Tigers power past White Sox, 7-2

CHICAGO - Far from perfect this time, Armando Galarraga was long gone when Brennan Boesch and Carlos Guillen hit back-to-back homers in a six-run seventh to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 7-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.

The centerpiece of a national story when a blown call against Cleveland last week spoiled a perfect game, Galarraga had a relatively uneventful night. He gave up a leadoff single to Juan Pierre in the first after being cheered on his way to the mound and allowed two runs and seven hits in five innings.

Mark Kotsay hit a two-run homer off him in the fourth, but the Tigers got an RBI single from Guillen against Gavin Floyd in the sixth to make it 2-1. Then they knocked around Matt Thornton and Scott Linebrink, and got the win after dropping two of three at Kansas City over the weekend.

The Tigers had runners on first and second with one out when Ryan Raburn drove a double to right off Thornton. Gordon Beckham took the cutoff from Carlos Quentin and threw wildly trying to get Raburn at second, allowing Johnny Damon to score the go-ahead run.

Thornton (2-3) intentionally walked Miguel Cabrera. Boesch then drove his sixth homer over the center-field wall after striking out in his first three at-bats, making it 6-2, and Guillen knocked his third out to right off Linebrink.

Detroit 000 001 600 – 7 13 1

Chicago 000 200 000 – 2 8 1

Detroit AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Chicago AB   R   H   BI   Avg.

A.Jackson cf 5   0   0   0   .318      Pierre lf 4   0   2   0   .258

Damon dh 4   1   1   0   .274      Vizquel 3b 4   0   0   0   .225

Raburn lf 3   2   2   1   .197      Rios cf 4   0   1   0   .317

Kelly lf 1   0   1   0   .259      Konerko 1b 2   1   2   0   .280

Mi.Cabrera 1b 4   1   0   0   .344      Kotsay dh 4   1   1   2   .197

Boesch rf 5   1   2   3   .341      Quentin rf 4   0   0   0   .205

C.Guillen 2b 5   1   3   2   .290      Pierzynski c 4   0   1   0   .219

Inge 3b 5   0   2   0   .241      Al.Ramirez ss 4   0   1   0   .256

Avila c 3   0   0   0   .195      Beckham 2b 4   0   0   0   .199

Santiago ss 4   1   2   0   .256      Totals 34   2   8   2      

Totals 39   7   13   6      

E: Inge (4), Beckham (6). LOB: Detroit 9, Chicago 7. 2B: Raburn 2 (7), Konerko (9). HR: Boesch (6), off Thornton; C.Guillen (3), off Linebrink; Kotsay (6), off Galarraga. RBIs: Raburn (7), Boesch 3 (28), C.Guillen 2 (16), Kotsay 2 (15). SB: Pierre (23), Rios (18). CS: Pierre (6). RLSP: Detroit 5 (Santiago 2, Boesch, Avila, Mi.Cabrera); Chicago 4 (Kotsay 2, Beckham, Quentin). RA: Mi.Cabrera, Kotsay. GIDP: C.Guillen, Vizquel. DP: Detroit 1 (Inge, C.Guillen, Mi.Cabrera); Chicago 1 (Vizquel, Beckham, Konerko).

Detroit walks (4): Damon, Raburn, Mi.Cabrera, Avila.

Chicago walks (2): Konerko 2.

Detroit strikeouts (10): A.Jackson 2, Raburn, Boesch 3, Inge 2, Avila, Santiago.

Chicago strikeouts (2): Beckham 2.

Detroit IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Galarraga 5   7   2   2   2   2   104   2.77

Thomas (W 3-0) 2   0   0   0   0   0   20   4.45

Zumaya 1   1   0   0   0   0   18   1.72

Valverde 1   0   0   0   0   0   16   0.37

Chicago IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Floyd 6   6   1   1   2   8   101   6.18

Thornton (L 2-3) (BS 2) 1/3   3   5   5   2   1   28   3.81

Linebrink 12/3   3   1   1   0   1   30   5.55

Williams 1   1   0   0   0   0   13   5.24

IBB: off Thornton (Mi.Cabrera). WP: Galarraga. Umpires: Home, Jerry Crawford; First, Brian O'Nora; Second, Scott Barry; Third, Phil Cuzzi.

T: 2:59. A: 20,776 (40,615).

Red Sox 3, Indians 2

CLEVELAND - Tim Wakefield bounced back from two rough outings and became Boston's all-time leader in innings pitched, leading the Red Sox past Cleveland.

