Braves" Medlen Wins Fourth Straight Start Kris Medlen continued his late-season surge by winning his fourth straight start, Chris Johnson hit a two-run homer and the Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-1, in Atlanta on Tuesday night. Medlen (10-10) seemed in danger of being sent to the bullpen one month ago, but his spot in the rotation appears secure. He left after walking Erik Kratz to open the eighth, receiving a standing ovation after allowing one run and five hits. After David Carpenter pitched a perfect eighth, Craig Kimbrel earned his 37th save by recording the final three outs. Chase Utley had three hits for Philadelphia. Johnson gave Atlanta a 3-0 lead in the third inning with his ninth homer, off the rookie Ethan Martin (1-2). Johnson leads the National League with a .337 batting average. MARLINS 1, ROYALS 0 Miami's Christian Yelich singled home the game's only run with one out in the 10th at Kansas City. The Marlins" Jose Fernandez, 21, and the Royals" Bruce Chen, 36, each pitched seven scoreless innings. BREWERS 5, RANGERS 1 Scooter Gennett, Milwaukee's rookie second baseman, hit his third and fourth homers as Milwaukee ended host Texas" eight-game winning streak. INDIANS 5, TWINS 2 Zach McAllister (5-7) held host Minnesota to one earned run and four hits in six innings for his first victory since May 23. Ryan Raburn homered for Cleveland. RED SOX 4, BLUE JAYS 2 Shane Victorino's two-out, two-run single broke a 2-2 tie in the 11th inning for visiting Boston, which increased its lead to four games in the American League East. Trailing, 2-1, Toronto tied it in the eighth on J. P. Arencibia's leadoff home run against Junichi Tazawa. MARINERS 5, RAYS 4 Seattle's leadoff hitter, Brad Miller, hit his third and fourth home runs to help send host Tampa Bay to its sixth straight loss. The Rays" leadoff hitter, Ben Zobrist, also homered twice. RANGERS RELEASE RAMIREZ Manny Ramirez, a 12-time All-Star, has been released from his minor league contract by the Texas Rangers. Ramirez, 41, appeared in 30 games with Class AAA Round Rock, hitting .259 with 3 homers and 13 runs batted in. Rangers General Manager Jon Daniels said that Ramirez was released so he could pursue other opportunities. There was no spot for Ramirez on the major league roster, Daniels said. Ramirez, a Dominican native who attended high school in New York City and was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 1991, is 14th on the career home run list with 555. He has served two 50-game suspensions for using banned drugs, and he last played in the majors with Tampa Bay in 2011. EYE SURGERY FOR UGGLA Atlanta second baseman Dan Uggla was placed on the 15-day disabled list so he can have Lasik eye surgery. Uggla, hitting .186 with an N.L.-leading 146 strikeouts, has battled eye problems throughout the season and has experimented with contact lenses. He said he hoped to miss only two weeks. RAYS" COBB TO RETURN The Tampa Bay right-hander Alex Cobb is expected to pitch Thursday night for the first time in the majors since he was hit in the head by a ball in June. Cobb will start against Seattle. HARRISON OUT FOR SEASON Matt Harrison, the Rangers" opening-day starter, has not recovered sufficiently from back surgery and will not pitch again this season. He is expected to be ready for spring training. JAYS" JOHNSON ON D.L. Toronto starter Josh Johnson was put on the 15-day disabled list with a sore right forearm.