Tigers, White Sox split pair

DETROIT - Jeremy Bonderman allowed one run in 62/3 innings for his first win in two months, Brennan Boesch and Johnny Damon each drove in two runs, and the Detroit Tigers earned a split of a day-night doubleheader with a 7-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.

Damon was 3 for 5.

Chicago won the first game, 12-2, as Juan Pierre homered for the first time in almost two years.

Bonderman (6-6) allowed five hits, walking one and striking out five.

Detroit took a 1-0 lead in the first on Boesch's bases-loaded fielder's choice grounder.

The Tigers made it 5-0 while batting around in the second. Alex Avila's RBI double into the left-field corner plated the first run, Will Rhymes hit a two-out, run-scoring single, and Damon and Boesch each had two-out, run-producing doubles.

FIRST GAME

Chicago 004 120 410–12 15 0

Detroit 001 000 010– 2 8 0

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

Pierre lf 5   2   2   2   .266      A.Jackson cf 4   0   3   1   .311

Vizquel 3b 2   0   0   1   .282      Damon dh 4   0   0   0   .278

Viciedo 3b 1   1   1   1   .328      Frazier lf 4   0   1   1   .200

Rios cf 4   3   2   2   .302      Mi.Cabrera 1b 3   0   0   0   .348

Lillibridge cf 1   0   1   0   .406      Kelly 1b 1   0   0   0   .197

Konerko 1b 4   0   1   1   .296      Jh.Peralta 3b 4   0   1   0   .252

Quentin rf 4   1   1   0   .237      Boesch rf 4   0   0   0   .287

Kotsay dh 4   1   1   1   .217      Raburn 2b 3   0   0   0   .210

a-Castro ph-dh 1   0   0   0   .322      Laird c 3   1   1   0   .189

Al.Ramirez ss 5   3   4   2   .296      Worth ss 3   1   2   0   .255

Pierzynski c 4   0   1   0   .237      Totals 33   2   8   2      

Beckham 2b 3   1   1   2   .246

Totals 38   12   15   12      

LOB: Chicago 6, Detroit 5. 2B: Pierre (12), Al.Ramirez (18). HR: Pierre (1), off Porcello; Rios (17), off Porcello; Viciedo (3), off B.Thomas. RBIs: Pierre 2 (26), Vizquel (21), Viciedo (7), Rios 2 (62), Konerko (73), Kotsay (21), Al.Ramirez 2 (43), Beckham 2 (35), A.Jackson (24), Frazier (1). SB: Pierre (40), Rios (24). CS: Pierzynski (3). SF: Vizquel, Beckham. RLSP: Chicago 2 (Al.Ramirez, Pierre); Detroit 2 (Frazier, Kelly). RA: Pierzynski. GIDP: Beckham, Frazier. DP: Chicago 1 (Vizquel, Beckham, Konerko); Detroit 1 (Worth, Raburn, Kelly).

Chicago walks (5): Vizquel, Konerko, Quentin, Pierzynski, Beckham.

Detroit walks (1): Raburn.

Chicago strikeouts (2): Quentin 2.

Detroit strikeouts (1): Jh.Peralta.

Chicago IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Buehrle (W 10-8) 72/3   7   2   2   1   1   98   4.05

Linebrink 11/3   1   0   0   0   0   12   4.33

Detroit IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Porcello (L 4-10) 41/3   8   7   7   2   1   83   5.91

E.Gonzalez 22/3   4   4   4   3   0   50   4.43

B.Thomas 2   3   1   1   0   1   25   4.31

IR-S: Linebrink 2-1, E.Gonzalez 1-0. Umpires: Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Mike Muchlinski; Second, Jeff Kellogg; Third, Larry Vanover.

T: 2:25. A: 26,141 (41,255).

