Blue Jays end losing run

Parris was in inspired form

American League

The Toronto Blue Jays ended their six-game losing streak by defeating the New York Yankees 8-3.

Steve Parris earned his first victory of the season, making his fifth start since returning from rotator cuff surgery.

He held the Yankees to four hits over the first seven innings and walked two and struck out four.

Pedro Martinez won his fourth start in a row as the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 8-0.

He allowed one hit, walked two and struck out eight in five innings.

Doug Mirabelli hit a three-run homer in a five-run first inning against Mike Maroth and Trot Nixon added a solo shot.

National League

Barry Bonds ended a 10-game drought with his first home run off Randy Johnson as San Francisco beat Arizona 3-2.

JT Snow singled in the go-ahead run off reliever Matt Mantei in the eighth inning after Arizona had rallied to tie it 2-2.

Bonds, the only left-hander in the line-up against Johnson, had gone 33 at-bats without a home run, his longest lull of the season, and 31 at-bats against Johnson without a homer.

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Saturday's Major League results

American League

Boston 8-0 Detroit
Chicago White Sox 7-3 Cleveland
NY Yankees 3-8 Toronto
Oakland 3-4 Kansas City (10 innings)
Anaheim 4-3 Tampa Bay
Seattle 2-7 Minnesota
Texas 5-7 Baltimore

National League

Arizona 2-3 San Francisco
St Louis 2-4 Los Angeles (11 innings)
Pittsburgh 2-10 Houston
Atlanta 3-7 Chicago Cubs
Florida 5-2 5 NY Mets
Cincinnati 6-4 Milwaukee
Philadephia 3-5 Montreal
Colorado3-2 San Diego