KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Boof Bonser pitched six innings and Jason Kubel homered and scored twice, leading the Minnesota Twins to a 2-0 victory and a second straight shutout over the punchless Kansas City Royals.
Bonser (1-2) did not give up a hit until Ross Gload singled with one out in the fifth. Constantly blowing into his hands as the wind chill registered in the mid-30s, the right-hander allowed three hits, two walks and struck out four.
Kubel hit a solo shot off Brett Tomko (1-1) in the third. Tomko gave up six hits and two runs in six-plus innings, with one walk, one strikeout and a painful stop of a hard grounder off his left leg that he somehow turned into an out.
Joe Nathan worked the ninth for his fourth save in four opportunities. Relievers Matt Guerrier and Pat Neshek each went one inning for the Twins, who shut out the Royals 5-0 on Friday.
Since scoring a run Thursday night in a 6-1 loss to the New York Yankees, the Royals have gone 26 innings without scoring.
The Twins got one run on four hits in the seventh and left the bases loaded. Kubel singled leading off and went to third on a perfectly executed hit-and-run that caught second baseman Mark Grudzielanek leaning the wrong way on Brendan Harris' ground ball in the hole. Full story
Blue Jays 4, Rangers 1
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Roy Halladay threw a six-hit complete game, and Aaron Hill drove in three runs to lead the Toronto Blue Jays past the Texas Rangers.
Marlon Byrd broke up Halladay's shutout bid with an RBI double with one out in the ninth. Halladay (2-1) struck out six, walked one and threw 109 pitches for his 32nd complete game.
Hill had an RBI double in the first inning and a two-run single in the fourth. Matt Stairs and Joe Inglett added three hits for the Blue Jays, who won for just the fifth time in their last 21 games at Texas.
The Toronto ace came into the game with an ERA of 7.00 in nine starts at Texas. After Byrd's double, Halladay retired David Murphy and Frank Catalanotto on groundouts to end the game.
Athletics 7, Indians 3
CLEVELAND -- Bobby Crosby hit a three-run homer for the Oakland Athletics, who took advantage of 10 walks by Cleveland pitchers in a win over the Indians.
Cleveland starter Fausto Carmona, two days after signing a seven-year, $48 million contract extension, couldn't buy a strike. The A's held off swinging at the right-hander's darting sinker, which dipped out of the zone and produced a career-high eight walks in 3 1/3 innings.
Crosby's homer capped a four-run seventh off reliever Rafael Perez.
Lenny DiNardo (1-0), starting in place of injured Rich Harden, gave up two runs on six hits over five-plus innings for his first win since last Aug. 19. The soft-tossing left-hander struck out two without issuing a walk, leaving with two on in the sixth.
