 Elsewhere in Major League Baseball, Baltimore defeated the New York Yankees 6-5. Both teams scored three runs in the ninth inning, but it's the Birds coming out on top by one. They lead New York by one game in the American League East going into the All-Star break. Red Sox beat the Royals yesterday at Fenway Park 5-4. Tigers nipped the L.A. Dodgers 4-3. Lawrence Butler hit three of the Oakland Athletics' eight home runs. The A's creamed the Philadelphia Phillies.