Thursday’s interleague results

Rockies 4, Yankees 3: At Denver, Roger Clemens couldn’t hold on for his 350th win and Colorado completed a three-game sweep of New York. Matt Holliday’s RBI single with one out in the fifth broke a 2-2 tie and chased Clemens, who failed to hold a 2-0 lead and allowed four earned runs and seven hits. Colorado’s Rodrigo Lopez survived Hideki Matsui’s 428-foot, two-run home run into the rock pile in center field and lasted 5 2/3 innings.

Rangers 6, Cubs 5: At Arlington, Texas, pinch-hitters Kenny Lofton and Frank Catalanotto singled off the gloves of diving Chicago outfielders in the bottom of the ninth, producing the winning run in Texas’ victory. Catalanotto hit a one-out liner down the right-field line that Angel Pagan nearly caught, sending Lofton home with the game-winner.

Orioles 6, Padres 3: At San Diego, Alberto Castillo hit his first home run in more than two years, leading Erik Bedard and Baltimore to the win. The Orioles took two of three from N.L. West-leading San Diego. The two wins came after a nine-game losing streak by Baltimore, which fired manager Sam Perlozzo on Monday and replaced him with Dave Trembley on an interim basis.

Dodgers 8, Blue Jays 4: At Toronto, Jeff Kent hit a two-run home run, Russell Martin doubled to spark a six-run rally in the eighth and Los Angeles beat Toronto. The Dodgers trailed 3-2 to begin the eighth before mounting a one-out rally against right-hander Casey Janssen. Nomar Garciaparra greeted Janssen with a single before Kent doubled off the top of the right-field wall.

Associated Press