American League
Jeter, Williams key Yankees blowout over White Sox NEW YORK (AP) – Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams each doubled twice and drove in three runs, leading Mike Mussina and the New York Yankees to a 14-3 blowout of the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.
Andy Phillips homered and knocked in four runs – all after New York chased struggling lefty Mark Buehrle (9-7) in the fourth.
Jason Giambi hit a two-run single, leadoff batter Johnny Damon scored three times and the Yankees took advantage of some shoddy Chicago defense to build an 8-0 lead for Mussina (11-3).
Even little Bubba Crosby got in on it, hitting his first home run since a game-winning shot last Sept. 19 against Baltimore.
New York, which took the series opener 6-5 Friday night, has won six of seven. The World Series champion White Sox have dropped four of five to the Red Sox and Yankees in a stretch that spans the All-Star break.
Jim Thome sent his 31st homer rocketing into the upper deck, trimming Chicago’s deficit to 8-3 in the fifth.
Pitching on nine days’ rest, Mussina yielded three runs and eight hits in six innings. He struck out five and walked one.
Orioles 8, Rangers 1
BALTIMORE – Erik Bedard allowed one unearned run in seven innings to win his sixth straight start, and Baltimore ended its scoring slump at the expense of Texas rookie John Rheinecker.
Jeff Conine had three hits and two RBIs, and Melvin Mora drove in two runs and scored twice for the Orioles, who had totaled two runs and 10 hits in two games. Every starter had a hit by the fifth inning.
Bedard (11-6) gave up six hits and has a 1.07 ERA during his six-game run. He has allowed two earned runs in 36 innings over his last five starts.
Texas was 4-0 against the Orioles this season, outscoring them 27-5.
Making his 10th start, Rheinecker (4-4) yielded a career-high seven runs in 3 2-3 innings.
Blue Jays 7, Mariners 6
TORONTO – Bengie Molina’s RBI single in the 14th inning lifted Toronto over Seattle.
Scott Downs (3-0), Toronto’s ninth pitcher of the game and the last in the bullpen, pitched the 14th to get the victory. Blue Jays starter Roy Halladay allowed four runs and eight hits in six innings.
Lyle Overbay doubled off Emiliano Fruto (0-1) with one out in the 10th before Molina drove him in with a base hit down the left-field line.
Molina, Troy Glaus and John McDonald homered for the Blue Jays, who have won four of 10.
Toronto led 6-4 in the eighth when Seattle’s Richie Sexson and Carl Everett hit consecutive homers off Brandon League to tie it.
Raul Ibanez homered and drove in four runs for the Mariners.
Twins 6, Indians 2
MINNEAPOLIS – Johan Santana rebounded from two poor starts by scattering five hits in seven innings and Minnesota defeated Cleveland.
Justin Morneau had three hits including a homer, and Jason Bartlett added three hits for the Twins, who have won 15 of 16 at home.
Santana (10-5) struck out seven and retired 15 of the first 17 Cleveland hitters. He had allowed nine earned runs in 12 2-3 innings in his previous two July starts.
Travis Hafner homered for Cleveland, which has lost six of eight.
Cleveland starter C.C Sabathia (7-5) allowed four earned runs and a season-high 13 hits in his AL-best fourth complete game this year.
Tigers 6, Royals 0
DETROIT – Justin Verlander allowed two hits in seven innings and Placido Polanco drove in three runs to help Detroit beat Kansas City again.
Ivan Rodriguez went 3-for-4 with an RBI for Detroit, which owns the majors’ best record at 62-29. The Tigers moved 41/2 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central and improved to 11-0 against Kansas City this season.
Verlander (11-4) walked two and struck out six. He retired 11 consecutive batters from the third to the seventh innings, before Matt Stairs reached on catcher’s interference with one out in the seventh. Jamie Walker pitched two innings to complete the three-hitter.
Jimmy Gobble (3-3) gave up four runs and eight hits in five innings for Kansas City.
Red Sox 7, Athletics 0
BOSTON – Curt Schilling allowed two hits and struck out nine in seven innings and David Ortiz snapped out of an RBI slump with his major league-leading 32nd homer and a two-run triple for Boston.
Oakland had four hits against three Red Sox pitchers.
Mike Lowell had a pair of doubles and drove in two runs for the Red Sox, who broke a three-game losing streak and avoided their longest skid of the season. Schilling (11-3) walked one and hit a batter.
Ortiz, who raised his major-league leading RBI total to 90, had gone consecutive games without driving in a run for the first time since June 19 and 20.
The Red Sox scored four runs in the third against Dan Haren (6-8), highlighted by Ortiz’s triple that gave the Boston slugger his first two RBIs since the All-Star break.