Wakefield (2-4) gave up four hits and one earned run over 71/3 innings to push his career innings pitched to 2,777, one more than Roger Clemens. The 43-year-old left after yielding a pinch-double to Travis Hafner, who had been 0 for 10 against the knuckleballer.

Boston 000 300 000 – 3 9 1

Cleveland 100 000 100 – 2 4 1

Boston AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Cleveland AB   R   H   BI   Avg.

Scutaro ss 5   0   0   0   .279      Crowe cf 4   0   0   0   .242

Pedroia 2b 4   0   0   0   .252      Choo rf 3   1   2   0   .288

V.Martinez c 4   1   1   0   .297      Kearns lf 4   0   0   0   .306

Youkilis 1b 4   1   3   1   .324      Peralta 3b 4   0   0   0   .246

D.Ortiz dh 3   1   1   1   .247      Branyan 1b 3   0   0   0   .240

Beltre 3b 4   0   2   0   .333      Duncan dh 4   1   1   1   .280

Hall lf 3   0   1   1   .250      Valbuena 2b 4   0   0   0   .167

a-J.Drew ph-rf 1   0   0   0   .264      Marson c 2   0   0   0   .193

Cameron cf 4   0   0   0   .259      b-A.Marte ph 1   0   0   0   .200

D.McDonald rflf 3   0   1   0   .279      Redmond c 0   0   0   0   .208

Totals 35   3   9   3         Donald ss 2   0   0   0   .229

c-Hafner ph 1   0   1   0   .243

1-Hernndz prss 0   0   0   0   ---

Totals 32   2   4   1      

a-flied out for Hall in the 8th. b-struck out for Marson in the 8th. c-doubled for Donald in the 8th.1-ran for Hafner in the 8th. E: Beltre (11), Crowe (2). LOB: Boston 8, Cleveland 5. 2B: Youkilis (16), Beltre (17), Hall (4), Hafner (10). 3B: Choo (2). HR: Duncan (1), off Wakefield. RBIs: Youkilis (40), D.Ortiz (35), Hall (16), Duncan (7). SB: Youkilis (2), A.Hernandez (1). RLSP: Boston 5 (Cameron 3, Youkilis, J.Drew); Cleveland 1 (Kearns). GIDP: V.Martinez. DP: Cleveland 2 (Donald, Valbuena, Branyan), (Donald, Branyan).

Boston walks (2): Pedroia, D.Ortiz.

Cleveland walks (2): Choo, Branyan.

Boston strikeouts (6): Scutaro, Youkilis, D.Ortiz, Hall 2, Cameron.

Cleveland strikeouts (8): Kearns, Peralta 3, Duncan 2, A.Marte, Donald.

Boston IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Wakefield (W 2-4) 71/3   4   2   1   0   6   105   5.48

Okajima (H 6) 1/3   0   0   0   1   0   12   5.21

R.Ramirez (H 2) 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.73

D.Bard (S 2-5) 1   0   0   0   1   2   19   1.97

Cleveland IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

D.Huff (L 2-7) 6   8   3   0   1   6   108   5.46

J.Lewis 11/3   1   0   0   0   0   22   4.02

Sipp 0   0   0   0   1   0   10   6.53

C.Perez 12/3   0   0   0   0   0   16   2.95

Sipp pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IR-S: Okajima 1-0, R.Ramirez 2-0, Sipp 1-0, C.Perez 2-0. HBP: by C.Perez (D.McDonald). Umpires: Home, Mike Everitt; First, Todd Tichenor; Second, Andy Fletcher; Third, Adrian Johnson.

T: 2:56. A: 15,462 (45,569).

Rays 9, Blue Jays 0

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Struggling slugger Carlos Pena homered twice and drove in five runs to back unbeaten Jeff Niemann's two-hit pitching and help Tampa Bay crush Toronto.

Pena ripped a solo shot and a grand slam, giving him three homers in his last two games as he tries to hit his way out of a season-long slump.

Niemann (6-0) didn't allow a runner past first base, limiting the Blue Jays to singles by Mike McCoy and Adam Lind en route to his third career shutout.

Toronto was hitless until McCoy's sharp grounder eluded third baseman Evan Longoria and shortstop Reid Brignac, who both dove but were unable to keep the baseball from reaching the outfield with one out in the sixth.

Toronto 000 000 000 – 0 2 1

Tampa Bay 000 171 00x – 9 12 0

Toronto AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Tampa Bay AB   R   H   BI   Avg.

