Indians' Masterson shuts down Red Sox

CLEVELAND - Justin Masterson beat his former team with his first career shutout as the Cleveland Indians routed the Boston Red Sox, 11-0, Wednesday night.

Travis Hafner hit his 10th career grand slam in an eight-run eighth inning against Boston's bullpen. Boof Bonser and Joe Nelson combined to throw 60 pitches to 14 batters, walking five and allowing seven hits.

Masterson (2-5) faced the Red Sox for the first time and earned his second straight win after a long losing streak. The right-hander struck out six, walked two and allowed a pair of harmless one-out singles - to Victor Martinez in the third inning and J.D. Drew in the fifth.

The complete-game shutout was the first by an Indians pitcher against Boston since Jack McDowell on April 15, 1996.

Clay Buchholz (8-4) had a six-start winning streak snapped as Boston lost for the second time in its last 11 road games. The right-hander allowed only three hits over seven innings and trailed 3-0 when Bonser took over.

Masterson was 0-11 over 17 starts from Aug. 25 until beating the Chicago White Sox on June 4. In that win, he walked a season-high six over 5 2-3 innings in a 10-1 victory.

Masterson was sent from Boston to Cleveland with two minor league pitchers for Martinez, an All-Star catcher, just before last year's trade deadline.

Buchholz was 5-0 with a 0.99 ERA in his previous five starts.

Trevor Crowe scored three times for Cleveland, which is just 4-13 in its last 17 home games.

Crowe singled and tripled his first two times up. He scored in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Jhonny Peralta, ending Buchholz's scoreless streak at 18 innings.

Crowe then scored in the third as Austin Kearns grounded into a double play.

Peralta singled to start the fourth, took second on a wild pitch, third on a groundout, and scored on another wild pitch.

Boston 000 000 000 – 0 2 0

Cleveland 101 100 08x – 11 10 0

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

Scutaro ss 4   0   0   0   .275      Crowe cf 4   3   2   0   .253

Pedroia 2b 4   0   0   0   .248      Choo rf 2   1   1   0   .290

D.Ortiz dh 3   0   0   0   .242      Kearns lf 3   1   0   0   .301

Youkilis 1b 2   0   0   0   .320      Branyan 1b 4   1   2   2   .248

V.Martinez c 3   0   1   0   .298      Peralta 3b 4   2   2   2   .251

J.Drew rf 3   0   1   0   .265      Hafner dh 4   1   1   4   .243

Beltre 3b 3   0   0   0   .329      Valbuena 2b 4   1   1   0   .169

Hermida lf 2   0   0   0   .217      A.Hernandez ss 4   1   1   0   .250

Reddick cf 3   0   0   0   .188      Marson c 2   0   0   0   .190

Totals 27   0   2   0         Totals 31   11   10   8      

LOB: Boston 2, Cleveland 6. 2B: A.Hernandez (1). 3B: Crowe (2). HR: Hafner (5), off Nelson. RBIs: Branyan 2 (17), Peralta 2 (31), Hafner 4 (22). SB: Crowe (7). SF: Peralta. RLSP: Cleveland 5 (Hafner 2, Kearns, Peralta 2). RA: Choo, Hafner. GIDP: Scutaro, Beltre, Crowe, Kearns. DP: Boston 2 (Scutaro, Pedroia, Youkilis), (Scutaro, Pedroia, Youkilis); Cleveland 2 (A.Hernandez, Valbuena, Branyan), (Peralta, Valbuena, Branyan).

Boston walks (2): Youkilis, Hermida.

Cleveland walks (9): Crowe, Choo 3, Kearns 2, Branyan, Marson 2.

Boston strikeouts (6): D.Ortiz 2, Youkilis, Hermida 2, Reddick.

Cleveland strikeouts (2): Branyan, Peralta.

