Yankees rally with 10-run eighth at Royals

Joe Nathan pitched the ninth for his 29th save.

Red Sox 3, White Sox 2

Sparked by the return of Manny Ramirez, Trot Nixon and Jason Varitek, the Red Sox tied the score in the ninth and won on Carlos Pena's home run off Brandon McCarthy (3-6) leading off the 10th at Fenway Park.

Boston, which won for just the third time in 10 games, trailed 2-1 in the ninth when Ramirez walked on four pitches leading off against Bobby Jenks. He moved to second on Nixon's groundout to first, then scored on Mike Lowell's double into the left-field corner. It was just the third blown save in 42 chances for Jenks.

Pena's homer was his first since last Oct. 2. Mike Timlin (6-4) pitched a hitless inning for Boston, which trails the Twins by six games in the wild-card race.

Tigers 6, Mariners 2

Omar Infante's two-run double keyed a four-run seventh and Nate Robertson (12-11) allowed one run and eight hits in seven innings for Detroit, which increased its AL Central lead to five games.

Jarrod Washburn (8-13) lost for the second time in six starts, giving up six runs and six hits in 6 2-3 innings. Detroit had lost eight of 11, while the Mariners are 1-14 in their last 15 road games.

Angels 1, Orioles 0

Jered Weaver (10-2) scattered six hits over seven innings, struck out five and walked one to get the win at Anaheim.

Francisco Rodriguez got three outs for his 39th save, tying Chicago's Bobby Jenks for the major league lead. Los Angeles closed within 6 1/2 games of Oakland, the AL West leader.

Juan Rivera doubled in the fourth against Rodrigo Lopez (9-15) and scored on a two-out single by Adam Kennedy.

Rangers 8, Athletics 1

Texas rookie Nelson Cruz hit an inside-the-park homer and a three-run shot on the way to a career-high five RBIs.

Robinson Tejeda (4-3) took a shutout into the seventh at Oakland, Ian Kinsler added a solo homer and Eric Young hit a two-run double in his first big league at-bat in more than a month.

Frank Thomas singled in Oakland's only run - it was unearned - in the seventh, and the Big Hurt tied Fred McGriff for 36th on the RBIs list at 1,550.

Barry Zito (15-9) allowed seven runs, six hits and six walks in 5 1-3 innings.

Blue Jays 4, Indians 3

Vernon Wells and Reed Johnson homered at Toronto.

With the score 2-2, Cleveland's C.C. Sabathia (10-9) walked Aaron Hill starting the sixth and then Wells hit a 0-2 pitch over the right-field wall for his 31st homer.

Brandon League (1-2) pitched an inning, and B.J Ryan got six outs for his 30th save.