American LeagueFrank Thomas's two-run homer in the seventh inning tied it, and his two-run shot in the ninth won it as the Chicago White Sox came from behind to beat the Anaheim Angels 4-2 on Monday.
"I hit it hard," Thomas said of his second homer. "I just wanted it to stay fair and stay in play just to get that run home."
Tony Graffanino led off the ninth with a double off Jarrod Washburn and moved to third on Roberto Alomar's sacrifice. Thomas followed with his 30th homer on a 3-2 pitch.
Washburn (9-12) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, but lost it on Alomar's leadoff single. Thomas followed his first homer of the game.
Tom Gordon (6-5) pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the win.
Washburn retired the first 14 batters he faced and had a perfect game until he hit Carl Everett with a pitch in the fifth.
"Jarrod Washburn has been very tough on us for a long time," Chicago manager Jerry Manuel said. "Going that long in the ballgame in a visiting ballpark with a no-hitter is pretty impressive."
Yankees 11, Royals 6
In New York, Jorge Posada and Karim Garcia homered as New York sent Kansas City's Jose Lima to his first loss of the season.
Jeff Weaver (7-9) won despite another shaky outing, allowing four runs, six hits and three walks in 5 2-3 innings.
Nick Johnson had three hits and Japan's Hideki Matsui scored three times as New York took the opener of a three-game series between division leaders after losing two of three in Kansas City last week.
Lima (7-1) struggled in his return from the disabled list -- the right-hander had been out since Aug. 2 with a groin strain. He lasted four innings, giving up six runs and seven hits. His ERA rose from 2.96 to 3.72.
Carlos Beltran homered, tripled and singled for the Royals, driving in three runs. Needing a double for the cycle, he grounded out against Jeff Nelson leading off the eighth.
National League
Steve Trachsel pitched his third career one-hitter, allowing only a sixth-inning double to pitcher Chin-Hui Tsao and pitching the New York Mets to an 8-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday and a sweep of the four-game series.
Trachsel (12-7) retired the first 17 batters before Tsao lined a ball over center fielder Timo Perez's head for a two-out double. Perez was playing shallow against Tsao, who was 0-for-8 in his career before the hit.
"Based on the balls that were hit, I was surprised that there was only one hit given up," he said. "They hit a lot of balls hard right at guys. It wasn't like I was fooling them. They hit a lot of at-'em balls."
The only other runner against Trachsel came in the ninth when Greg Norton reached on an error by first baseman Jason Phillips.
The play was originally ruled a hit but changed to an error after the game. Mike Piazza and Phillips hit two-run homers off Tsao (2-1) for the last-place Mets, who won their season-high sixth straight game.
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