BOSTON-- Detroit broke its 25-inning scoreless streak against Boston, but the Red Sox scored in six of the first seven innings and beat the Tigers 10-6 Monday night.
Mike Stanley's third homer in three games, a two-run shot in the first, and Carl Everett's eighth homer of the season gave Boston a 3-0 lead after two innings. Brian Daubach also homered.BLUE JAYS 5, WHITE SOX 3: At Chicago, Brad Fullmer broke a 2-all tie in the sixth with a two-run homer, and Chris Carpenter (3-3) stayed perfect in six career decisions against Chicago, allowing two runs and five hits in 72/3 innings.
Toronto led the AL with 43 homers in April and picked it back up on the first day of May. Raul Mondesi, Jose Cruz Jr., and Alex Gonzalez also homered off Kip Wells (2-3).
ATHLETICS 7, ROYALS 5: At Kansas City, Mo., Terrence Long drove in four runs with a bases-loaded triple and RBI single, and Omar Olivares (2-3) won for the first time since April 5 as Oakland extended its winning streak to four.
Oakland trailed 5-4 in the eighth, then loaded the bases with one out against Dan Reichert (1-1) and tied the score on Eric Chavez's infield grounder. Pinch-hitter Olmedo Saenz singled in the go-ahead run.
YANKEES 2, INDIANS 1: At Cleveland, Shane Spencer hit a two-run double and started a game-ending double play as New York's bullpen barely closed out a 2-1 victory over Cleveland in a game delayed nearly three hours by rain. Jaret Wright (2-2) pitched eight solid innings, but Cleveland's offense once again couldn't get anything going.