things that you don't see every day. We're not able to do the things we need to do to win games." - New York Mets starter Tom Glavine on the lack of run support he received in New York's 4-2 loss to Washington.

SEASONS

Sept. 14

1903 - Red Ames' debut with the New York Giants was a five-inning, 5-0, no-hit victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The game was called in midafternoon because of unusual darkness.

1923 - Red Sox first baseman George Burns pulled off an unassisted triple play against the Cleveland Indians.

1951 - Bob Nieman of the St. Louis Browns hit home runs in his first two at-bats in the majors. Both came off Boston Red Sox pitcher Maury McDermott. The Red Sox won 9-6.

1968 - Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland A's 5-4 to become the first pitcher since Dizzy Dean in 1934 to win 30 games.

1986 - Bob Brenly of San Francisco tied a major league record with four errors in one inning, but atoned with two homers, including a game-winner, to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Brenly, a catcher, was playing third base.

1987 - Ernie Whitt hit three of Toronto's major league record 10 home runs as the Blue Jays rolled to an 18-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Baltimore shortstop Cal Ripken had his consecutive-inning streak stopped at 8,243 when he was replaced at shortstop by Ron Washington in the eighth inning.

1990 - Ken Griffey and his son hit back-to-back homers in the first inning of the Seattle Mariners' 7-5 loss to the California Angels. The unprecedented father-and-son homers came off Kirk McCaskill.

1994 - The baseball season, already shut down by a month-long strike, was canceled along with the World Series in a vote by 26 of the 28 teams.

1996 - Mark McGwire became the 13th major leaguer to hit 50 home runs in a season with a homer in a 9-8 loss to Cleveland.

1998 - The Atlanta Braves clinched their seventh straight division crown, winning the NL East with a victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Among the major pro sports leagues - baseball, NFL, NBA and NHL - only seven franchises have finished first during the regular season at least seven times in a row.

2002 - Tampa Bay's 8-4 loss at Toronto was the Devil Rays' 100th of the season. The Devil Rays (48-100) became the quickest AL team to lose 100 games since the 1949 Washington Senators lost 100 in their 147th game. They also became the first team to lose 100 in consecutive seasons since Toronto did it from 1977-79.

2003 - The Detroit Tigers lost to the Royals 7-2 to become the first team in 34 years to lose 110 games in one season. Detroit (38-110) has the most losses since the Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres went 52-110 in 1969, their first seasons in the major leagues.

Today's birthdays: Chad Bradford 31; David Bell 33.