SECOND GAME

Chicago 000 000 100–1 8 2

Detroit 140 000 02x–7 11 0

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

Pierre lf 4   0   1   0   .266      A.Jackson cf 4   2   1   0   .310

Vizquel 3b 3   0   3   0   .293      Rhymes 2b 4   1   1   1   .250

Rios cf 4   0   0   0   .299      Damon dh 5   1   3   2   .282

Konerko dh 4   1   2   1   .299      Mi.Cabrera 1b 3   0   0   0   .346

Al.Ramirez ss 4   0   1   0   .296      Boesch rf 5   0   1   2   .286

Kotsay 1b 4   0   0   0   .214      Jh.Peralta 3b 4   0   0   0   .249

R.Castro c 4   0   1   0   .317      Raburn lf 4   1   1   0   .211

An.Jones rf 3   0   0   0   .201      Kelly lf 0   0   0   0   .197

Beckham 2b 3   0   0   0   .243      Avila c 4   1   2   1   .214

Totals 33   1   8   1         Santiago ss 3   1   2   0   .278

Totals 36   7   11   6      

E: T.Pena (3), Al.Ramirez (13). LOB: Chicago 6, Detroit 10. 2B: Damon (27), Boesch (20), Avila (6). HR: Konerko (26), off Bonderman. RBIs: Konerko (74), Rhymes (2), Damon 2 (34), Boesch 2 (53), Avila (16). RLSP: Chicago 4 (Konerko, Al.Ramirez, Rios, R.Castro); Detroit 5 (Jh.Peralta 4, Rhymes). RA: Rios, Kotsay, Rhymes, Mi.Cabrera. GIDP: Rios, Al.Ramirez. DP: Detroit 2 (Jh.Peralta, Rhymes, Mi.Cabrera), (Jh.Peralta, Rhymes, Mi.Cabrera).

Chicago walks (1): Vizquel.

Detroit walks (5): A.Jackson, Rhymes, Mi.Cabrera 2, Santiago.

Chicago strikeouts (6): Rios, Konerko 2, Al.Ramirez, An.Jones 2.

Detroit strikeouts (5): A.Jackson 2, Jh.Peralta, Raburn, Avila.

Chicago IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

C.Torres (L 0-1) 6   9   5   5   5   4   110   7.50

Linebrink 1   0   0   0   0   1   11   4.21

T.Pena 1   2   2   1   0   0   21   4.88

Detroit IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Bonderman (W 6-6) 62/3   5   1   1   1   5   102   4.84

Weinhardt 11/3   2   0   0   0   0   21   3.46

Perry 1   1   0   0   0   1   11   4.86

IBB: off C.Torres (Mi.Cabrera). Umpires: Home, Mark Carlson; First, Jeff Kellogg; Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Mike Muchlinski.

T: 2:27. A: 24,826 (41,255).

Blue Jays 8, Yankees 2

NEW YORK - Ricky Romero baffled suddenly slumping New York for the second time this season, and free-swinging Toronto belted four more home runs in a romp.

Alex Rodriguez failed to hit homer No. 600 for the 12th consecutive game.

The Yankees could have used a big hit, too. They have lost three straight for the first time since June 16-19 and now find themselves peering over at Tampa Bay atop the AL East.

Romero (9-7) worked quickly and efficiently against baseball's highest-scoring team, allowing just two hits - a two-run homer by Mark Teixeira in the first and an infield single by Marcus Thames in the fifth. He retired the final 15 batters in the complete-game victory.

Travis Snider and Jose Bautista hit two-run homers, and Vernon Wells and Aaron Hill also went deep for the major leagues' top home-run hitting team. Bautista's homer was his ninth since the all-star break and his 33d of the year, by far the most in the majors.

