Monday’s interleague games

Rangers 6, Pirates 5 (10): At Arlington, Texas, Hank Blalock hit an RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning, and Texas beat Pittsburgh in the first interleague game of the season. Blalock’s looper to center, on a full-count pitch from Mike Johnston (0-3), dropped in front of charging outfielder Tike Redman to score Laynce Nix. Nix had reached on a similar hit, a flyball to center knocked down by a gusty wind that fell several feet in front of the outfielder. Michael Young’s two-out single sent Nix to third. The Pirates, with manager Lloyd McClendon back after a two-game suspension, lost for the eighth time in nine games despite scoring more than three runs for the first time in that span. Texas has never lost to the Pirates.

Athletics 13, Reds 2: At Oakland, Calif., Mark Mulder stalled Ken Griffey Jr.’s run for 500 homers on a night when the Athletics delivered most of the longballs, getting a grand slam from Scott Hatteberg in a win over Cincinnati. Mark Kotsay, Erubiel Durazo and Damian Miller also homered for the A’s, who have won six of seven to move a season-high eight games over .500. Rookie Bobby Crosby had his second straight three-hit game and Hatteberg had a career-high five RBIs as Oakland improved to 13-0 against the N.L. Central. Oakland has scored 21 runs in its past two games.