Blue Jays 8, Yankees 3TORONTO -- Chris Carpenter rebounded from the worst start of his career to stop the New York Yankees' eight-game winning streak, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-3 victory Friday.

Carpenter (1-3) pitched a five-hitter for his seventh career complete game. Last Sunday, he allowed a career-high eight runs in 3 1-3 innings against Seattle.

Ramiro Mendoza (1-1) allowed six runs and seven hits in four innings as the Yankees dropped to 11-4, baseball's best record.

Carlos Delgado, Alex Gonzalez and Raul Mondesi each drove in two runs.

ANGELS 9, DEVIL RAYS 6: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Mo Vaughn and Tim Salmon hit consecutive homers in the fourth off Dwight Gooden, then repeated the feat in the ninth off Roberto Hernandez (1-2).

Troy Glaus also homered twice, connecting off Gooden and Hernandez in the same innings as Vaughn and Salmon. The six home runs tied an Angels record, set July 14, 1990, against Toronto.

Mark Petkovsek (1-1) pitched 2 1-3 perfect innings, and Troy Percival pitched the ninth for his fifth save.

Gooden, making his debut for his home Devil Rays, allowed six runs, five hits and four walks in four-plus innings.

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WHITE SOX 7, TIGERS 2: At Chicago, Frank Thomas homered to help send Detroit to its fifth straight loss. The Tigers scored in the first to stop a 24-inning scoreless streak but lost for the 11th time in 15 games, the worst record in the AL.

Kip Wells (1-2) allowed two runs -- one earned -- and seven hits in 6 1-3 innings. C.J. Nitkowski (1-3) gave up six runs -- five earned -- and five hits in four-plus innings.

TWINS 10, RANGERS 5: At Arlington, Texas, Ron Coomer had two homers and seven RBIs as Minnesota stopped a 12-game losing streak to Texas that dated to September 1998. The Rangers have lost five straight for the first time since June 12-16, 1998. Coomer hit a two-run homer in the third inning to tie the game at 3 and added a three-run shot in the ninth. He had an RBI single in a three-run sixth and a run-scoring groundout in the seventh.

Hector Carrasco (3-1) allowed two hits in 2 1-3 shutout innings. Mark Clark (2-1) gave up six runs in five-plus innings.

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