Suzuki Gets No. 4,000 as Yankees Keep Surging With a slight flick of the wrist, Ichiro Suzuki sent a dancing knuckleball into left field at Yankee Stadium, creating a unique milestone to match the unique man who had accomplished it. Suzuki's first-inning single off Toronto Blue Jays starter R. A. Dickey in the Yankees" 4-2 win Wednesday night gave him a total of 4,000 hits as a professional, 1,278 while playing for the Orix Blue Wave of the Japanese Professional Baseball League and 2,722 in the major leagues. When Suzuki's magic moment ended, the Yankees got back to the business of winning an important game. By the time Alfonso Soriano had smashed a game-deciding two-run homer in the eighth, Suzuki's milestone was a distant memory. The home run was Soriano's ninth since he was acquired on July 26. The surging Yankees have won four in a row and 10 of their past 13 games. RED SOX 12, GIANTS 1 Stephen Drew and Will Middlebrooks each hit a home run as visiting Boston routed San Francisco. DODGERS 4, MARLINS 1 Zack Greinke allowed one run in eight innings to win his fourth start in a row, and visiting Los Angeles took advantage of sloppy defense by Miami. CARDINALS 8, BREWERS 6 Carlos Beltran and Allen Craig hit towering home runs in St. Louis's six-run second inning, and the Cardinals held off host Milwaukee. PADRES 2, PIRATES 1 Ian Kennedy pitched seven strong innings, and Yonder Alonso drove in two runs as host San Diego beat Pittsburgh to avoid a three-game sweep. (AP) PHILLIES 4, ROCKIES 3 Michael Young hit the winning single with one out in the ninth inning after Carlos Ruiz tied the score with a double, pushing host Philadelphia past Colorado. ORIOLES 4, RAYS 2 Chris Davis hit his major-league-leading 46th home run, Adam Jones also homered, and host Baltimore beat Tampa Bay to avoid a three-game sweep. MARINERS 5, ATHLETICS 3 Brendan Ryan hit a two-run double in the sixth as Seattle won in Oakland. INDIANS 3, ANGELS 1 Justin Masterson pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Nick Swisher hit a two-run homer and Cleveland completed a three-game sweep of host Los Angeles. TIGERS 7, TWINS 1 Torii Hunter hit a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh inning and scored from second base on a passed ball to help host Detroit beat Minnesota. TEJADA LINK TO CLINIC DENIED Miguel Tejada, the Kansas City infielder suspended for 105 games last week after testing positive for amphetamines, was not involved in the Biogenesis doping scandal, Major League Baseball said. An ESPN report Tuesday said Tejada was involved in the South Florida clinic linked to doping, but a statement by M.L.B. denied the claim.