BALTIMORE — Harold Baines ended his RBI drought with a run-scoring double and a solo homer as the Baltimore Orioles won their fourth straight game, 8-4, Thursday over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Pat Rapp (2-0) allowed two runs and five hits in six innings for the Orioles, who swept the rain-shortened two-game series.
Baines, the majors' active RBIs leader (1,583) coming into the season, drove in only one run in his first 11 games. But he hit an RBI double in a three-run first inning and made it 6-2 in the fifth with his first homer of the year.
After a two-run homer by Gerald Williams made it 6-4 in the seventh, the Orioles scored twice in their half on consecutive passed balls by Mike DiFelice. Ryan Rupe (0-3) was the loser.
TWINS 9, ROYALS 7: At Minneapolis, Sean Bergman, backed by four home runs, won his first game for Minnesota, as the Twins beat Kansas City to complete a three-game sweep.
Bergman (1-0) allowed four runs — three earned — and seven hits in five-plus innings to get his first AL win since 1995 with Detroit. Bob Wells pitched 22/3 innings for his second save. Jose Rosado (1-2) allowed six runs and nine hits in four-plus innings.
Denny Hocking, Jason Maxwell, Matt Lawton and Butch Huskey homered for the Twins. Jermaine Dye and Mark Quinn homered for the Royals, who have lost six straight following an 8-3 start.
BLUE JAYS 12, ANGELS 11: At Toronto, Darrin Fletcher hit a grand slam and tied a career high with five RBIs in Toronto's victory over Anaheim.
The Angels were down 11-1 before scoring eight runs in the sixth inning. Matt Walbeck's homer off Pedro Borbon made it 11-10 in the seventh, but Homer Bush restored Toronto's two-run lead with a two-out single in the bottom of the inning.
Anaheim closed to 12-11 in the eighth and put a runner on second with one out in the ninth before Billy Koch retired the final two batters for his second save.
Carlos Delgado also homered for Toronto.
Roy Halladay (2-2) was the winner. Kent Bottenfield (1-2) took the loss.
INDIANS 9, ATHLETICS 5: At Cleveland, Kenny Lofton and Jim Thome homered in the first, and Dave Burba pitched five innings before the rain came, as Cleveland beat Oakland to avoid a sweep.
Lofton's leadoff homer, Thome's two-run shot off Tim Hudson (1-2) and Manny Ramirez's two-run homer in the seventh enabled the Indians to salvage the series finale.
Oakland's John Jaha tied a major league record by striking out five times in a nine-inning game. Jaha is the 38th player in history to match the dubious feat.
Burba (2-1) bounced back from a rough start against Texas by striking out nine. He didn't return after the game was delayed for 1 hour, 42 minutes in the top of the sixth.