American League
Ichiro Suzuki had four hits, including a home run, and Jamie Moyer and Seattle sent Cleveland Indians to its season-high seventh straight loss.
Seattle's Edgar Martinez hit his 236th homer as a designated hitter, passing Harold Baines as the all-time leader among DHs.
"This record is not like Pete Rose or anything," said Martinez, who has 301 lifetime homers. "It's nice when it happens, but anybody can do it."
Raul Ibanez also homered as the Mariners roughed up C.C. Sabathia (2-3). The Cleveland lefty gave up a career-high 11 hits in 6 2-3 innings.
Suzuki is hitting .410 (41-for-100) in May and .332 overall.
"In April, you get so excited to play the game that your body can't catch up," Suzuki said. "In May, you have a month behind you, things come together and you get good balance."
Moyer (3-2) gave up one run and four hits over seven innings in winning his second straight start. He struck out five and did not walk a batter.
Red Sox 9, Athletics 6
In Boston, Jason Varitek hit a three-run homer and Boston took advantage of Bobby Crosby's rare error to beat Oakland.
Derek Lowe (4-4) allowed five runs and nine hits in six innings, leading the Red Sox to their fifth straight win and ninth in 11 games.
Keith Foulke pitched a perfect ninth for his 10th save in as many chances. It was his first appearance against the A's since leaving them and signing with Boston as a free agent after last season.
Varitek's eighth homer of the year in the sixth made it 9-5 one inning after Eric Chavez's 12th homer, a three-run shot, had cut the lead to 6-5.
White Sox 4, Rangers 0
In Chicago, Esteban Loaiza allowed two hits and struck out nine in eight innings for Chicago.
Loaiza (6-3) struck out Alfonso Soriano in the fourth inning for his 1,000th career strikeout and struck out the side in the fifth. He retired eight straight batters between the fifth and seventh innings.
The right-hander, who was runner-up to Roy Halladay for the AL Cy Young last season, has pitched at least seven innings in four straight starts.
Miguel Olivo and Frank Thomas hit solo homers for Chicago and Carlos Lee drove in two runs.
Yankees 12, Orioles 9
In Baltimore, Gary Sheffield went 4-for-5 with a home run and six RBIs as New York handed Baltimore its sixth straight loss.
In a wild game that featured 30 hits, five home runs and a 65-minute rain delay, the Yankees blew a 7-3 lead by allowing six runs in the sixth, then rallied against the Baltimore bullpen in the seventh.
B.J. Ryan (1-2) took the loss for Baltimore as the Yankees scored five in the seventh to take the lead for good.
The Yankees moved a season-high nine games over .500 (27-18).
B.J. Surhoff and Melvin Mora homered for the Orioles.
Tanyon Sturtze (1-0) earned his first win with New York, and Mariano Rivera worked the ninth for his 16th save.
National League
Tommy Phelps limited Cincinnati to one double over seven innings Wednesday, leading the Florida Marlins to a 3-0 victory that ended the Reds' seven-game winning streak.
"He shut us down and kept us off-balance," Cincinnati's Sean Casey said. "I remember that from last year. It was like, `Who's Tommy Phelps?' and before you know it, he shut us down."
The Reds were held to one hit for the first time since Sept. 26, 2001, when Philadelphia's Randy Wolf beat them out 8-0.
Hee Seop Choi hit his fourth homer in his last five games against the Reds.
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