American League
Twins edge Rangers, 5-3 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Justin Morneau homered for the third time in two games and Boof Bonser won his third straight start, leading the Minnesota Twins over the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Wednesday.
Morneau’s 14th homer of the season, a solo drive in the third off Robinson Tejeda (4-4), gave Minnesota a 3-1 lead.
Sammy Sosa pinch hit for Texas with two on and two outs in the ninth and struck out, remaining two home runs shy of 600.
Bonser (3-1) allowed two runs and six hits in five innings, struck out six and walked two. Joe Nathan, the Twins’ fifth pitcher, got three outs for his ninth save in 10 chances as Minnesota finished a 4-5 trip.
Yankees 8, Red Sox 3
NEW YORK – Andy Pettitte pitched seven vigorous innings and Hideki Matsui hit one of two homers off an ineffective Curt Schilling to lead New York.
Light-hitting Doug Mientkiewicz also connected and Derek Jeter passed Joe DiMaggio for fifth place on the franchise hits list to help the Yankees take two of three in the series and move within 91/2 games of AL East-leading Boston.
Matsui drove in three runs, while Jeter, Mientkiewicz and Johnny Damon had three hits apiece. New York roughed up Schilling (4-2) for 12 hits, the most he had allowed since yielding 13 on April 22, 2004, at Toronto.
Pettitte (3-3) gave up one run and eight hits, taking a shutout into the sixth before giving up Mike Lowell’s two-out RBI double. Pettitte lowered his ERA to 2.66 and improved to 14-6 against Boston.
Mariners 5, Devil Rays 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Jose Guillen had four hits and two RBIs, Miguel Batista gave up one run in six innings and Seattle handed Tampa Bay its fifth straight loss.
Guillen’s single in the seventh drove in Jason Ellison and Ichiro Suzuki. Guillen is 14-for-37 with three home runs and 17 RBIs in his last 10 games, raising his average from .176 to .282.
Orioles 5, Blue Jays 2
BALTIMORE – Corey Patterson stole home at the end of a botched rundown, Brian Roberts went 3-for-3 with two walks, and Baltimore beat Toronto.
Steve Trachsel (3-3) allowed two runs, five hits and three walks in six innings. The right-hander left with a 3-2 lead, and the beleaguered Baltimore bullpen made the advantage stand up.
Tigers 8, Angels 7
DETROIT – Magglio Ordonez had his 20th two-homer game and Detroit held on to snap Los Angeles’ six-game winning streak.
Carlos Guillen and Curtis Granderson also homered for the Tigers. Granderson drove in three runs, Placido Polanco drove in two and Ivan Rodriguez was 3-for-4.
Mike Napoli’s three-run homer in the eighth off of Jose Mesa pulled the Angels within 7-6. Orlando Cabrera and Shea Hillenbrand also hit home runs for the Angels.
Chad Durbin (4-1) got the win, allowing three runs and eight hits in five-plus innings. Todd Jones pitched the ninth for his 15th save in 17 chances. He gave up back-to-back singles to Reggie Willits and Cabrera to start the ninth, but got Vladimir Guerrero to hit into a run-scoring double play.
Bartolo Colon (5-1) allowed six runs and 10 hits in 4 1-3 innings, giving up two homers.