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Garcia blanks Detroit in 7-0 win

The Texas Rangers' Mark Teixeira rounds second after hitting a solo home run off the Seattle Mariners' Jarrod Washburn during the third inning of their game in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday. PHOTO: AP

Freddy Garcia allowed one hit in eight shutout innings for the second straight start and A.J. Pierzynski hit a grand slam on Tuesday to help the slumping Chicago White Sox beat Detroit 7-0.

The Tigers' lead in the American League Central dropped to a half-game over Minnesota, which beat Boston 7-3. The White Sox snapped a four-game losing streak and stayed within 4.5 games of the Twins in the wild-card standings.

Garcia retired 23 consecutive batters, walking Curtis Granderson to start the game and allowing a single to the next batter, Ivan Rodriguez. He walked Brandon Inge with two outs in the eighth.

Twins 7, Red Sox 3

At Boston, Justin Morneau had a career-high five hits, Jason Bartlett and Torii Hunter homered for Minnesota's win over Boston.

Yankees 6, Blue Jays 3

At Toronto, Bobby Abreu hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and Johnny Damon made a great catch that saved three runs as New York lowered its magic number for a ninth straight AL East title to one.

Athletics 7, Indians 3

At Oakland, California, Bobby Kielty hit his first career grand slam, Kirk Saarloos struck out a career-high 11 and Eric Chavez and Nick Swisher also homered for Oakland.

Orioles 5, Devil Rays 4

At St. Petersburg, Florida, Ramon Hernandez's RBI double highlighted a four-run fifth inning and Baltimore handed Tampa Bay its season-high ninth straight loss.

Angels 5, Royals 2

At Kansas City, Missouri, Robb Quinlan and Vladimir Guerrero homered to back Los Angeles rookie Joe Saunders.

Mariners 9, Rangers 7, 10 innings

At Arlington, Texas, Adam Jones had a pinch-hit, two-run single with two outs in the 10th as Seattle beat Texas.

Jeff Weaver threw six strong innings and the St. Louis Cardinals scored six runs in the seventh in a 12-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday.

The Cardinals reduced their magic number for clinching the National League Central for a third straight season to six, but they also found out closer Jason Isringhausen will miss the rest of the season.

Phillies 4, Cubs 1

At Philadelphia, Jamie Moyer pitched seven solid innings and Abraham Nunez had a two-run single to lead Philadelphia past Chicago.

Mets 3, Marlins 2

At New York, Tom Glavine pitched eight sharp innings and New York, fielding a makeshift lineup a day after clinching the NL East, rallied to hand Florida its fourth straight loss.

Reds 5, Astros 4

At Houston, Chris Denorfia hit a two-run homer and Ryan Freel had a two-run double for Cincinnati to back a strong start from Aaron Harang.

Nationals 9, Braves 2

At Washington, rookie Beltran Perez allowed one hit over six innings to win his first major league start and Washington trounced Atlanta.

Rockies 12, Giants 4

At Denver, Matt Cain allowed consecutive third-inning homers to Garrett Atkins as San Francisco lost for the sixth time in eight games.

Padres 5, Diamondbacks 2

At San Diego, Trevor Hoffman earned his 476th career save, Mike Cameron hit a three-run homer and San Diego beat Arizona to regain the NL West lead.

Pirates 10, Dodgers 6

At Los Angeles, Jose Bautista hit a grand slam, Ian Snell pitched six strong innings and Pittsburgh dropped the Dodgers into second place in the NL West.
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