Red Sox 8, Angels 0
At Boston, Curt Schilling pitched eight innings to extend his scoreless streak to 14 and David Ortiz hit a three-run homer for Boston.
Schilling (2-1) allowed four hits, struck out four and walked one to pick up his second consecutive win.
Mariners 8, Rangers 3
At Seattle, Miguel Batista pitched into the seventh inning, Adrian Beltre hit his first homer of the season and Seattle overcame Texas slugger Sammy Sosa's 590th career homer.
Other than Sosa, Batista (1-1) otherwise handled the Rangers' potent lineup, allowing three runs and five hits in six innings.
Twins 12, Devil Rays 5
At Minneapolis, Michael Cuddyer had three hits and two RBIs and Sidney Ponson won for the first time in almost a year.
Torii Hunter also drove in three runs and Justin Morneau two for Minnesota, which had scored 16 runs in its last seven games.
Orioles 6, Royals 4
At Baltimore, Chris Gomez hit a grand slam in the sixth inning, and Baltimore rallied to hand Kansas City its fourth straight loss.
It was the second career grand slam for Gomez, a utility player who started with only eight at-bats this season. The home run, on a 3-1 pitch from reliever Joel Peralta (0-1), erased Baltimore's 4-2 deficit.
Yankees 4, Athletics 3
At Oakland, California, Jason Giambi homered with one out in the 13th inning and eight New York pitchers held Oakland scoreless for the final 12 frames.
The game remained tied until Giambi's homer to right-center off Lenny DiNardo (0-1) gave the Yankees their first lead of the game and ended their five-game losing streak against the A's.
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