Boston IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

C.Buchholz (L 8-4) 7   3   3   3   4   1   107   2.52

Bonser 0   2   4   4   2   0   20   -

Nelson 1   5   4   4   3   1   40   9.72

Cleveland IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Masterson (W 2-5) 9   2   0   0   2   6   110   4.74

Bonser pitched to 4 batters in the 8th. IR-S: Nelson 3-3. WP: C.Buchholz 2. Umpires: Home, Todd Tichenor; First, Andy Fletcher; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Mike Everitt.

T: 2:42. A: 14,022 (45,569).

Rays 10, Blue Jays 1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - David Price, backed by three home runs, became the AL's first nine-game winner, as Tampa Bay crushed Toronto.

Dioner Navarro, Ben Zobrist and Carlos Pena hit solo shots for the Rays, who have won the first two games of a three-game set to take their ninth consecutive series from Toronto. Sean Rodriguez had three hits and three RBIs.

Price (9-2) allowed one run and four hits in six innings with five walks and four strikeouts.

Toronto 000 001 000 – 1 4 0

Tampa Bay 203 221 00x – 10 15 0

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

F.Lewis lf 4   0   0   0   .279      B.Upton cf 4   2   2   0   .240

A.Hill 2b 3   0   0   0   .180      Crawford lf 5   2   1   0   .297

Lind dh 4   0   1   0   .212      Longoria 3b 4   2   3   1   .326

V.Wells cf 3   0   0   0   .298      Shoppach dh 2   0   1   2   .211

J.Bautista rf 3   1   0   0   .243      a-Blalock ph-dh 2   0   0   0   .214

Overbay 1b 3   0   2   1   .233      S.Rodriguez 2b 4   1   3   3   .264

1-Reed pr-1b 0   0   0   0   .167      Zobrist rf 4   1   2   2   .315

J.Buck c 4   0   1   0   .250      C.Pena 1b 4   1   1   1   .184

Encarnacion 3b 2   0   0   0   .211      D.Navarro c 4   1   1   1   .204

McCoy ss 4   0   0   0   .184      Brignac ss 4   0   1   0   .291

Totals 30   1   4   1         Totals 37   10   15   10      

1-ran for Overbay in the 8th. LOB: Toronto 9, Tampa Bay 6. 2B: Overbay (15), Longoria (20), S.Rodriguez 2 (10). HR: D.Navarro (1), off Marcum; Zobrist (5), off Camp; C.Pena (12), off Camp. RBIs: Overbay (26), Longoria (47), Shoppach 2 (2), S.Rodriguez 3 (19), Zobrist 2 (30), C.Pena (40), D.Navarro (6). SB: B.Upton (18). SF: Shoppach. RLSP: Toronto 4 (J.Bautista, F.Lewis 2, McCoy); Tampa Bay 3 (Zobrist 2, Shoppach). RA: Crawford, Blalock. GIDP: V.Wells. DP: Toronto 1 (V.Wells, McCoy); Tampa Bay 1 (Longoria, S.Rodriguez, C.Pena).

Toronto walks (6): F.Lewis, A.Hill, V.Wells, Overbay, Encarnacion 2.

Tampa Bay walks (1): Longoria.

Toronto strikeouts (8): F.Lewis 2, Lind, J.Bautista 2, J.Buck, Encarnacion, McCoy.

Tampa Bay strikeouts (6): Shoppach, Blalock, C.Pena 2, Brignac 2.

Toronto IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Marcum (L 5-3) 4   10   7   7   1   3   68   3.38

Camp 1   2   2   2   0   1   15   2.81

Frasor 1   2   1   1   0   0   24   5.25

Purcey 2   1   0   0   0   2   29   0.00

Tampa Bay IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Price (W 9-2) 6   4   1   1   5   4   104   2.23

Choate 1   0   0   0   0   2   14   5.63

Cormier 1   0   0   0   1   1   17   4.30

Sonnanstine 1   0   0   0   0   1   14   3.38

IBB: off Marcum (Longoria). HBP: by Frasor (B.Upton), by Price (J.Bautista). Umpires: Home, Brian Runge; First, Mike Winters; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Mike Estabrook.

