BOSTON -- Jon Lester held Toronto to four hits over eight innings and Coco Crisp drove in two runs to lead the Boston Red Sox over Roy Halladay and the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Sunday.
The Red Sox moved within one game of AL East-leading Tampa Bay, which lost to New York 8-4. Boston and the Rays begin a three-game series on Monday in St. Petersburg, where the Red Sox are 0-6 so far this season.
W. Sox (4-11), Tigers (2-7)
CHICAGO (AP) -- DeWayne Wise hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the eighth inning and Chicago completed a doubleheader sweep after the bullpen blew a seven-run lead.
Jim Thome hit his 539th homer and Brian Anderson went deep against Kenny Rogers, but the relievers imploded after John Danks pitched six scoreless innings.
Yankees 8, Rays 4
NEW YORK (AP) -- Derek Jeter collected three hits for the third straight game, Alex Rodriguez belted a grand slam and New York beat Tampa Bay to win the weekend series against the AL East leaders.
Jeter moved into a tie with Lou Gehrig for most career hits at Yankee Stadium and Jason Giambi hit a two-run homer for New York.
Orioles 7, Twins 3
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Radhames Liz pitched eight shutout innings, and Baltimore hit five home runs in a victory over Minnesota.
Angels 4, Mariners 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Chone Figgins singled home the winning run in the ninth inning and Mark Teixeira hit his 200th career homer as Los Angeles beat Seattle for a four-game sweep.
Ninth-place hitter Sean Rodriguez tripled just beyond the reach of Ichiro Suzuki with one out. Figgins followed with a drive off the right-field wall against Roy Corcoran (5-1) for his third game-ending hit this season.
Athletics 7, Rangers 4
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Aaron Cunningham hit his first major league homer, a three-run shot that broke an eighth-inning tie and lifted Oakland over Texas.
Royals 13, Indians 3
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Brian Bannister won for the first time in nearly three months and Ryan Shealy homered twice and drove in five runs and Kansas City defeated Cleveland.
Bannister (8-15) gave up four hits and three runs in the first inning, then settled down and won for the first time in 14 starts to snap his nine-game losing streak.
Posted in Sports on Monday, September 15, 2008 12:00 am
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