Chicago ? His splitter wasn’t wreaking its usual havoc, nor was his breaking ball or fastball. Still, Jose Contreras did enough to set a club record.

The right-hander won his team-record 16th straight decision, Scott Podsednik hit his first career grand slam, and the Chicago White Sox won a World Series rematch by beating the Houston Astros, 7-4, on Friday night for their eighth straight victory.

“So many pitchers have gone through here. I’m really proud,” Contreras said through an interpreter. “It’s my record now. It’s something for me, personally, but the most important thing is that we won and we’re playing great right now.”

Contreras (8-0) left to a standing ovation after allowing an RBI double off the left-field wall by Chris Burke that cut the lead to 6-4 with one out in the seventh.

Red Sox 10, Phillies 2

Boston – Josh Beckett retired the first 16 batters, and Manny Ramirez drove in five runs with two homers and a double to lead Boston to its seventh straight victory.

Orioles 2, Nationals 1

Baltimore – Rodrigo Lopez allowed one run in seven innings to help Baltimore beat Washington.

Lopez (5-8) gave up seven hits, struck out seven and walked none.

Tigers 10, Cardinals 6

Detroit – Brandon Inge and Curtis Granderson homered to lift Detroit, which lost catcher Ivan Rodriguez to a wrist injury.

Albert Pujols went 4-for-4 with his 26th homer and a walk for St. Louis.

Mets 6, Blue Jays 1

Toronto – Tom Glavine became baseball’s first 11-game winner, and New York set a club record with its ninth straight road victory.

David Wright and Lastings Milledge homered for the Mets.

Reds 3, Indians 0

Cleveland – Aaron Harang pitched his third career shutout, and Ryan Freel had a career-high five hits for Cincinnati.

Harang (8-5) allowed seven hits and struck out six.

Yankees 6, Marlins 5

New York – Jorge Posada drove in three runs to help the Yankees cool off surprising Florida.

Making their first trip to Yankee Stadium since winning the 2003 World Series, the young Marlins lost for only the second time in 12 games.

Twins 7, Cubs 2

Minneapolis – Johan Santana threw eight strong innings to help Minnesota move two games above .500 for the first time this year.

Justin Morneau homered and had three RBIs for the Twins.

Angels 8, D’backs 2

Phoenix – Mike Napoli hit a long home run, Orlando Cabrera also connected, and Ervin Santana won his fourth straight start to lead Los Angeles over the slumping Diamondbacks.

Braves 4, Devil Rays 3, 11 innings

St. Petersburg, Fla. – Todd Pratt’s RBI grounder in the 11th inning helped Atlanta end its longest losing streak in 18 years at 10 games.

Rangers 8, Rockies 6

Denver – Mark Teixeira and Hank Blalock hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning, and the Rangers rallied to beat Colorado.

John Koronka (6-4) earned the victory.

Padres 2, Mariners 1, 10 innings

San Diego – Brian Giles threw out a runner at the plate in the ninth inning and singled home the winning run in the 10th to give the Padres a victory over Seattle.

Athletics 4, Giants 3

San Francisco – Nick Swisher drove in the go-ahead run with a ninth-inning triple, and Oakland rallied over the Giants in the Bay Bridge Series opener.

National League

Dodgers 10, Pirates 4

Los Angeles – Brett Tomko snapped a string of five consecutive losing starts despite leaving due to an injury, and Los Angeles gave former manager Jim Tracy a rude welcome back to Chavez Ravine.