ARLINGTON, Texas — Orlando Hernandez pitched an eight-hitter, and Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada homered as the New York Yankees won their seventh straight game, 6-3 over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.
There was no need for any miracle play this night as Jeter's homer came in a three-run first off Kenny Rogers (1-3) that pushed New York ahead to stay.
New York (10-3), off to its best start since 1988, has won 35 of the last 46 games over the Rangers, including sweeps in the past two postseasons.
Hernandez (3-0) allowed just two base runners over the last 5 1-3 innings.
RED SOX 7, TIGERS 0: At Detroit, Trot Nixon homered and Pete Schourek pitched seven strong innings as Boston beat Detroit.
This was the third shutout for the Tigers, a team that was blanked a major league high 12 times last season.
Schourek (1-1), signed by the Red Sox two days before the start of the season, gave up six hits, one walk and struck out four. Derek Lowe pitched two hitless innings for his third save.
Detroit's Dave Mlicki (0-3) allowed four runs, five hits and three walks in eight-plus innings.
ATHLETICS 8, INDIANS 5: At Cleveland, rookie Mark Mulder stuck around long enough to win his major league debut and Ryan Christenson had three RBIs.
Mulder (1-0), a 6-foot-6 left-hander recalled earlier in the day from Triple-A Sacramento, allowed four runs and five hits in six innings for the A's, who were swept at home by Cleveland last week. Oakland is just 3-13 against the Indians the past two seasons.
Jason Giambi added a two-run homer, his sixth, in the ninth off Steve Reed for Oakland.
Charles Nagy (1-2) took the loss.
ANGELS 16, BLUE JAYS 10: At Toronto, rookie Adam Kennedy tied a team record with eight RBIs, hitting a grand slam and barely missing another in leading Anaheim over Toronto.
Kennedy went 4-for-5 with a home run, a bases-loaded triple and two singles. He matched the Angels' mark for RBIs done four times, most recently by Don Baylor on Aug. 25, 1979, at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto.
A wild ninth inning saw the Angels score five runs, Toronto score six times, a bench-clearing brawl and a separate ejection.
Jason Dickson (2-0) got the win and Frank Castillo (0-2) took the loss.
TWINS 3, ROYALS 1: At Minneapolis, Brad Radke allowed six hits in eight innings for his first victory and Minnesota beat Kansas City.
Radke (1-2) pitched particularly well when he was in trouble, stranding runners at third base three times.
Matt Lawton lined a two-run double following singles by Todd Walker and Cristian Guzman in the first inning, but Jeff Suppan (1-1) picked off Lawton and then retired 14 of the next 15 batters.
Bob Wells pitched the ninth for his first save.
WHITE SOX 18, MARINERS 11: At Chicago, Mark Johnson hit a three-run homer and Greg Norton added a two-run shot in an 11-run fourth inning for Chicago.
Norton drove in four runs, adding a two-run single in the seventh, and Chris Singleton had four hits and four RBIs as the White Sox scored their most runs since beating Minnesota 19-11 on Aug. 4, 1992.
The White Sox overcame a 6-2 deficit in the fourth, sending 14 batters to the plate and totaling nine hits. Carlos Lee had a pair of RBI singles in the inning, and Singleton and Johnson each had two hits.
The 11 runs in one inning were the most scored by the White Sox since an 11-run fifth inning Oct. 3, 1987, against Oakland.
Tanyon Sturtze (1-1) picked up the win and Aaron Sele (1-1) got the loss.