Rivera reaches 500 milestone

Mariano Rivera become the second reliever to reach the 500th save milestone as the New York Yankees beat the New York Mets 4-2 win.

Chien-Ming Wang won for the first time in more than a year and Rivera got four outs and pitched a one-hit ninth for his 18th save in 19 chances this season to secure the Yankees' fifth consecutive victory.

The right-hander joins the Milwaukee Bucks' Trevor Hoffman, who has 571 saves, as the only Major Leaguer players with 500.

Elsewhere, home runs by Chipper Jones and Garret Anderson carried the Atlanta Braves past the Boston Red Sox 2-1 to prevent a Boston sweep.

Rookie Tommy Hanson (4-0) threw six scoreless innings despite also suffering from flu. He restricted Boston to two hits and extended his scoreless streak to 20 innings.

Brandon Inge hit a two-run homer off Jose Valverde with two outs in the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers avoided a sweep with a comeback 4-3 win over the Houston Astros.

Kaz Matsui's RBI double off Edwin Jackson had given Houston a 3-2 lead in the seventh.

David Price bounced back from a pair of losses to allow one run over 6 1/3 innings as the Tampa Bay Rays sweeped the Florida Marlins with a 5-2 win.

Price (2-2) gave up two hits, five walks and had four strikeouts, while BJ Upton homered for the Rays who have now won five straight.

The Kansas City Royals ended a three-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Zack Greinke (10-3) did not allow a single run until his last pitch before a 59-minute rain delay in the seventh and ended by giving up seven hits while striking out three and walking none and lowering his major league-leading ERA to 1.95.

Brandon Phillips ended a 1-for-16 slump with three hits, three runs and three RBIs on his 28th birthday as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Cleveland Indians 8-1.

Chase Utley hit a two-run triple as the Philadelphia Phillies held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4, and Adam Dunn and Willie Harris both hit home runs as the Washington Nationals won 5-3 against the Baltimore Orioles.

John Danks pitched seven shutout innings as the Chicago White Sox embarrassed the Chicago Cubs 6-0 - the Cub's sixth loss in seven - while Justin Morneau hit a three-run homer as the Minnesota Twins overcame the St Louis Cardinals 6-2.

Adrian Beltre singled home a run in his last game before undergoing shoulder surgery to help the Seattle Mariners to a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chris Iannetta, Carlos Gonzalez and Seth Smith each drove in a run for the Rockies as Colorado beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1.

Juan Rivera, Jeff Mathis and Maicer Izturis all homered in the 12-8 victory for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim over the Arizona Diamondbacks, while Scott Hairston ended an 0-for-17 run with a homer for San Diego as the Padres won their first series in a month with a 2-0 victory against the Texas Rangers.

And finally, in the day's sole National League game Ryan Sadowski scattered four hits over six scoreless innings in his major league debut as the San Francisco Giants avoided a three-game sweep with a 7-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.