F.Lewis lf 4   0   0   0   .285      B.Upton cf 4   2   2   0   .235

A.Hill 2b 3   0   0   0   .183      S.Rodriguez 2b 4   1   1   0   .245

Lind dh 3   0   1   0   .212      Longoria 3b 5   1   3   2   .318

V.Wells cf 3   0   0   0   .302      Zobrist rf 5   0   1   0   .312

J.Bautista rf 3   0   0   0   .246      W.Aybar dh 5   1   2   2   .253

Overbay 1b 3   0   0   0   .226      Shoppach c 4   1   0   0   .176

J.Buck c 3   0   0   0   .250      C.Pena 1b 3   2   2   5   .183

Encarnacion 3b 3   0   0   0   .216      Kapler lf 4   0   1   0   .225

McCoy ss 3   0   1   0   .200      Brignac ss 3   1   0   0   .292

Totals 28   0   2   0         Totals 37   9   12   9      

E: McCoy (1). LOB: Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 9. 2B: Longoria (19). HR: C.Pena (10), off Tallet; C.Pena (11), off R.Lewis. RBIs: Longoria 2 (46), W.Aybar 2 (14), C.Pena 5 (39). RLSP: Tampa Bay 5 (W.Aybar, Zobrist, Shoppach 2, S.Rodriguez). RA: Longoria. GIDP: Lind. DP: Tampa Bay 1 (S.Rodriguez, Brignac, C.Pena).

Toronto walk (1): Lind.

Tampa Bay walks (4): B.Upton, Shoppach, C.Pena, Brignac.

Toronto strikeouts (6): F.Lewis 2, J.Buck 2, Encarnacion 2.

Tampa Bay strikeouts (8): S.Rodriguez, Longoria, Zobrist 2, Shoppach 2, C.Pena, Brignac.

Toronto IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Tallet (L 1-2) 4   6   5   5   1   3   80   5.60

R.Lewis 12/3   4   4   4   2   1   45   4.91

Janssen 11/3   1   0   0   1   3   26   4.32

Purcey 1   1   0   0   0   1   16   0.00

Tampa Bay IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Niemann (W 6-0) 9   2   0   0   1   6   114   2.48

Tallet pitched to 4 batters in the 5th. IR-S: R.Lewis 2-2, Janssen 2-0. HBP: by Tallet (S.Rodriguez), by Niemann (A.Hill). Umpires: Home, Mike Estabrook; First, Brian Runge; Second, Mike Winters; Third, Hunter Wendelstedt.

T: 2:54. A: 12,937 (36,973).

Yankees 12, Orioles 7

BALTIMORE - Curtis Granderson slugged a grand slam and Nick Swisher homered and drove in five runs as New York cruised past Baltimore.

Mark Teixeira also connected for the Yankees, who led 6-0 in the third inning and used a six-run seventh to make it 12-3.

New York starter Phil Hughes (8-1) gave up three runs and nine hits in six innings to earn his second victory over the Orioles in a week. His eight wins is tied for the AL lead.

New York 204 000 600 – 12 15 0

Baltimore 000 210 022 – 7 15 1

New York AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Baltimore AB   R   H   BI   Avg.

