Fighting Red Sox sweep Rays

Crisp, Shields and Gomes were ejected.

"It's simple," Gomes said, when asked what he was doing when he got to the mound. "I'm just going out there for my pitcher's defense."

As for the dugout incident, Dustin Pedroia and Crisp both said they didn't know what happened.

"I really didn't see it," Pedroia said. "I was running out onto the field. We're around each other a lot, but we love each other. We're a team."

Yankees 9, Blue Jays 8

At New York, pinch-hitter Jason Giambi connected for a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, rallying New York.

Giambi's drive off closer B.J. Ryan into the right-field upper deck - just inside the foul pole - capped New York's biggest comeback win this season. In erasing a 7-2 deficit, the Yankees overcame another poor outing by Chien-Ming Wang and a key error by center fielder Melky Cabrera.

Brought on to protect an 8-6 lead, Ryan (1-2) got two outs in the ninth. But Alex Rodriguez singled, moved to second on defensive indifference and scored on Hideki Matsui's single.

Giambi, who didn't start because of a sore left foot, batted for Jose Molina and pulled an 0-2 pitch down the right-field line for his second pinch-hit homer and fourth game-ending shot.

Kyle Farnsworth (1-2) earned the win despite allowing a run in the top of the ninth. New York handed Toronto its eighth loss in 23 games and took two of three in the series.

Yankees catcher Jorge Posada went 1-for-3 in his first start since coming off the DL.

Rangers 9, Indians 4

At Arlington, Texas, Michael Young homered and extended his hitting streak to 21 games, and Kevin Millwood shook off a bad first inning to pitch into the seventh for Texas.

The Indians roughed up Texas pitching for 35 runs and 48 hits in the first three games of the series, then scored four more in the first.

Millwood (4-3) settled in after that, retiring 15 in a row.

Eddie Guardado relieved Millwood after a leadoff single by Jamey Carroll in the seventh.

It was another tough outing for Cleveland ace C.C. Sabathia (3-8). He yielded five runs and nine hits while striking out eight over six innings. The 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner has lost three straight decisions and is winless since May 14.

White Sox 6, Royals 2

At Chicago, Jose Contreras won his fourth straight decision and Jim Thome homered as the resurgent White Sox beat the Royals to complete a three-game sweep.

The sloppy Royals (23-37) lost their 11th straight road game, one shy of the franchise record, and have dropped 15 of 17 overall.

Contreras (6-3) allowed one run and four hits in seven innings. He hasn't lost since May 4.

Gil Meche (3-8) dropped his third consecutive decision. He gave up four earned runs on seven hits and four walks in 5 2-3 innings.

Orioles 3, Twins 2

At Minneapolis, Adam Jones hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning and Baltimore beat Minnesota. Jones opened the inning with a drive into the left-field seats against reliever Brian Bass (2-2).

Nick Markakis gave the Orioles a 2-1 lead in the third with his 10th homer, a two-run shot.

Garrett Olson (5-1) tossed 6 1-3 innings, giving up two runs and eight hits. George Sherrill pitched the ninth for his 20th save in 22 attempts, working around Nick Punto's one-out double.