Toronto 010 300 022–8 12 0

New York 200 000 000–2 2 1

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

F.Lewis dh 5   0   0   0   .275      Jeter ss 3   1   0   0   .273

Y.Escobar ss 5   0   1   0   .292      Swisher rf 4   0   0   0   .298

J.Bautista rf 4   1   1   2   .260      Teixeira 1b 4   1   1   2   .255

V.Wells cf 5   1   2   1   .278      A.Rodriguez 3b 3   0   0   0   .264

Lind 1b 4   1   1   0   .219      Cano 2b 3   0   0   0   .326

Overbay 1b 0   0   0   0   .249      Thames dh 3   0   1   0   .303

A.Hill 2b 3   2   2   1   .213      Kearns lf 3   0   0   0   .267

J.Buck c 4   1   2   2   .279      Cervelli c 2   0   0   0   .254

Snider lf 4   1   2   2   .256      a-Posada ph-c 1   0   0   0   .266

Encarnacion 3b 4   1   1   0   .242      Gardner cf 3   0   0   0   .290

Totals 38   8   12   8         Totals 29   2   2   2      

a-grounded out for Cervelli in the 8th. E: Cervelli (6). LOB: Toronto 5, New York 1. 2B: Lind (16), J.Buck (21), Encarnacion (13). HR: Snider (7), off Moseley; V.Wells (22), off Moseley; A.Hill (16), off K.Wood; J.Bautista (33), off Mitre; Teixeira (23), off R.Romero. RBIs: J.Bautista 2 (84), V.Wells (58), A.Hill (41), J.Buck 2 (49), Snider 2 (18), Teixeira 2 (78). RLSP: Toronto 2 (V.Wells, Encarnacion). RA: F.Lewis. GIDP: Lind. DP: New York 1 (A.Rodriguez, Cano, Teixeira).

Toronto walks (1): J.Bautista.

New York walks (1): Jeter.

Toronto strikeouts (4): J.Bautista, J.Buck, Snider, Encarnacion.

New York strikeouts (4): Teixeira, A.Rodriguez, Thames, Cervelli.

Toronto IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

R.Romero (W 9-7) 9   2   2   2   1   4   118   3.37

New York IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Moseley (L 1-1) 71/3   9   5   5   1   2   85   4.13

K.Wood 2/3   1   1   1   0   2   12   6.23

Mitre 1   2   2   2   0   0   12   4.01

HBP: by Moseley (A.Hill). Umpires: Home, Adrian Johnson; First, Tim McClelland; Second, Andy Fletcher; Third, Mike Everitt.

T: 2:21. A: 46,480 (50,287).

Orioles 6, Angels 3

BALTIMORE - Buck Showalter's difficult task of turning around last-place Baltimore began with a victory.

Luke Scott hit a two-run homer and Josh Bell added a two-run double for his first major-league RBIs in a big sixth inning, and the Orioles came back to beat Los Angeles to make Showalter 1-0 as Baltimore's manager.

It was Showalter's first game as a skipper since the end of the 2006 season, when he was with the Texas Rangers. He's the third manager of 2010 for Baltimore, which is a majors-worst 33-73, and drew a roar from the Camden Yards crowd of 16,723 simply by jogging out of the dugout to clarify a call with the home umpire.

The Orioles had lost three consecutive games and eight of their past nine.

Jeremy Guthrie (5-11) went seven innings, allowing three runs and five hits. The righthander has now won two of his last three starts.

Los Angeles 000 020 100–3 6 2

Baltimore 000 014 01x–6 9 0

Los Angeles AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Baltimore AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

E.Aybar ss 4   0   0   0   .275      B.Roberts 2b 4   0   0   0   .229

M.Izturis 2b 3   0   0   0   .219      Markakis rf 4   0   0   0   .290

B.Abreu lf 4   0   1   0   .254      Wigginton 1b 2   1   0   0   .253

Tor.Hunter rf 4   0   1   0   .285      Scott dh 4   1   2   2   .285

H.Matsui dh 4   0   0   0   .249      Ad.Jones cf 3   1   0   0   .270

Callaspo 3b 4   1   1   0   .276      Pie lf 3   2   2   0   .273

H.Kendrick 1b 4   2   2   2   .272      Wieters c 3   1   3   2   .253

Napoli c 3   0   1   1   .254      J.Bell 3b 4   0   1   2   .200

Bourjos cf 3   0   0   0   .000      C.Izturis ss 4   0   1   0   .244

Totals 33   3   6   3         Totals 31   6   9   6      

E: E.Aybar (13), Kohn (1). LOB: Los Angeles 4, Baltimore 6. 2B: H.Kendrick (28), Scott (21), Pie (6), Wieters (11), J.Bell (1). HR: H.Kendrick (9), off Guthrie; Scott (19), off F.Rodriguez. RBIs: H.Kendrick 2 (57), Napoli (47), Scott 2 (45), Wieters 2 (34), J.Bell 2 (2). SB: Pie (1). S: Pie. RLSP: Baltimore 3 (Ad.Jones, B.Roberts, C.Izturis).

Baltimore walks (4): Wigginton 2, Ad.Jones, Wieters.