T: 2:49. A: 15,886 (36,973).

Yankees 4, Orioles 2

BALTIMORE - CC Sabathia allowed two runs over seven innings in another winning effort against Baltimore.

New York bounced back from an early 2-0 deficit to win their 10th straight against the Orioles - the Yankees are 10-1 against the O's this season.

Sabathia (6-3) gave up nine hits and struck out eight in defeating Baltimore for the second time in a week. The left-hander is 13-1 lifetime against the Orioles, and four of his wins this season have come at their expense.

New York 000 102 010 – 4 11 0

Baltimore 011 000 000 – 2 10 2

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

Jeter ss 5   0   1   0   .297      Lugo 2b-ss 3   0   0   0   .206

Swisher rf 4   0   1   0   .310      M.Tejada 3b 5   0   1   0   .262

Teixeira 1b 5   1   2   0   .224      Markakis rf 5   0   2   0   .293

A.Rodriguez 3b 5   1   2   0   .290      Wigginton 1b 3   1   1   0   .278

Cano 2b 4   1   3   1   .376      Scott lf 4   0   1   0   .277

Posada dh 2   0   0   1   .286      Ad.Jones cf 3   1   1   1   .247

1-Gardner prdh 0   1   0   0   .314      Wieters c 4   0   1   0   .246

c-Thames phdh 1   0   0   0   .296      Atkins dh 3   0   1   1   .216

Granderson cf 2   0   0   1   .252      a-Pattersn phdh 1   0   0   0   .233

Cervelli c 4   0   1   1   .282      C.Izturis ss 3   0   2   0   .228

Russo lf 3   0   1   0   .206      b-Moore ph2b 1   0   0   0   .217

Totals 35   4   11   4         Totals 35   2   10   2      

b-grounded out for C.Izturis in the 8th.1-ran for Posada in the 8th. E: C.Izturis (3), Tillman (1). LOB: New York 11, Baltimore 10. 2B: Teixeira (11), A.Rodriguez (15), Markakis (16), Wieters (7). RBIs: Cano (46), Posada (15), Granderson (16), Cervelli (25), Ad.Jones (19), Atkins (9). SB: Gardner (21), Ad.Jones (3). CS: Jeter (2), Lugo (3). S: Lugo. SF: Granderson. RLSP: New York 6 (A.Rodriguez 2, Russo 2, Jeter, Thames); Baltimore 7 (Wigginton, Lugo, Wieters 2, Scott 2, S.Moore). RA: Teixeira, Posada. GIDP: Jeter. DP: Baltimore 1 (C.Izturis, Wigginton).

New York walks (5): Swisher, Cano, Posada 2, Granderson.

Baltimore walks (3): Lugo, Wigginton, Ad.Jones.

New York strikeouts (2): Teixeira, Granderson.

Baltimore strikeouts (10): M.Tejada 2, Wigginton, Scott 3, Ad.Jones, Wieters, Atkins, C.Patterson.

New York IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Sabathia (W 6-3) 7   9   2   2   3   8   114   4.01

Chamberlain (H 14) 1   1   0   0   0   1   16   5.06

M.Rivera (S 14-15) 1   0   0   0   0   1   11   1.33

Baltimore IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Tillman (L 0-2) 6   8   3   2   3   1   106   5.54

Berken 11/3   1   1   1   1   0   22   2.35

Ohman 1/3   1   0   0   0   1   9   3.32

Mata 11/3   1   0   0   1   0   30   1.42

IR-S: Ohman 1-1, Mata 1-0. IBB: off Mata (Cano), off Tillman (Granderson). HBP: by Mata (Russo). WP: Sabathia. Umpires: Home, Gerry Davis; First, Sam Holbrook; Second, Greg Gibson; Third, D.J. Reyburn. T: 3:18. A: 16,451 (48,290).

