Colon (5-3) allowed just four hits but appeared to be on his way to a tough loss before the Angels finally figured out Westbrook (1-7), who took a two-hitter into the ninth.
Westbrook had retired 21 straight and was two outs away from his second career shutout when the Angels, who hadn't gotten a hit since the second, strung together three straight singles off the right-hander to tie it 1-1. Then pinch-hitter Bengie Molina hit a sacrifice fly ball off reliever Arthur Rhodes to score Chone Figgins.
Jody Gerut, making his season debut in Cleveland's outfield, drove in the Indians' only run with an RBI double in the fourth inning off Colon, who was pitching on just three days' rest.
White Sox 7, Rangers 0
At Chicago, Mark Buehrle won his sixth straight decision and Jermaine Dye doubled three times, once with the bases loaded, to help Chicago beat Texas.
A.J. Pierzynski homered in his fourth consecutive game, and Paul Konerko also connected.
Buehrle (7-1) allowed nine hits over 7 1-3 innings and got out of two early jams to run his career record against Texas to 7-0. The quick-working left-hander walked none and struck out two, leaving after giving up two singles in the eighth.
The White Sox will take a major league-best 29-12 record into today's interleague opener with the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Cubs will pitch Greg Maddux, Carlos Zambrano and Mark Prior, while the White Sox counter with Freddy Garcia, Jose Contreras and Orlando Hernandez.
Athletics 13, Red Sox 6
In Oakland, California, Eric Chavez hit a three-run homer, David Wells flopped in his first start in three weeks and Oakland routed Boston.
Seth Etherton (1-0), called up from Triple-A Sacramento on Sunday to make his first major-league appearance since 2003, pitched 7 1-3 strong innings a day before his wife was scheduled to deliver their first child.
The right-hander retired 15 of his first 17 batters, and the A's batted around in the first two innings. Eric Byrnes had four of Oakland's 19 hits and scored three runs. Mark Kotsay had a two-run double and Chavez drove in four runs as the Athletics established season highs for hits and runs.
They were the only team in the majors that hadn't scored 10 or more in a game.
Wells (2-4) lasted only 1 1-3 innings, his shortest outing since June 2001 with the White Sox. The A's tagged him for seven runs and nine hits in his first start since April 25 because of a sprained right foot.
Twins 3, Blue Jays 2
In Minneapolis, Jacque Jones and Michael Cuddyer homered to lift Minnesota over Toronto.
Cuddyer was 3-for-3 and Kyle Lohse (3-2) pitched six solid innings to give the Twins their second win by a starting pitcher in the last nine games.
Dave Bush (0-4) rebounded from a rough outing against Kansas City.
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