CHICAGO — Far from perfect this time, Armando Galarraga was long gone when Brennan Boesch and Carlos Guillen hit back-to-back homers in a six-run seventh inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 7-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
The centerpiece of a national story when a blown call against Cleveland last week spoiled a perfect game, Galarraga had a relatively uneventful night. He gave up a leadoff single to Juan Pierre in the first after being cheered on his way to the mound and allowed two runs and seven hits in five innings.
Mark Kotsay hit a two-run homer off Galarraga in the fourth, but the Tigers came back.
Brad Thomas (3-0) two scoreless innings for the win. Matt Thornton (2-3) took the loss.
RAYS 9, BLUE JAYS 0: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Struggling slugger CarlosPena homered twice and drove in five runs to back unbeaten JeffNiemann's two-hit pitching as Tampa Bay beat Toronto. Pena hit a solo shot off BrianTallet (1-2) and a grand slam off RommieLewis, giving him three homers in his last two games as he tries to hit his way out of a season-long slump. Niemann (6-0) didn't allow a runner past first base, limiting the Blue Jays to singles by MikeMcCoy in the sixth inning and AdamLind in the seventh en route to his third career shutout. Niemann, who walked one and struck out six, retired his last nine batters. EvanLongoria and WillyAybar drove in two runs apiece for the Rays, who have won 11 of 13 against the Blue Jays at TropicanaField over the past two seasons.
YANKEES 12, ORIOLES 7: At Baltimore, CurtisGranderson hit a grand slam, NickSwisher homered and drove in five runs, and New York cruised past Baltimore. MarkTeixeira also connected for the Yankees, who led 6-0 in the third inning and used a six-run seventh to make it 12-3. Teixeira, who came in batting .211, went 3 for 4 with two walks. New York is 9-1 against the Orioles this season. The Yankees have won 13 of their last 17 in Baltimore. AdamJones homered for the Orioles, who have lost 11 of 12. Baltimore is 1-3 under interim manager JuanSamuel and has been outscored 31-9 in the three defeats. PhilHughes (8-1) gave up three runs in six innings to earn his second victory over the Orioles in a week. His eight wins is tied for the AL lead and matches his career high. KevinMillwood (0-7) allowed six runs, 10 hits and five walks in 5 2-3 innings.
RED SOX 3, INDIANS 2: At Cleveland, TimWakefield bounced back from two rough outings and became Boston's career leader in innings pitched, leading the Red Sox over Cleveland. Wakefield (2-4) gave up four hits and one earned run in 7 1-3 innings to reach 2,777 innings with Boston, one more than RogerClemens worked in a Red Sox uniform. The 43-year-old knuckleballer retired 15 in a row during one stretch and left after yielding a pinch-hit double to TravisHafner.DanielBard worked the ninth for his second save. Wakefield struck out six without a walk. Boston starters are 9-0 with a 0.75 ERA in their last 10 road games.
The Red Sox have won 17 of 20 against Cleveland since trailing the Indians 3-1 in the 2007 AL championship series, then rallying to win the AL pennant and the World Series. Boston got three unearned runs in the fourth off DavidHuff (2-7).
RANGERS 7, MARINERS 1: At Arlington, Texas, ColbyLewis allowed four hits over seven innings and VladimirGuerrero homered to help Texas beat FelixHernandez. Lewis (5-4) had lost four of his previous five decisions before getting back on track against the Mariners. ElvisAndrus went 3 for 5 with two RBIs for the Rangers, who ended a two-game skid. Guerrero's two-run shot in the seventh was his team-high 13th, stretching Texas' lead to 7-1 and chasing Hernandez (3-5), who went 19-5 and was the ALCyYoungAward runner-up in 2009. JoshHamilton had a two-run double in the first.
TWINS 7, ROYALS 3: At Minneapolis, ZackGreinke was hit hard again, and Kansas City never recovered from its first-inning deficit in a loss to KevinSlowey and Minnesota. Slowey (7-3) allowed three hits — none until the fifth. He tossed seven shutout innings, his first outing without an earned run in 39 starts since July 28, 2008. JasonKubel homered, and his two-run double in the first gave the Twins a 3-0 lead. DenardSpan added a two-run single in the fourth. MattGuerrier got one out for his first save after right fielder MichaelCuddyer dropped a routine fly ball and JoseMijares gave up two unearned runs. Greinke (1-8) needed 102 pitches to get through five innings, allowing nine hits and six runs. His 4.05 ERA is the highest it's been since Aug. 9, 2008.
ATHLETICS 10, ANGELS 1: At Oakland, Calif., Kurt Suzuki went 4 for 5 with a homer and four RBIs to help Vin Mazzaro get the win in his second start of the season, and the Athletics snapped the Angels' six-game winning streak. Ryan Sweeney added three hits and scored three times and Jack Cust hit a two-run homer for the A's, who had lost six straight home games to their AL West rivals before breaking through against Jered Weaver (5-3) and the bullpen.
The strong outing by Mazzaro (2-0) in place of the injured Brett Anderson was a big reason for Oakland's success. Oakland put the game away with four runs in the seventh and three in the eighth.