Twins 6, Royals 2

MINNEAPOLIS - Carl Pavano pitched eight strong innings, Delmon Young homered as Minnesota beat Kansas City.

Joe Mauer had an RBI double and Jason Kubel had two hits to back Pavano (6-6), who had lost three of his previous four starts.

The righthander limited Kansas City to two runs and six hits while striking out one. He retired his last nine batters and faced more than four Royals in an inning only twice.

Jon Rauch pitched a scoreless ninth, wrapping up the fourth victory in five games for the AL Central leaders. The crowd of 40,323 was Minnesota's first of more than 40,000 at Target Field.

Pavano entered with the worst run support of Minnesota's starters and had won only once since May 13. But he has pitched at least seven innings in four consecutive starts.

Pavano's only real trouble came in the third. Kansas City took advantage of two walks and a pair of singles to take a 2-1 lead. From that point, however, the Royals got only one runner beyond first base against the 34-year-old Pavano.

Kansas City starter Kyle Davies (4-5) avoided giving up a big inning, but Minnesota was able to steadily manufacture runs, scoring single runs in the second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh.

Young homered to left in the second to open the scoring. He has hit safely in 11 of his past 12 games with three home runs and 14 RBIs during that stretch.

Kansas City 002 000 000 – 2 7 1

Minnesota 011 101 11x – 6 10 0

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

Podsednik lf 4   1   1   0   .288      Span cf 4   1   1   0   .266

Kendall c 3   0   0   1   .289      Tolbert 2b 4   1   0   1   .138

DeJesus dh 3   0   1   0   .306      Mauer c 4   0   2   1   .316

B.Butler 1b 4   0   1   1   .323      Morneau 1b 3   0   1   1   .362

J.Guillen rf 4   0   1   0   .251      Cuddyer rf 4   1   1   0   .282

Bloomquist rf 0   0   0   0   .200      Kubel dh 3   1   2   0   .239

Callaspo 3b 4   0   1   0   .277      Delm.Young lf 4   1   1   1   .274

Aviles 2b 4   0   0   0   .304      Valencia 3b 4   0   1   0   .318

Maier cf 4   0   2   0   .261      Punto ss 4   1   1   1   .220

Y.Betancourt ss 3   1   0   0   .280      Totals 34   6   10   5      

Totals 33   2   7   2      

E: Aviles (5). LOB: Kansas City 7, Minnesota 9. 2B: Callaspo (17), Mauer (17), Kubel (8), Punto (5). HR: Delm.Young (7), off Davies. RBIs: Kendall (17), B.Butler (31), Tolbert (4), Mauer (25), Morneau (41), Delm.Young (35), Punto (12). SB: Podsednik (18). SF: Kendall. RLSP: Kansas City 3 (Aviles, J.Guillen, Podsednik); Minnesota 5 (Morneau, Punto, Cuddyer, Delm.Young, Mauer). RA: Tolbert, Mauer. GIDP: B.Butler, Valencia. DP: Kansas City 1 (Aviles, Y.Betancourt, B.Butler); Minnesota 1 (Valencia, Tolbert, Morneau).

Kansas City walks (2): DeJesus, Y.Betancourt.

Minnesota walks (5): Span, Tolbert, Mauer, Morneau, Kubel.

Kansas City strikeouts (1): J.Guillen.

Minnesota strikeouts (1): Tolbert.

Kansas City IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Davies (L 4-5) 62/3   8   5   4   5   1   100   5.48

V.Marte 1   2   1   1   0   0   14   4.66

D.Hughes 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.74

Minnesota IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Pavano (W 6-6) 8   6   2   2   2   1   98   3.92

Rauch 1   1   0   0   0   0   12   2.63

IR-S: V.Marte 2-0, D.Hughes 1-0. Umpires: Home, Ed Hickox; First, Fieldin Culbreth; Second, Marty Foster; Third, Gary Cederstrom.

T: 2:27. A: 40,323 (39,504).

