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STARS

Thursday

-- Miguel Cabrera, Marlins, went 3-for-3 with five RBIs as Florida routed Washington 11-3.

-- Xavier Nady, Mets, hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs in Pittsburgh's 6-0 victory over Pittsburgh.

-- Jim Thome, White Sox, hit a three-run homer to lift Chicago past Seattle 4-1.

-- Aaron Harang, Reds, struck out 12 over eight innings for his fifth straight victory as Cincinnati defeated Colorado 7-1.

WIN-WIN SITUATION

Jose Contreras won his 13th straight decision dating to last season and the White Sox set a franchise record with their 10th straight home victory with a 4-1 win over Seattle on Thursday. Contreras, the American League's first five-game winner, allowed one run on four hits in 7 1-3 innings.

ON THE RISE

The New York Mets are 10 games over .500 for the first time since the end of their pennant-winning season of 2000 after Thursday night's 6-0 win over Pittsburgh.

ON THE SKIDS

Washington has lost 10 of 12 after an 11-3 setback to Florida on Thursday night.

BEGINNER'S LUCK

Mike Napoli homered in his first major league at-bat to help the Los Angeles Angels stop their longest losing streak since 2002 at six games with a 7-2 victory over Detroit on Thursday.

This date in baseball

SEASONS

May 6

1915 -- As a pitcher for Boston, Babe Ruth had three hits, including his first major league home run when he connected off Jack Warhop of the New York Yankees at the Polo Grounds.

1917 -- Bob Groom of the Browns duplicated teammate Ernie Koob's feat of the previous day by pitching a 3-0 no-hit victory against the Chicago White Sox in the second game of a doubleheader in St. Louis.

1951 -- Cliff Chambers of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched a 3-0 no- hitter in the second game of a doubleheader against the Braves in Boston.

1953 -- Bobo Holloman of the St. Louis Browns pitched a 6-0 no- hitter against the Philadelphia Athletics in his first major league start. He never pitched another complete game in the majors.

1982 -- Gaylord Perry of the Seattle Mariners became the 15th major league pitcher with 300 victories when he defeated the New York Yankees 7-3 at the Kingdome.

1994 -- Anthony Young won as a starter for the first time in more than two years as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10- 1. The win ended Young's 29-game losing streak as a starter.

1998 -- Rookie Kerry Wood tied the major league record with 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game, pitching a one-hitter to lead the Chicago Cubs over the Houston Astros 2-0. The 20-year-old right- hander tied the record set by Boston's Roger Clemens against Seattle in 1986, and matched by Clemens against Detroit in 1996. Wood broke the NL record of 19 strikeouts in a nine-inning game, held by Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver and David Cone.

2005 -- San Diego's Trevor Hoffman became the third pitcher in major league history to reach 400 saves in the Padres' 6-5 victory over St. Louis. Hoffman joined Lee Smith (478) and John Franco (424) in the 400-save club.

Today's birthday: Willie Mays 75.