BOSTON — Pinch-hitter David McCarty had a two-run triple that broke an eighth-inning tie, and Pedro Martinez struck out 11 to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Cleveland Indians 5-3 Tuesday night.
Alan Embree (1-0) won despite giving up Victor Martinez's solo homer in the eighth — the only hit he allowed. Keith Foulke pitched the ninth for his seventh save.
Victor Martinez doubled in two runs in the first, but Boston tied the score on solo homers by Gabe Kapler in the third and David Ortiz in the fourth. Martinez gave Cleveland a 3-2 lead in the eighth, but Boston scored three runs in the bottom half against Jose Jimenez (0-2).
RANGERS 5, DEVIL RAYS 4: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Hank Blalock homered twice and Laynce Nix had a two-run shot to help Texas hand Tampa Bay its sixth straight loss. Blalock's second homer of the game in the eighth inning tied the score at 4. Kevin Mench's bases-loaded grounder later in the inning knocked in the game-winner for Texas, which has won eight of 11.
WHITE SOX 15, ORIOLES 0: At Chicago, Mark Buehrle got his first victory since April 10, and Magglio Ordonez had five RBIs for Chicago.
Ordonez went 4-for-5. Frank Thomas hit a three-run homer and Jose Valentin homered and drove in two runs for the White Sox, who snapped a season-worst three-game losing streak.
ROYALS 5, BLUE JAYS 1: At Kansas City, Mo., Juan Gonzalez hit a tiebreaking single in the sixth inning off AL Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay, and Kansas ended Toronto's six-game winning streak.
Mike Sweeney added a two-run double in a three-run seventh for the Royals, who had lost seven straight home games against Toronto since July 29, 2002.
ATHLETICS 5, TIGERS 4 (15): At Detroit, Damian Miller hit a tiebreaking, two-out single in the 15th inning to give Oakland its fourth victory in its last five games.
Eric Chavez and Jermaine Dye hit singles off Danny Patterson (0-2), and Scott Hatteberg was intentionally walked to load the bases with two outs to set up the game-winning hit. Dye and Bobby Crosby hit leadoff, solo homers in the second and third innings to give Oakland a 2-1 lead.
Justin Duchscherer (1-1) allowed only in five innings, and Jim Mecir pitched the 15th for his second save.
TWINS 7, MARINERS 6 (11): At Minneapolis, Shannon Stewart knocked the ball out of catcher Dan Wilson's glove to score from second base in the 11th inning for Minnesota.
Stewart, who was slow to get up after the collision, scored on Doug Mientkiewicz's bloop single to center off Ron Villone (3-1). Randy Winn's throw beat Stewart, but the 5-foot-11, 200-pounder knocked the ball loose.