White Sox 15, Tigers 3

CHICAGO - Ramon Castro and Brent Lillibridge hit three-run homers and Chicago, after hearing critical comments by general manager Ken Williams, routed Detroit.

Castro connected in a seven-run fourth inning and Lillibridge's pinch-hit shot came in a seven-run eighth. Alexei Ramirez also homered and Omar Vizquel had three hits and drove in three runs.

Freddy Garcia (6-3) improved to 18-6 lifetime against the Tigers.

The announced crowd of 21,959 was keeping close tabs on Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Flyers. The crowd cheered after every Blackhawks' goal and were updated by highlights on the videoboard. The Blackhawks won the title after the White Sox game ended.

Vizquel passed Lou Gehrig for 55th place on the all-time career hits list. Vizquel has 2,723 lifetime hits, two more than Gehrig.

The White Sox finished with 16 hits in their highest-scoring game of the season.

The win made the White Sox 25-33 overall. Before the game, Williams said: "Some changes need to take place. I don't know what and I don't know when but some changes need to take place."

Detroit 010 002 000 – 3 8 1

Chicago 001 700 07x – 15 16 0

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

A.Jackson cf 4   0   1   0   .316      Pierre lf 5   1   1   1   .257

Damon dh 4   1   2   0   .278      Vizquel 3b 5   2   3   3   .250

Raburn lf 3   0   0   1   .189      Rios cf 4   1   1   0   .315

Mi.Cabrera 1b 4   1   1   1   .343      a-Lillibrdgephcf 1   1   1   3   .500

Boesch rf 3   1   2   1   .348      Konerko 1b 5   1   2   1   .283

C.Guillen 2b 4   0   1   0   .288      Quentin rf 5   2   2   0   .210

Inge 3b 4   0   1   0   .242      Kotsay dh 4   1   2   1   .206

Avila c 3   0   0   0   .189      Al.Ramirez ss 3   2   1   1   .258

b-Laird ph 1   0   0   0   .153      R.Castro c 4   2   2   4   .269

Worth ss 3   0   0   0   .296      Beckham 2b 3   2   1   0   .201

Totals 33   3   8   3         Totals 39   15   16   14      

a-homered for Rios in the 8th. b-struck out for Avila in the 9th. E: Inge (5). LOB: Detroit 5, Chicago 2. 2B: Vizquel (4), Konerko (10), Beckham (5). 3B: Damon (2). HR: Boesch (7), off F.Garcia; Mi.Cabrera (18), off F.Garcia; Al.Ramirez (6), off Porcello; R.Castro (2), off Porcello; Lillibridge (1), off Ni. RBIs: Raburn (8), Mi.Cabrera (53), Boesch (29), Pierre (7), Vizquel 3 (9), Lillibridge 3 (3), Konerko (42), Kotsay (16), Al.Ramirez (23), R.Castro 4 (8). SF: Raburn. RLSP: Detroit 1 (Raburn). GIDP: Raburn, Quentin. DP: Detroit 1 (Inge, C.Guillen, Mi.Cabrera); Chicago 1 (Al.Ramirez, Beckham, Konerko).

Detroit walks (1): Boesch.

Chicago walks (2): Al.Ramirez, Beckham.

Detroit strikeouts (6): A.Jackson, Raburn, C.Guillen 2, Avila, Laird.

Chicago strikeouts (5): Pierre, Vizquel, Konerko, Kotsay, R.Castro.

Detroit IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Porcello (L 4-6) 31/3   8   8   8   0   1   57   6.09

Bonine 4   5   3   3   1   4   66   2.30

Ni 2/3   3   4   4   1   0   23   3.93

Chicago IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

F.Garcia (W 6-3) 7   7   3   3   1   4   96   4.82

Putz 1   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.61

Williams 1   1   0   0   0   2   16   5.01

IR-S: Bonine 1-1, Ni 2-2. WP: Porcello, Bonine. Umpires: Home, Brian O'Nora; First, Scott Barry; Second, Phil Cuzzi; Third, Jerry Crawford.