Los Angeles strikeouts (4): E.Aybar, H.Matsui, H.Kendrick, Napoli.

Baltimore strikeouts (5): Markakis 2, Wigginton, Ad.Jones, J.Bell.

Los Angeles IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

T.Bell 51/3   4   2   2   1   5   78   5.90

F.Rodriguez (L 0-2) 2/3   3   3   3   1   0   19   4.06

S.Shields 1   0   0   0   1   0   12   5.70

Kohn 1   2   1   1   1   0   20   9.00

Baltimore IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Guthrie (W 5-11) 7   5   3   3   0   2   92   4.21

M.Gonzalez (H 2) 12/3   1   0   0   0   1   21   4.50

Simon 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   4   4.13

IR-S: F.Rodriguez 1-1. IBB: off F.Rodriguez (Wieters). HBP: by Guthrie (M.Izturis). Balk: F.Rodriguez. Umpires: Home, Jerry Layne; First, Mike Winters; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Bruce Dreckman.

T: 2:23. A: 16,723 (48,290).

Red Sox 3, Indians 1

BOSTON - Mike Lowell hit a two-run homer on the first pitch he saw after coming off the disabled list, Josh Beckett dominated for eight innings, and Boston beat Cleveland after a bench-clearing incident.

The Red Sox won on the day first baseman Kevin Youkilis went on the 15-day disabled list with a thumb injury.

But the spirited Youkilis was on the field in the eighth inning when the benches emptied. A pitch by Indians reliever Jensen Lewis that sailed behind Adrian Beltre started things. Lewis, Indians third-base coach Steve Smith, and Beckett were ejected.

No punches were thrown, though Smith and Red Sox manager Terry Francona got into a heated exchange.

Bill Hall added a solo homer for Boston. Lowell, who had been on the DL since June 24 with a strained right hip, was expecting to be traded at the July 31 deadline or possibly released the last day or two before he was activated

Cleveland 001 000 000–1 3 0

Boston 020 100 00x–3 8 0

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

Crowe cf 4   0   0   0   .255      Scutaro ss 4   0   0   0   .282

A.Cabrera ss 4   0   0   0   .267      D.McDonald cf 3   0   0   0   .258

Choo rf 3   0   1   0   .292      V.Martinez c 4   0   1   0   .283

Duncan lf 3   0   0   0   .274      D.Ortiz dh 4   0   1   0   .261

J.Brown dh 4   0   0   0   .083      A.Beltre 3b 4   1   1   0   .335

LaPorta 1b 3   0   1   0   .253      Lowell 1b 4   1   1   2   .214

Valbuena 2b 3   0   0   0   .160      Lowrie 2b 3   0   0   0   .281

J.Nix 3b 3   0   0   0   .215      Hall lf 3   1   2   1   .242

Marson c 3   1   1   1   .194      Kalish rf 3   0   2   0   .538

Totals 30   1   3   1         Totals 32   3   8   3      

LOB: Cleveland 4, Boston 7. 2B: V.Martinez (23). HR: Marson (2), off Beckett; Lowell (3), off D.Huff; Hall (12), off D.Huff. RBIs: Marson (13), Lowell 2 (14), Hall (30). SB: Choo (14). RLSP: Cleveland 2 (J.Brown, Duncan); Boston 3 (D.Ortiz, Lowell, Scutaro). RA: A.Beltre.

Boston walks (2): D.McDonald, Lowrie.

Cleveland strikeouts (9): Crowe 3, A.Cabrera, Choo, Duncan 2, Valbuena, J.Nix.

Boston strikeouts (6): Scutaro, D.McDonald, D.Ortiz, Lowell, Hall, Kalish.

Cleveland IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

D.Huff (L 2-10) 51/3   7   3   3   2   2   104   5.97

Germano 12/3   1   0   0   0   3   28   0.00

J.Lewis 0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.01

J.Smith 1   0   0   0   0   1   7   5.24

Boston IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Beckett (W 3-1) 8   3   1   1   0   8   103   5.70

Papelbon (S 25-30) 1   0   0   0   0   1   12   2.98

IR-S: Germano 1-0. HBP: by Beckett (Duncan, Choo). Umpires: Home, Tim Welke; First, Jim Reynolds; Second, Bill Welke; Third, Mike DiMuro.

