American LeagueRaul Ibanez homered and drove in four runs and the Seattle Mariners ended a season-high six-game losing streak by beating the Texas Rangers 14-5 on Wednesday.
Seattle built a 7-0 lead and had 11 hits in 2 2-3 innings against rookie left-hander John Koronka (4-3). The Mariners finished with 18 hits, all but one singles.
Ichiro Suzuki went 3-for-5 with a walk and scored four times for the Mariners, who finished 1-5 on their road trip.
Gary Matthews Jr went 3-for-4, including his first career grand slam for the Rangers.
Felix Hernandez (4-6) allowed seven hits over six innings.
A day after being ejected from a game for the first time in his career, Ibanez put the Mariners ahead 1-0 with a single in the first. His eighth homer came during a six-run third.
Athletics 7, Royals 0
At Oakland, California, Jason Kendall hit his first home run in nearly two years and Frank Thomas hit the 459th of his career for Oakland, which had lost three straight and 10 of 11.
Kendall hit a two-run shot in the eighth, his first homer in 247 games and 961 at-bats.
Joe Blanton (5-5) pitched a five-hitter for his first career shutout to win for the second time in six starts. Bobby Crosby homered for the second straight day, and Eric Chavez had a two-run triple for the A's.
Indians 5, White Sox 0
At Cleveland, Jake Westbrook shut out Chicago for seven innings and Cleveland's bullpen didn't allow a run for a second straight game.
Westbrook (5-3) allowed six hits -- five singles -- didn't walk a batter and struck out five. The White Sox, who won the series opener 11-0, were blanked for the first time this season. Chicago hasn't scored in the last 15 innings.
Grady Sizemore went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, a triple and a steal, and Ben Broussard homered off Freddy Garcia (7-3) for the Indians, who despite two inconsistent months are back at .500 (26-26).
Orioles 6, Devil Rays 5, 11 innings
At Baltimore, Melvin Mora singled in the winning run with two outs in the 11th inning as Baltimore overcame three Tampa Bay homers and a four-run deficit.
Baltimore trailed 5-1 in the fifth before rallying to hand the Devil Rays their season-high sixth straight loss. Tampa Bay is 1-8 on a 10-game road trip that ended yesterday.
Luis Matos, who entered as a pinch runner in the eighth inning, led off the 11th with a single off Tyler Walker (1-3). After a sacrifice bunt and a line out, Mora hit a hooking liner to left that bounced off the wall.
Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 6
At Toronto, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez homered and rookie closer Jonathan Papelbon earned his 19th save in as many chances as Boston avoided a three-game sweep.
Ortiz and Ramirez went a combined 2-for-12 in the first two games of the series, but Ortiz homered in the first off Ted Lilly (5-5) and Ramirez hit a two-run homer off Francisco Rosario in the fifth.
Mark Loretta, who extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a two-run shot off Lilly in the third, and Trot Nixon also homered for the Red Sox. Nixon's solo shot off Pete Walker in the sixth made it 8-6.
Yankees 6, Tigers 1
At Detroit, Mike Mussina threw his first complete game of the season, losing a shutout with two outs in the ninth inning to lead New York to a third straight win over the team with the best record in the majors.
Alex Rodriguez went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs for the Yankees, who have won five straight.
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