Kameron Loe (7-4) gave up two runs and four hits in six innings.
Royals 1, Twins 0
At Kansas City, Missouri, Emil Brown singled to score Denny Hocking with one out in the ninth, and Minnesota set a Twins' record by getting 13 hits in a shutout.
Minnesota hit into four double plays and had runners thrown out at third and home. It was also a Royals' record for most hits allowed in a shutout, breaking the mark of 10 which had been done four times. The Twins' previous record for hits in a shutout was 12 in a 1-0 loss to the California Angels in 1975.
Hocking singled off Matt Guerrier (0-3) leading off the ninth, and reached second when third baseman Terry Tiffee misplayed a grounder by Chip Ambres. Terry Mulholland relieved and struck out Matt Stairs, before Brown grounded a single just inside the bag at third.
Mike MacDougal (3-4) pitched the ninth for the win.
Red Sox 7, Devil Rays 6
At Boston, Kevin Millar homered twice and David Ortiz hit his fifth in five games, helping Boston rally from a big deficit for the second consecutive night.
Millar led off the second with a shot to tie the game at 1, then broke a 5-all tie in the seventh with a two-run drive that gave Boston its first lead. Doug Mirabelli also homered for Boston.
Tim Wakefield (14-10) allowed five runs on six hits and a walk, striking out five to improve to 13-1 against Tampa Bay and win for the sixth time in seven starts. He gave up solo homers to Julio Lugo and Travis Lee and a three-run shot to Carl Crawford to fall behind 5-1 before retiring the last 16 batters he faced.
Mike Timlin allowed Alex Gonzalez's sacrifice fly in the ninth before earning his fourth save. Casey Fossum (8-11) took the loss.
Tigers 4, Indians 3
At Cleveland, Ivan Rodriguez homered off Rafael Betancourt (2-3) to break an eighth-inning tie, and Mike Maroth pitched seven strong innings for Detroit.
Cleveland began play a half-game behind the wild-card leading New York Yankees, but lost for the third time in 13 games.
Maroth (12-12) improved to 4-1 in six starts in August.
Craig Dingman worked the eighth. Fernando Rodney pitched the ninth, allowing Victor Martinez's RBI double before getting pinch-hitter Ben Broussard to ground out with a man on third for his seventh save.
Other games
At Toronto, Bruce Chen and Chris Ray combined on a two-hitter to help Baltimore end a five-game losing streak by beating the Blue Jays 7-0.
At Anaheim, California, John Lackey held Oakland to three hits over seven shutout innings and Los Angeles climbed back within a game of the AL West-leading Oakland. The Angels won 2-0.
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