T: 2:41. A: 37,714 (37,402).

Rays 6, Twins 4

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Sean Rodriguez and B.J. Upton hit three-run homers as Tampa Bay beat Minnesota, winning for the 10th time in 11 games and taking over the AL East lead.

Rodriguez homered in the first inning. Upton put the Rays ahead, 6-3, with his tiebreaking drive in the seventh.

Jeff Niemann (10-3) allowed three runs and eight hits over seven innings. Tampa Bay moved one game ahead of the New York Yankees, who lost to Toronto, 8-2.

Minnesota 101 000 101–4 10 0

Tampa Bay 300 000 30x–6 6 1

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

Span cf 5   2   2   0   .277      B.Upton cf 4   1   2   3   .235

A.Casilla 2b 3   0   0   0   .260      Crawford lf 3   1   0   0   .306

e-Thome ph 1   0   0   0   .251      Longoria 3b 4   1   1   0   .292

1-Hardy pr 0   0   0   0   .258      W.Aybar dh 4   0   1   0   .257

Mauer dh 4   0   3   3   .318      S.Rodriguez 2b 2   1   1   3   .258

Delm.Young lf 5   0   0   0   .330      D.Johnson 1b 2   0   0   0   .000

Kubel rf 4   0   1   0   .261      Bartlett ss 4   0   1   0   .240

Cuddyer 1b 4   0   2   0   .276      Shoppach c 1   0   0   0   .198

Valencia 3b 4   0   0   0   .360      a-Jaso ph-c 1   1   0   0   .271

Plouffe ss 3   0   0   0   .115      Kapler rf 2   0   0   0   .209

c-Repko ph 1   0   0   0   .316      b-Joyce ph-rf 0   1   0   0   .244

Butera c 2   2   2   1   .200      Totals 27   6   6   6      

d-J.Morales ph 0   0   0   0   .000

Totals 36   4   10   4      

a-walked for Shoppach in the 7th. b-walked for Kapler in the 7th. c-struck out for Plouffe in the 9th. d-walked for Butera in the 9th. e-reached on error for A.Casilla in the 9th.1-ran for Thome in the 9th. E: R.Soriano (1). LOB: Minnesota 9, Tampa Bay 5. 2B: Span (15), Cuddyer (25). HR: Butera (2), off Niemann; S.Rodriguez (7), off Duensing; B.Upton (9), off Guerrier. RBIs: Mauer 3 (56), Butera (8), B.Upton 3 (38), S.Rodriguez 3 (34). SB: Cuddyer (3), S.Rodriguez (8). S: A.Casilla. RLSP: Minnesota 4 (Plouffe, Kubel 2, Delm.Young); Tampa Bay 1 (Jaso). RA: Span, A.Casilla. GIDP: Valencia, Crawford, S.Rodriguez. DP: Minnesota 2 (Valencia, A.Casilla, Cuddyer), (Plouffe, Cuddyer); Tampa Bay 1 (Longoria, S.Rodriguez, D.Johnson).

Minnesota walks (3): Mauer, Butera, J.Morales.

Tampa Bay walks (8): Crawford, S.Rodriguez 2, D.Johnson 2, Shoppach, Jaso, Joyce.

Minnesota strikeouts (5): Mauer, Cuddyer, Valencia, Plouffe, Repko.

Tampa Bay strikeouts (4): B.Upton 2, Longoria 2.

Minnesota IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Duensing 6   4   3   3   4   3   92   2.10

Guerrier (L 1-6) 1/3   1   3   3   2   0   16   3.45

Mijares 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.59

Crain 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   6   3.05

Capps 2/3   1   0   0   2   0   23   0.00

Mahay 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.38

Tampa Bay IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Niemann (W 10-3) 7   8   3   3   2   4   104   3.12

Benoit (H 15) 1   1   0   0   0   0   13   0.70

R.Soriano (S 31-33) 1   1   1   0   1   1   25   1.85

IR-S: Mahay 2-0. IBB: off Niemann (Mauer). Umpires: Home, Jerry Crawford; First, Phil Cuzzi; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Brian O'Nora.

T: 2:55. A: 18,261 (36,973).