Jeter ss 4   1   1   0   .299      Lugo 2b 4   2   1   0   .213

Russo 3b 1   0   0   0   .194      M.Tejada 3b 5   1   3   0   .264

Swisher rf 6   2   3   5   .311      Markakis rf 5   1   2   2   .290

Teixeira 1b 4   2   3   2   .220      Wigginton 1b 5   1   2   1   .277

A.Rodriguez 3b 5   0   0   0   .288      Scott dh 4   1   2   0   .278

R.Pena 3b-ss 1   0   0   0   .222      Ad.Jones cf 5   1   1   2   .246

Cano 2b 4   2   3   0   .370      Wieters c 5   0   3   1   .246

Posada dh 3   1   0   0   .291      Montanez lf 4   0   1   1   .148

Granderson cf 5   2   2   4   .256      C.Izturis ss 4   0   0   0   .219

Cervelli c 3   1   1   0   .283      Totals 41   7   15   7      

Gardner lf 4   1   2   1   .314

a-Thames ph-lf 1   0   0   0   .300

Totals 41   12   15   12      

a-popped out for Gardner in the 8th. E: Wigginton (8). LOB: New York 10, Baltimore 9. 2B: Swisher (13), Markakis (15). HR: Swisher (10), off Millwood; Granderson (4), off Millwood; Teixeira (9), off Albers; Ad.Jones (7), off Gaudin. RBIs: Swisher 5 (36), Teixeira 2 (36), Granderson 4 (15), Gardner (19), Markakis 2 (20), Wigginton (34), Ad.Jones 2 (18), Wieters (17), Montanez (3). SB: Granderson (5). RLSP: New York 5 (Granderson 2, A.Rodriguez 2, Thames); Baltimore 4 (Montanez, C.Izturis 2, Wieters). RA: M.Tejada, Montanez. GIDP: Jeter, Montanez. DP: New York 1 (Jeter, Cano, Teixeira); Baltimore 1 (Lugo, C.Izturis, Wigginton).

New York walks (8): Jeter, Teixeira 2, Cano, Posada 2, Cervelli 2.

Baltimore walks (2): Lugo, Scott.

New York strikeouts (9): Jeter, Swisher 2, Teixeira, A.Rodriguez, Posada 2, Granderson, Gardner.

Baltimore strikeouts (7): Lugo, Markakis, Scott, Ad.Jones, Wieters, Montanez, C.Izturis.

New York IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

P.Hughes (W 8-1) 6   9   3   3   0   4   102   2.71

D.Robertson 1   1   0   0   0   2   14   6.38

Gaudin 2   5   4   4   2   1   45   8.53

Baltimore IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Millwood (L 0-7) 52/3   10   6   6   5   6   119   4.64

Mata 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   7   1.80

Hendrickson 1/3   3   4   4   1   1   22   5.74

Albers 2/3   2   2   2   0   0   16   5.53

A.Castillo 2   0   0   0   2   2   37   10.13

IR-S: Mata 3-0, Albers 3-3. WP: Millwood, Hendrickson. Umpires: Home, D.J. Reyburn; First, Gerry Davis; Second, Sam Holbrook; Third, Greg Gibson.

T: 3:34. A: 23,171 (48,290).

Rangers 7, Mariners 1

ARLINGTON, Texas - Colby Lewis allowed four hits over seven innings in Texas' win over Seattle.

Lewis (5-4) had lost four of his previous five decisions before getting back on track against the Mariners, striking out five and walking three. He retired 10 of the last 12 batters he faced.

Vladimir Guerrero's 422-foot, two-run blast in the seventh was his team-high 13th homer, stretching Texas' lead to 7-1 and chasing Felix Hernandez (3-5).

Hernandez, who went 19-5 and was the AL Cy Young runner-up in 2009, had won four of his previous five decisions against Texas.

Seattle 000 100 000 – 1 4 1

Texas 200 003 20x – 7 9 1

Seattle AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Texas AB   R   H   BI   Avg.

I.Suzuki rf 4   0   0   0   .347      Andrus ss 5   1   3   2   .311

Bradley dh 4   0   0   0   .206      M.Young 3b 5   1   1   0   .314

F.Gutierrez cf 4   1   2   0   .288      J.Arias 2b 0   0   0   0   .302

Jo.Lopez 3b 3   0   0   0   .239      Kinsler 2b 3   1   0   0   .256

Carp 1b 4   0   0   0   .125      A.Blanco 2b-3b 1   0   0   0   .200

Jo.Wilson ss 4   0   0   0   .288      Guerrero dh 5   1   1   2   .330

Ro.Johnson c 4   0   2   1   .194      Hamilton lf 3   1   1   2   .300

M.Saunders lf 2   0   0   0   .217      Dav.Murphy rf 3   0   1   0   .250

Figgins 2b 2   0   0   0   .228      Smoak 1b 2   1   1   1   .215

Totals 31   1   4   1         M.Ramirez c 3   1   0   0   .244

Borbon cf 4   0   1   0   .256

Totals 34   7   9   7      

E: Jo.Wilson (5), Andrus (9). LOB: Seattle 6, Texas 9. 2B: Ro.Johnson (5), Andrus (8), Hamilton (17). HR: Guerrero (13), off F.Hernandez. RBIs: Ro.Johnson (9), Andrus 2 (18), Guerrero 2 (49), Hamilton 2 (36), Smoak (20). CS: Ro.Johnson (1). RLSP: Seattle 5 (Bradley 2, M.Saunders, Jo.Wilson, I.Suzuki); Texas 5 (Dav.Murphy, M.Young 3, Borbon). RA: I.Suzuki, Jo.Lopez, Carp, Kinsler.

