ANAHEIM, Calif. — Travis Hafner hit three homers to match a major league record with five in two games, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 14-5 rout of the Anaheim Angels on Tuesday.
Hafner drove in six runs and finished the two-game series with 11 RBIs, tying Earl Averill's franchise record for a two-game span. Averill did it in a doubleheader against the Washington Senators on Sept. 17, 1930. Hafner also became the second player to hit three home runs Tuesday, joining St. Louis slugger Albert Pujols.
Twenty-six players have hit five homers in a two-game span, a feat accomplished 28 times in all. Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner and Mark McGwire each did it twice. The last Cleveland player to do it was Manny Ramirez, on Sept. 15-16, 1998.
Hafner is the seventh player to hit three homers in a game this season, including teammate Victor Martinez.
Cleveland hit six homers against the Angels, including solo shots by John McDonald and Coco Crisp and a three-run drive by Martinez.
Jake Westbrook (7-5) won for the first time in seven starts since June 14. Jarrod Washburn (10-5) allowed 10 runs — nine earned — and a career-worst 13 hits in 5 1-3 innings.
ATHLETICS 1, BLUE JAYS 0 (14): At Oakland, Calif., Damian Miller broke up Dave Bush's no-hit bid in the eighth inning, then won the game with a bases-loaded single in the 14th. Bush and Rich Harden allowed one hit apiece through eight innings, but the game stretched on long after a duel of promising young right-handers ended in a draw. Jermaine Dye led off the 14th with a single off Justin Speier (2-6), Toronto's sixth pitcher. After a sacrifice bunt and two walks, Miller singled to nearly the same spot as his eighth-inning single to left.
Justin Lehr (1-1) pitched 2 2-3 scoreless innings for his first major league win as the teams split a two-game series.
YANKEES 4, DEVIL RAYS 2: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Gary Sheffield hit his 397th homer and drove in three runs, leading Jose Contreras and New York over Tampa Bay. Derek Jeter left the game in the eighth with a bruised right wrist after getting hit by a pitch from Victor Zambrano two innings earlier. X-rays were negative. Contreras (8-3) allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings to beat Zambrano (9-6) for the second time in 12 days. Mariano Rivera got his AL-leading 34th save in 35 chances.
Rivera has converted 22 save opportunities in a row, the longest streak in the majors this season. His 317th save moved him within one of Rick Aguilera for 10th place on the career list. Rivera is 32-for-32 lifetime against Tampa Bay.
Contreras won his fourth straight decision since being reunited with his wife and children from Cuba last month.
RED SOX 9, MARINERS 7: At Seattle, Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz hit consecutive homers to key Boston's eight-run fourth inning against Seattle. Winning pitcher Derek Lowe (8-9) gave up four runs and nine hits in five innings. Keith Foulke, who pitched two innings the previous night, got three outs for his 15th save in 20 chances. But the Red Sox had to sweat this one out. Ichiro Suzuki led off the ninth with his fourth hit and stole second — his career-high fourth, tying a Mariners record. Foulke walked Randy Winn to put runners on first and second with no outs, but then struck out Bret Boone, Edgar Martinez and Bucky Jacobsen to end it. Seattle had a season-high 18 hits but tied a club record with 16 left on base.
Ortiz hit his 26th homer, a three-run shot off Joel Pineiro (5-11), and Ramirez followed with his 27th to give the Red Sox an 8-1 lead.
ORIOLES 12, ROYALS 3: At Kansas City, Mo., Karim Garcia began his second stint with Baltimore with two home runs and five RBIs, and the Orioles tied a club record with 11 extra-base hits against Kansas City. Garcia, acquired Monday from the New York Mets for reliever Mike DeJean, was 0-for-16 in eight games for the Orioles in 2000. The Orioles hit five home runs, a season high, and six doubles. Miguel Tejada, Larry Bigbie and Robert Machado also homered, and Bigbie and Machado also had one double each. Baltimore hit four homers and four doubles against Royals starter Zack Greinke (2-7). The rookie was tagged for eight runs and nine hits before being lifted with none out in the third.
Daniel Cabrera (8-3) pitched five innings for the win, giving up three runs. He improved to 3-0 against the Royals this season.
TWINS 5, TIGERS 4 (10): At Detroit, Jacque Jones homered and drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning. Justin Morneau also homered for the Twins, who swept the two-game series after losing six of their previous seven games.
With one out in the 10th, Lew Ford lined a pitch from Ugueth Urbina (3-4) to right-center and hustled to second base, just beating center fielder Brandon Inge's throw.
After Morneau and Torii Hunter walked to load the bases, Jones hit fly ball to the warning track in left, scoring Ford with the go-ahead run.
Grant Balfour (4-1) got the win with three shutout innings of relief. Joe Nathan pitched the 10th for his 26th save in 27 tries.
RANGERS 6, WHITE SOX 4: At Arlington, Texas, Rod Barajas broke a tie with a two-run double and Gary Matthews Jr. homered in the eighth inning to give Texas its fifth win in six games. Chicago got home runs from Paul Konerko, Jose Valentin and Carlos Lee but dropped out of first place in the AL Central, a half-game behind Minnesota. Barajas' tiebreaking hit off Damaso Marte (3-3) was his career-best third double of the game.