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Wang, 27, yielded just four walks through six frames before finally seeing his no-hit bid end in an interesting top of the seventh inning. Kevin Youkilis led off the seventh with a grounder to shortstop Derek Jeter, who short-hopped a throw to first base that forced first baseman Jason Giambi off the bag. However, the play was ruled an error and Wang's no-hitter remained intact.
Two pitches later, Wang's bid for the first Yankee no-hitter since David Cone's perfect game in 1999 ended as Mike Lowell extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a single to right field.
Wang, despite tying a season worst with four walks, finished with five strikeouts and also recorded 10 outs on the ground.
Boston manager Terry Francona was ejected in the seventh inning after umpires reversed a call and ruled Kevin Youkilis out for running out of the basepaths to elude a tag. Boston trailed 2-0 at the time and the decision gave the Yankees a key double play.
Tigers 6, Royals 1
In Kansas City, Missouri, Curtis Granderson and Magglio Ordonez each homered and got three hits as Detroit avoided a sweep by Kansas City.
Tigers' starter Jeremy Bonderman (11-7) halted his six-game losing streak, giving up only one run in seven innings.
Indians 6, Mariners 5
In Cleveland, Kenny Lofton drew a bases-loaded walk to force home the winning run in the ninth inning, giving Cleveland its sixth straight victory by downing Seattle.
With bases loaded and scores tied in the bottom of the ninth, Lofton worked the count to 3-2 against Mariners pitcher Rick White, before taking ball four which was high and inside.
Devil Rays 8, Orioles 6
In Baltimore, Tampa Bay completed its first road sweep in more than two years, getting a three-run home run from B.J. Upton to extend Baltimore's losing streak to nine games.
The Devil Rays trailed in all three games of the series before rallying for victories.
Rangers 5, White Sox 1
In Arlington, Texas, Sammy Sosa hit his 606th home run and Texas completed a three-game sweep of bumbling Chicago.
The White Sox made four errors in one inning and lost for the 16th time in 19 games -- hours after manager Ozzie Guillen let his players known how frustrated he was with the team.
Chase Utley's RBI single in the ninth inning saw Philadelphia complete a four-game sweep of New York by rallying for an 11-10 victory on Thursday.
By winning four straight against the Mets, the Phillies moved within two games of the leaders in the National League East and set up an exciting pennant race. Philadelphia also moved within two games of the wildcard lead held by San Diego.
The Phillies wasted leads of 5-0 and 8-5 before falling behind 10-8 in the eighth, only to rally again.
Astros 2, Cardinals 1
In Houston, Matt Albers pitched seven innings of three-hit ball as Houston beat St. Louis.
The loss leaves the Cardinals three games behind NL Central leaders Chicago.
Cubs 5, Brewers 4
In Chicago, Matt Murton and Alfonso Soriano hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning as Chicago came back to defeat Milwaukee to push their lead in the NL Central back up to two-and-a-half games.
Milwaukee's Matt Capuano took his franchise-record 12th straight loss while making his second relief appearance this season.
Diamondbacks 8, Padres 7
In San Diego, rookie Mark Reynolds had a career-high five RBIs to help Arizona regain the NL West lead.
The Diamondbacks, who trailed San Diego by one percentage point coming into the game, held on for the win after taking an 8-0 lead.
Reds 5, Pirates 4
In Pittsburgh, Alex Gonzalez scored from first on Ken Griffey Jr.'s pop-fly single that fell among three Pirates fielders in the ninth inning as Cincinnati downed Pittsburgh.
The Reds overcame a baserunning mistake by Adam Dunn in the fourth that kept two runs from scoring when Cincinnati's Brandon Phillips nailed Josh Phelps at the plate for the final out.
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