Seattle walks (3): Jo.Lopez, M.Saunders, Figgins.

Texas walks (4): Dav.Murphy, Smoak 2, M.Ramirez.

Seattle strikeouts (5): I.Suzuki, Bradley 2, Carp, M.Saunders.

Texas strikeouts (6): Kinsler, Guerrero, Dav.Murphy, Smoak, M.Ramirez, Borbon.

Seattle IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

F.Hernandez (L 3-5) 6   8   7   7   3   5   107   3.77

Olson 1   0   0   0   1   1   23   5.79

C.Cordero 1   1   0   0   0   0   12   3.00

Texas IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

C.Lewis (W 5-4) 7   4   1   1   3   5   119   3.40

Ray 1   0   0   0   0   0   8   3.55

O'Day 1   0   0   0   0   0   19   2.31

F.Hernandez pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. HBP: by F.Hernandez (Hamilton, Kinsler). Umpires: Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Mark Carlson; Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Jeff Kellogg.

T: 2:40. A: 18,774 (49,170).

Twins 7, Royals 3

MINNEAPOLIS - Zack Greinke was hit hard again, and Kansas City couldn't recover from a first-inning deficit in the loss to Minnesota.

It was 13 up and 13 down for the Royals to start against the Twins' Kevin Slowey (7-3), who surrendered two sharp singles in the fifth before center fielder Denard Span finished the inning with a long sprint to catch Mitch Maier's drive at the wall to preserve a 5-0 lead.

Jason Kubel homered and hit a two-run double in the first inning to give the Twins a 3-0 lead, and Span added to it with a two-run single in the fourth.

Greinke (1-8) needed 102 pitches to get through five innings, with nine hits and six runs allowed.

Kansas City 000 000 012 – 3 7 1

Minnesota 300 211 00x – 7 12 1

Kansas City AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Minnesota AB   R   H   BI   Avg.

Podsednik lf 3   0   0   1   .288      Span cf 5   0   2   2   .267

Kendall c 4   0   0   0   .293      Tolbert 2b 4   1   1   1   .160

DeJesus rf 4   0   1   0   .306      Mauer c 3   1   1   0   .312

B.Butler 1b 4   1   0   0   .325      Morneau 1b 4   0   0   0   .362

J.Guillen dh 4   1   2   1   .251      Cuddyer rf 4   1   2   1   .283

Callaspo 3b 4   0   0   0   .277      Kubel dh 4   1   2   3   .231

Aviles 2b 4   0   2   1   .314      Delm.Young lf 4   1   1   0   .275

Maier cf 3   1   1   0   .255      Valencia 3b 4   2   3   0   .333

Y.Betancourt ss 4   0   1   0   .284      Punto ss 3   0   0   0   .219

Totals 34   3   7   3         Totals 35   7   12   7      

E: B.Butler (3), Cuddyer (1). LOB: Kansas City 6, Minnesota 7. 2B: DeJesus (16), J.Guillen (10), Kubel (7). HR: Kubel (7), off Greinke. RBIs: Podsednik (19), J.Guillen (39), Aviles (6), Span 2 (21), Tolbert (3), Cuddyer (30), Kubel 3 (34). S: Punto. SF: Podsednik. RLSP: Kansas City 3 (Maier, Callaspo, Y.Betancourt); Minnesota 2 (Delm.Young, Morneau).

Kansas City walks (1): Maier.

Minnesota walks (2): Tolbert, Mauer.

Kansas City strikeouts (3): Podsednik, Kendall, B.Butler.

Minnesota strikeouts (10): Span 2, Tolbert, Mauer, Morneau 3, Cuddyer, Valencia, Punto.

Kansas City IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Greinke (L 1-8) 5   9   6   6   1   6   102   4.05

Texeira 1   2   1   1   1   1   22   5.23

V.Marte 1   0   0   0   0   1   10   4.15

D.Hughes 1   1   0   0   0   2   17   3.80

Minnesota IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Slowey (W 7-3) 7   3   0   0   0   3   102   3.45

Al.Burnett 1   2   1   1   0   0   16   2.54

Mijares 2/3   2   2   0   1   0   30   2.31

Guerrier (S 1-3) 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.65

IR-S: Guerrier 2-0. WP: Texeira. Umpires: Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Ed Hickox; Second, Fieldin Culbreth; Third, Marty Foster.

T: 2:45. A: 38,970 (39,504).