Ramirez finished a triple short of the cycle.
On Monday, Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the sixth and finished a triple short of the cycle.
CUBS 5, ASTROS 1 Alfonso Soriano finished a triple shy of the cycle and drove in two runs, and Travis Wood allowed one run in seven and two-thirds innings to lead Chicago in Houston.
TIGERS 8, TWINS 2 Jhonny Peralta finished a triple short of the cycle and had four R.B.I. to lift Detroit to a win at Minnesota, the Tigers' 11th straight win over their Americal League Central rivals.
The Twins won five of six for the season against the Brewers.... Ichiro Suzuki lined the 29th leadoff homer of his career and finished a triple short of the cycle, and the Seattle Mariners beat the San Diego Padres, 9-3.
The Mets pounded a season-high 18 hits against Milwaukee pitching, with four coming from a more traditional source, David Wright, who hit his 19th home run and finished a triple shy of the cycle.
The Chicago Cubs won their season-high fifth straight with a 7-6 victory at Pittsburgh.... Albert Pujols hit his 25th home run and finished a triple shy of the cycle as St . Louiswon at Florida, 7-4.... Justin Masterson struck out nine against his former team, helping Cleveland to a 7-3 win at Boston..
He parred the hole, but gained another shot after Bradley took four, while Schwartzel and Clarke both hit their tee shots into the sea and finished with triple bogeys.
In his Dodgers debut, Dozier finished a triple shy of the cycle.
The Tigers came closest in Game 4, but in a fitting finish, triple crown winner Miguel Cabrera took a third strike from the bearded gnome, Sergio Romo, and the Giants jumped on each other at the mound.
Boxcars as wide as whales, locomotives roaming up and down the yard with the single white eye of a cyclops, grain hoppers overflowing with corn and wheat, gondolas piled with scrap metal and flatbeds loaded with raw logs or finished lumber, triple-deckers packed with import cars, empty deadheads and old rusting crummies shunted onto sidings.
