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Brandon Backe pitched into the seventh inning, Miguel Tejada had three hits and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 5-4 Sunday.

Lyle Overbay’s three-run pinch-hit homer and Shannon Stewart’s two-run double helped the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 on Sunday in a game that was delayed twice by rain.

Randy Johnson pitched seven scoreless innings for his 288th career victory, and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Detroit Tigers 4-0 on Sunday.

Jose Lopez jumped on the first pitch from San Diego reliever Heath Bell in the bottom of the eighth, lining a two-out, two-run double into the right-field corner, and the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 3-2 win over the Padres.

Nick Swisher spoiled the San Francisco Giants’ day with a tiebreaking three-run double in the eighth as a pinch-hitter, lifting the Chicago White Sox to a 13-8 victory Sunday and their fifth straight win.

In his last three starts, Andy Pettitte has started strongly before falling apart in the fourth, setting the table for a Yankees defeat.

A-Rod slams in simulated game