Lee's two-hitter leads Phillies' sweep

Cliff Lee tossed a two-hitter and had two hits and an RBI yesterday as the Phillies beat the Florida Marlins, 3-0, in Philadelphia to complete a four-game sweep and win their seventh in a row.

Lee (7-5) didn't allow a hit until Mike Stanton's ground single to center with two outs in the fifth. He struck out four and walked two to record his seventh career shutout and second this season.

Lee got the Phillies started with an RBI double in the fourth. After an 0-for-13 start at the plate, he's 8-for-20 with two doubles and four RBIs.

"I like doing both," he said. "Obviously, my job is to pitch, but any time you can contribute, it's a good feeling."

Ryan Howard hit his 15th homer for the Phillies, who improved their major league-best record to 44-26.

Javier Vazquez (3-7) allowed two runs and eight hits in five innings for Florida.

Nationals 7, Cardinals 4: Danny Espinosa's three-run homer in the bottom of the 10th gave Washington its sixth straight win.

Cubs 12, Brewers 7: Kosuke Fukudome had three hits, including a three-run homer, and Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Peña also went deep for host Chicago.

Pirates 5, Astros 4: Garrett Jones hit a three-run homer in the first inning and visiting Pittsburgh added two runs in the sixth as the Pirates earned their first three-game sweep of the season.

Red Sox 4, Rays 2: Adrian Gonzalez hit his 14th homer and David Ortiz, Darnell McDonald and Dustin Pedroia drove in runs to back Clay Buchholz (6-3) as visiting Boston won for the 11th time in 12 games.

Orioles 4, Blue Jays 3: Jeremy Guthrie pitched five shutout innings before a strained back forced him out, and Ryan Adams' RBI single gave visiting Baltimore a 4-2 lead in the ninth.

Tigers 6, Indians 2: Jhonny Peralta and Ryan Raburn hit back-to-back homers in the fourth as host Detroit moved a game ahead of Cleveland in the AL Central.

Twins 1, White Sox 0: Nick Blackburn (6-4) pitched eight innings and Michael Cuddyer homered for host Minnesota.

Athletics 8, Royals 4: Jemile Weeks had two hits and three RBIs and Hideki Matsui homered for host Oakland.

Snyder's wife attacked

A man attacked the wife of Pirates catcher Chris Snyder in a traffic dispute while Snyder sat in the car, unable to get out because he'd had back surgery, Pittsburgh police said.

Carla Snyder and the scooter-riding man, Subhash Arjanbhi Modhwadia, nearly collided Wednesday. Modhwadia, 44, was subdued by a passer-by and an off-duty police officer. Modhwadia is being held on $25,000 bail. -- AP