Baseball Today

SCOREBOARD

Tuesday, Sept. 9

Tampa Bay at Boston (7:05 p.m. EDT). The Rays try to stay atop the AL East against the Red Sox, who are a half-game back. Scott Kazmir (11-6, 2.99 ERA) matches up against Diasuke Matsuzaka (16-2, 2.88).

STARS

Monday

-Gary Sheffield, Tigers, hit two home runs, including a grand slam, in 14-8 victory over the Oakland.

-Aubrey Huff and Adam Jones, Orioles, both went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs in a 14-3 rout of Cleveland.

-Brandon Wood, Angels, hit two home runs and Los Angeles lowered its magic number to two with a 12-1 rout of the Yankees.

-Tim Lincecum, Giants, have up two runs - one earned - and seven hits in 8 1-3 innings with nine strikeouts in a 6-2 win over Arizona.

-Jimmy Rollins, Phillies, had three hits and three steals to help lead Philadelphia past Florida, 8-6.

-Jon Lester, Red Sox, struck out nine in 7 2-3 innings, and Boston shut out Tampa Bay 3-0 to pull within a half game of the Rays in the AL East.