Red Sox 3, White Sox 0
At Chicago, Manny Ramirez homered and Boston's Wade Miller earned his first win since May 30 by pitching seven sharp innings.
Miller (3-4) was 0-3 in his previous eight starts, but he foiled White Sox rallies with timely pitches and allowed just five hits. He walked four and struck out four.
Mike Myers and Mike Timlin combined on a scoreless eighth, and Curt Schilling finished the seven-hitter for his second save in three chances.
Ramirez's 27th of the season -- he won Thursday's series opener with a ninth-inning solo shot -- increased his major league-leading RBI total to 89.
Blue Jays 9, Royals 4
At Kansas City, Shea Hillenbrand and Eric Hinske each hit two-run doubles in a six-run fifth inning as Toronto beat Kansas City.
The Blue Jays sent 10 men to the plate in the fifth and took advantage of three walks, Donnie Murphy's error and a wild pitch to break open the game. The Blue Jays have scored an American League-high 126 runs in July.
Dave Bush (1-5), just recalled from Triple-A Syracuse, earned his first victory since Oct. 1. The right-hander was 0-5 in 10 starts to begin the season with Toronto before being sent to the minors on May 29.
Kyle Snyder (0-1) allowed six runs on eight hits and two walks in four-plus innings of his first big league start since Aug. 5, 2003. He did not pitch last season after having shoulder surgery.
Athletics 5, Rangers 4
At Arlington, Texas, Eric Chavez hit one of Oakland's four solo homers, and the Athletics stretched their winning streak to five by beating Texas.
Nick Swisher, Dan Johnson and Jay Payton also connected off starter Ricardo Rodriguez (2-2) as Oakland matched its season high for homers. The surging A's have built a 3 1/2-game lead over the Rangers for second place in the AL West.
Kirk Saarloos (6-6) allowed four runs and seven hits in 5 2-3 innings to help the A's beat the Rangers for the sixth time in seven meetings since the break.
Angels 8, Yankees 6
At Anaheim, California, Vladimir Guerrero hit a three-run homer to spark Los Angeles to its third come-from-behind win in a row over New York.
Guerrero drove Kevin Brown's pitch over the center-field fence to give Los Angeles a 4-3 lead in the third inning, and the Angels added four more runs to chase Brown (4-7) in the fourth.
Jason Giambi hit a two-run homer -- his 16th of the season and 11th in 16 games.
The AL West-leading Angels won for the fifth time in six games this season against the Yankees, who fell 2 1/2 games behind Boston in the AL East.
Rookie Ervin Santana (5-4) went five innings and allowed four runs -- three earned -- and seven hits.
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