DENVER — Vinny Castilla hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning, and the Colorado Rockies rallied from a six-run deficit to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 Monday.

Down 6-0 after three innings, the Rockies scored five times in the seventh with homers by Matt Holliday and Charles Johnson.

Then in the ninth, Todd Helton drew a leadoff walk on four pitches from Tim Worrell (0-1). Castilla followed with his 10th homer, a drive that barely cleared the left-field wall.

Castilla finished with three hits and three RBIs. Brian Fuentes (1-0) got the win.

Mike Lieberthal and Chase Utley each drove in three runs for the Phillies. The Rockies beat Philadelphia by the same 7-6 score Sunday.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TWINS 9, BLUE JAYS 5: At Toronto, Jacque Jones hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning to help Minnesota to the road victory.

Lew Ford and Torii Hunter also homered for the Twins, who have won six of seven.

After Hunter led off the ninth with a double, Jones hit a 1-1 pitch off Micheal Nakamura (0-2). Jones' seventh homer gave the Twins a 7-5 lead.

Juan Rincon (6-2) pitched 1 2/3 innings for the win. Aaron Fultz came on to record the final out for his first save of the season. Frank Menechino went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs for the Blue Jays, who have lost five of seven.

INDIANS 7, WHITE SOX 2: At Cleveland, Victor Martinez had three more RBIs, and Cliff Lee stayed unbeaten as Cleveland won its fifth straight with a rain-delayed victory over Chicago.

Martinez, whose AL-high 10 RBIs in his five previous games made him a co-winner of the league's player of the week award, hit an RBI double in the first inning and a two-run single in the second off Felix Diaz (0-1).

In 13 starts since Martinez was moved into the cleanup spot, the switch-hitting catcher is batting .333 (18-for-54) with 21 RBIs.

Lee (5-0) gave up one run and two hits in the first and nothing else to the White Sox, who made four errors. He is the first Cleveland starter to go 5-0 since Dennis Martinez went 9-0 in 1995.

Travis Hafner and Matt Lawton added two RBIs apiece for the Indians. Chicago has dropped seven of 10.

FAN RESTING AFTER FOUL-BALL CONCUSSION: A young girl struck by a foul ball at a Colorado Rockies game this weekend was resting at home Monday, recovering from a concussion.

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Seven-year-old Taylor Barela was carried from the stands on a stretcher in the seventh inning of Sunday's game after she was struck in the head by a foul ball hit by Philadelphia's David Bell. She was taken to Children's Hospital in Denver, where she was treated and released Sunday evening.

Taylor was readmitted Monday morning for further tests before being released again.

She was sitting with her father about 20 rows behind Colorado's dugout on the first base side when Bell's line drive struck her in the head. Fans and ushers in the area rushed to her aid, laying her back in the seat and using napkins to stop bleeding.

Paramedics arrived a few seconds later and attended to her for about 10 minutes before fitting her with a neck brace and taping her head down to the stretcher. Fans in the section applauded as she was carried out on the stretcher holding her father's hand.

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