CLEVELAND — The Los Angeles Angels are relentless, especially when handed extra opportunities.

John Lackey earned his fourth straight win, Francisco Rodriguez tied his team record of 47 saves and the Angels took advantage of four Cleveland errors to defeat the Indians, 4-3, yesterday.

Lackey (10-2) pitched six innings to remain unbeaten in his last six starts. The Angels added to baseball's best record and avoided their first three-game losing streak since June.

Lackey gave the Angels five starters with 10 or more wins for the first time in team history. He joined Joe Saunders (14), Ervin Santana (13), Jon Garland (11) and Jered Weaver (10) in double figures.

"It's definitely pretty cool," Lackey said. "It means you have a chance to win a lot of games."

Rodriguez yielded a single to Jhonny Peralta to open the ninth, then got three quick outs — two on strikeouts — to match his saves mark set in 2006. The All-Star closer narrowly escaped a second consecutive blown save when Ryan Garko lined a 2-2 pitch inches foul with pinch-runner Franklin Gutierrez on second and two outs. Garko fanned on a 3-2 offering in the dirt.

"That was close, but that's the way it goes sometimes, an inch here or there," Garko said. "He's a good pitcher, but I've got to do a better job with first base open and a 3-2 pitch. I have to figure he's not going to challenge me. He threw a changeup or split. I went after it. I shouldn't have."

Los Angeles' Garret Anderson extended his hitting streak to 20 games with two singles.

The Angels manufactured a first-inning run off Fausto Carmona (5-5). Chone Figgins beat out an infield hit off Carmona's glove, went to second on an error by Peralta at shortstop, third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundout by Vladimir Guerrero.

Carmona had not allowed an earned run to the Angels in 11 2/3 career innings.Two more Indians errors and another wild pitch helped give the Angels a 4-1 lead in the third.

Yankees 3, Royals 2: Brett Gardner singled through the left side of the infield with two outs in the 13th inning, driving in Robinson Cano and giving host New York a much-needed victory over Kansas City. The Yankees won for just the second time in eight games, as they cling to playoff hopes. They began the day 10 1/2 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East and seven back of the Boston Red Sox for the wild card.

Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 1: Roy Halladay pitching his major league-leading eighth complete game for visiting Toronto. The loss snapped Boston's four-game winning streak. Halladay (14-9) limited the Red Sox to six singles before Dustin Pedroia's homer leading off the ninth. It was his 39th career complete game.

White Sox 2, Athletics 1: John Danks allowed one run and six hits in six effective innings to win his fifth straight decision on the road, and Chicago edged host Oakland.

Twins 7, Mariners 6: Joe Mauer homered and scored three times, sliding home in the ninth inning on Brian Buscher's sacrifice fly to lead host Minnesota over Seattle. The win kept the Twins tied with Chicago for the AL Central lead.

Rangers 3, Rays 0: Rookie Matt Harrison pitched eight sharp innings and Ian Kinsler homered on the first pitch, sending host Texas past Tampa Bay. Harrison (5-2) gave up just three singles, struck out eight without a walk, and retired the final 18 batters.

Tigers 5, Orioles 3: Miguel Cabrera and Carlos Guillen hit home runs in the fourth inning and Justin Verlander got his first victory in almost a month to lift Detroit over visiting Baltimore. Verlander (9-13) allowed two unearned runs and four hits in six innings.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

MARLINS 2, CUBS 1: Hanley Ramirez hit a leadoff homer and Cody Ross singled in the go-ahead run to help Florida snap Chicago's nine-game road winning streak.

Mets 7, Pirates 4: Pedro Martinez pitched seven innings for the first time this season, and Jose Reyes and Ramon Castro homered to lead surging New York past host Pittsburgh. Martinez (4-3) allowed one run and eight hits in his 13th start of the season.

Diamondbacks 11, Astros 5: Miguel Montero and Chris Young hit grand slams — the first time Arizona has hit two in one game — and the Diamondbacks beat host Houston. Montero and Young hit the first slams of their careers, both connecting off Brandon Backe.

Cardinals 9, Reds 3: Albert Pujols hit a pair of solo home runs, and visiting St. Louis matched its season high with four homers in all during a victory over Cincinnati that extended its winning streak to four games.

Braves 11, Giants 5: Mike Hampton gave up two runs in six innings and host Atlanta beat San Francisco to end a five-game losing streak. Hampton gave the Braves' rotation a lift on the day 300-game winner Tom Glavine confirmed he'll miss the rest of the season with an elbow injury. John Smoltz and Tim Hudson have already had season-ending operations.

Rockies 13, Nationals 6: Troy Tulowitzki drove in three runs and visiting Colorado scored six times in the fifth inning to extend Washington's losing streak to nine games. Garrett Atkins, Brad Hawpe and Ian Stewart had two RBIs apiece for the Rockies.

Brewers 4, Dodgers 3: J.J. Hardy had a run-scoring single with two outs in the 10th inning to give Milwaukee a victory over host Los Angeles.

Padres 8, Phillies 3: Chad Reineke allowed three runs in five innings to win his major league debut in San Diego's win over visiting Philadelphia.

NOTES

Braves: Pitcher Tom Glavine is out for the season, and his illustrious career could be over if he needs major surgery on his injured left elbow. The 42-year-old Glavine still hopes to return next year — unless he needs elbow ligament replacement surgery. A 300-game winner, Glavine said yesterday he will be examined by Dr. James Andrews next week in Alabama.

Glavine, placed on the disabled list Friday with a torn flexor tendon in his left elbow, plans to have surgery to repair the tendon. He said he'd give up his comeback hopes for 2009 if Andrews determines the pitcher needs the ligament replacement procedure, known as Tommy John surgery. Rehabilitation after that procedure often takes at least a year.