DETROIT — Jody Gerut homered and drove in three runs to lead the Cleveland Indians over Detroit 8-2 Wednesday, preventing the Tigers from winning a home series for the first time this season.
Tim Laker had three hits and drove in three runs for Cleveland, which has won three of its last four games, splitting the first two games of the series.
Detroit dropped to 13-38, the worst record in the major leagues, and is 4-19 at Comerica Park.
Ricardo Rodriguez (3-5) won for the first time in eight starts since April 13, allowing two runs and eight hits in seven innings.
Tigers starter Mike Maroth (1-10) lasted 1 1-3 innings before leaving with a strained hamstring. He gave up four runs — two earned — two hits and two walks.
TWINS 6, ATHLETICS 5: At Minneapolis, Doug Mientkiewicz, Jacque Jones and Dustan Mohr homered as Minnesota beat Oakland and extended their winning streak to four.
Joe Mays (6-3) won his third straight start, allowing four runs and eight hits in six innings.Eddie Guardado pitched the ninth for his 15th save in as many chances, and his 20th straight extending to last year.
Chris Singleton homered for Oakland, which has lost eight of its last 14 games.
John Halama (2-4) gave up six runs — five earned — and five hits, including the homers.
Minnesota has won six of its last seven games and eight of its last nine series.
MARINERS 5, ROYALS 2: At Kansas City, Mo., Jamie Moyer won his fifth straight start, and Dan Wilson went 3-for-4 with three RBIs to lead Seattle over Kansas City.
Moyer (8-2) allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings, tying Toronto's Cory Lidle for the AL lead in wins. Kazuhiro Sasaki worked the ninth, finishing the five-hitter for his eighth save in 12 chances.
Wilson, the No. 9 hitter, hit a two-run double in the second inning and added an RBI single in the sixth, both off Jeremy Affeldt (3-3).
After winning their first 11 home games, the Royals have lost nine of their last 11 at Kauffman Stadium. They have lost 21 of 31 overall following a 16-3 start, dropping 4 1/2 games behind first-place Minnesota in the AL Central.
YANKEES 6, RED SOX 5: At New York, Brandon Lyon walked Jorge Posada with the bases loaded in the ninth and the Yankees beat the Red Sox 6-5 Wednesday night after Mariano Rivera blew a four-run lead in the top half.
New York broke out to a 5-0 lead after seven innings behind stellar pitching from Mike Mussina. Boston spoiled the shutout bid on Shea Hillenbrand's solo homer in the eighth.
The Red Sox knocked out Mussina when the first two batters reached in the ninth. Todd Walker singled off Rivera to load the bases and Nomar Garciaparra hit a two-run single. Rivera (1-0) retired the next two batters before Hillenbrand's RBI single and Bill Mueller's tying infield single.
WHITE SOX 8, BLUE JAYS 0: At Toronto, Jon Garland pitched eight scoreless innings and Magglio Ordonez hit a three-run homer as part of a six-run ninth inning as Chicago ended Toronto's six-game winning streak.
Garland (3-4) won for the first time since May 1, a span of four starts. The 23-year-old right-hander allowed five hits while striking out six and walking none.
Garland and Billy Koch combined for Chicago's fourth shutout of the season.
ORIOLES 6, ANGELS 2: At Baltimore, Brian Roberts hit his second grand slam in seven days and Melvin Mora went 3-for-3 with two walks as Baltimore beat Anaheim.
Roberts, summoned from the minors last week, put Baltimore up 4-0 in the second. He has hit safely in all seven games since his recall and has driven in 10 runs.
Deivi Cruz homered to help the Orioles complete a two-game sweep of the defending World Series champions.
Jason Johnson (5-2) gave up two runs on eight hits in six innings. He has already matched his win total of last year, when he went 5-14.
DEVIL RAYS 6, RANGERS 4: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Ben Grieve homered twice and drove in four runs to lead Tampa Bay over Texas.
Grieve hit a solo shot in the second inning, his first homer at home since Sept. 22, and added a three-run drive in the fourth. Grieve went 3-for-3 and had his fourth two-homer game, his first since April 12, 2002.Jeremi Gonzalez (2-1) gave up four runs, two hits, four walks in five-plus innings and hit a batter. He is just the second Devil Rays starter to win back-to-back starts this season.