CLEVELAND -- Mike Mussina earned his 253rd win, tying Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell on the career list, and the New York Yankees made the most of their five hits in a 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.
Mussina (3-3) allowed two runs and seven hits in five innings, just long enough to catch Hubbell for 41st place. The 39-year-old had his second consecutive solid outing after there was speculation he might lose his spot in the starting rotation.
Mussina was followed by Jonathan Albaladejo, Kyle Farnsworth, Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera, who worked the ninth for his eighth save in eight tries.
Hideki Matsui had two RBI, as New York earned a split of the four-game series after losing the first two. The club will head back to the comforts of Yankee Stadium after playing 18 games on the road in April -- the most by any team in the month.
Held without a hit for five innings by Aaron Laffey (0-1), who was called up to make his season debut for Cleveland, the Yankees strung together four hits -- three of them didn't leave the infield -- two groundouts and a hit batter to score four times in the sixth and take a 4-2 lead.
Matsui's RBI double in the eighth made it 5-2.
Orioles 3, White Sox 3 (suspended)
The Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox were tied at 3 when play was suspended after 11 innings because of rain.
The game will resume later this season, but no date was immediately announced. All the statistics from yesterday count.
Juan Uribe hit a solo homer in the 11th off Baltimore closer George Sherrill, his first blown save in 10 chances this year. Sherrill then got out of a jam with runners at first and second.
A daylong rain had soaked the muddy infield with puddles, so umpires called for the tarp after the inning and moments later came an announcement that the game was suspended.
The start was delayed 2 hours, 6 minutes by rain and the gametime temperature was only 38 degrees with wind blowing at 12 mph. Rain fell intermittently throughout the game and picked up in the late innings. Two of the base umpires wore ski masks to protect their ears and faces from the cold. The teams were rained out Friday night, forcing a doubleheader Saturday.
National League
Reds 4, Cardinals 3
In St. Louis, Edwin Encarnacion had a pair of RBI doubles and made a standout play at third base in the seventh inning to preserve a one-run lead in Cincinnati's victory over St. Louis.