T: 2:32. A: 21,959 (40,615).

Rangers 12, Mariners 2

ARLINGTON, Texas - Josh Hamilton homered and drove in three runs to back seven effective innings from C.J. Wilson as Texas routed Seattle.

Hamilton's two-run shot keyed a six-run second against Ian Snell (0-5). The outfielder has three homers and 10 RBIs in his last six games.

Michael Young homered and Vladimir Guerrero added three hits for Texas. Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus went 0 for 5, snapping a 13-game hitting streak.

Seattle 200 000 000 – 2 6 1

Texas 260 210 10x – 12 15 0

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

I.Suzuki rf 4   0   1   0   .346      Andrus ss 5   0   0   1   .304

Langerhans rf 1   0   0   0   .192      M.Young 3b 4   2   2   2   .317

Bradley dh 3   1   1   0   .208      A.Blanco 3b 1   0   0   0   .196

F.Gutierrez cf 4   0   1   0   .287      Kinsler 2b 2   3   2   1   .267

Jo.Lopez 3b 4   1   1   1   .239      J.Arias 2b 1   0   0   0   .297

Jo.Wilson ss 4   0   2   1   .296      Guerrero dh 5   2   3   2   .336

Tuiasosopo 1b 2   0   0   0   .170      Hamilton lf 4   1   2   3   .304

Alfonzo c 4   0   0   0   .318      Gentry lf 0   0   0   0   .231

M.Saunders lf 3   0   0   0   .206      Dav.Murphy rf 4   1   2   1   .256

Figgins 2b 3   0   0   0   .225      Smoak 1b 4   0   1   0   .216

Totals 32   2   6   2         M.Ramirez c 4   1   1   0   .245

Borbon cf 3   2   2   1   .263

Totals 37   12   15   11      

E: Tuiasosopo (6). LOB: Seattle 8, Texas 4. 2B: I.Suzuki (12), Jo.Lopez (8), Jo.Wilson (6), Guerrero (12), Dav.Murphy (12). 3B: Borbon (3). HR: M.Young (6), off Snell; Hamilton (12), off Snell. RBIs: Jo.Lopez (25), Jo.Wilson (13), Andrus (19), M.Young 2 (38), Kinsler (14), Guerrero 2 (51), Hamilton 3 (39), Dav.Murphy (17), Borbon (15). SB: Bradley (5). SF: Borbon. RLSP: Seattle 4 (Tuiasosopo, F.Gutierrez, Langerhans 2); Texas 2 (Dav.Murphy, Smoak). RA: F.Gutierrez, Andrus 2, Hamilton. GIDP: Guerrero. DP: Seattle 1 (Jo.Wilson, Figgins, Tuiasosopo); Texas 1 (Dav.Murphy, J.Arias, Andrus).

Seattle walks (5): Bradley, Tuiasosopo 2, M.Saunders, Figgins.

Texas walks (1): Kinsler.

Seattle strikeouts (6): I.Suzuki, Langerhans, Jo.Wilson, Alfonzo 2, M.Saunders.

Texas strikeouts (4): M.Young, Hamilton, Smoak 2.

Seattle IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Snell (L 0-5) 12/3   8   8   7   1   1   48   5.89

French 51/3   7   4   4   0   3   84   6.35

White 1   0   0   0   0   0   6   5.87

Texas IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

C.Wilson (W 5-3) 7   4   2   2   3   4   116   3.52

Nippert 11/3   2   0   0   1   1   22   4.60

N.Feliz 2/3   0   0   0   1   1   18   2.67

IR-S: N.Feliz 2-0. HBP: by French (Kinsler). WP: Snell, C.Wilson, N.Feliz. Umpires: Home, Mark Carlson; First, Larry Vanover; Second, Jeff Kellogg; Third, Jeff Nelson.

T: 2:50. A: 26,432 (49,170).