At Seattle, Kenji Johjima and Yuniesky Betancourt both homered, taking advantage of the only mistakes Oakland starter Chad Gaudin made in Seattle's 4-3 win over the Athletics on Saturday.
Johjima hit a two-out, two-run homer in the second to tie the game at 3-all and Betancourt put the Mariners in front for good with a solo shot in the fifth.
Red Sox 12, Devil Rays 6
At St. Petersburg, Florida, After Jonny Gomes spoiled Jon Lester's bid for his second straight win since rejoining the Red Sox, Boston rallied with six runs in the 12th inning.
Gomes tied it at 6 with a two-run shot in the ninth off Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon, but Julio Lugo drew his second bases-loaded walk and Kevin Youkilis followed with a three-run double in Boston's big 12th inning.
Twins 3, Indians 2
At Cleveland, Johan Santana took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning, then the Twins needed Brian Buscher's go-ahead groundout in the ninth inning to beat the Indians.
Torii Hunter doubled off Joe Borowski (2-4) to start the inning and took third on Jason Kubel's groundout. Borowski hit Rondell White in the left side with a 3-2 pitch and White was replaced by pinch runner Lew Ford, who broke for second on a 1-0 pitch to Buscher that was hit to second baseman Mike Rouse.
White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0
At Chicago, Mark Buehrle pitched eight scoreless innings and Jerry Owens hit his first career home run for Chicago.
The White Sox have won five of its last six games and the Blue Jays lost its second straight after winning a season-high five in a row.
Orioles 7, Yankees 5
At Baltimore, rookie Brian Burres took a two-hit shutout into the seventh inning, Miguel Tejada had four RBIs and Baltimore beat Roger Clemens for its sixth straight victory.
Alex Rodriguez, needing a home run to reach 500 for his career, struck out three times and went 0-for-4. He also made an error, botching a grounder to third that led to an unearned run.
Royals 6, Rangers 5
At Kansas City, John Buck had three hits and two RBIs and the Royals beat up Rangers starter Kevin Millwood to win their third straight.
Texas made things interesting in the ninth off closer Octavio Dotel. Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer and Frank Catalanotto followed with a double, before Dotel struck out pinch hitter Ramon Vazquez and got Michael Young to fly out to end the game. It was Dotel's 11th save in 14 chances.
Angels 10, Tigers 3
At Anaheim, California, Garret Anderson hit a disputed three-run homer in the eighth inning to break open a tie game and Orlando Cabrera added a two-run homer to cap the seven-run inning for the Angels.
Jason Grilli (5-3), pitching his third inning of relief, gave up an infield hit to Vladimir Guerrero leading off the eighth and was replaced by Tim Byrdak. Casey Kotchman sacrificed the runner to second and Gary Matthews Jr was intentionally walked before Anderson drove a 1-0 pitch toward the top of the 6m wall in right field.
A fan appeared to reach over the railing and glove the ball, but first base umpire Ed Montague ruled it a home run.
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