Red Sox Outlast Angels In Slugfest

American League

Reggie Jefferson hit a solo home run and Troy O’Leary had a two-run single in Boston’s three-run sixth as the Red Sox came back to beat the visiting California Angels 10-9 Monday night.

The teams combined for 31 hits and stranded 24 runners in a game that lasted 3 hours, 58 minutes.

White Sox 12, Tigers 7

Detroit

Ozzie Guillen and Danny Tartabull hit three-run homers in the ninth inning as Chicago sent Detroit to its eighth straight loss.

Pinch-hitter Curtis Pride put Detroit ahead 7-5 with a three-run homer in the sixth, but Jose Lima (3-6) couldn’t hold the lead and the Tigers stretched a losing streak to eight for the third time this season.

Rangers 10, Indians 3

Cleveland

Roger Pavlik pitched a four-hitter, Juan Gonzalez drove in four runs and Texas broke an A.L. record with its 15th consecutive errorless game in a win over Cleveland.

Brewers 6, Twins 1

Minneapolis

Marc Newfield hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning and Milwaukee turned a pair of errors into four unearned runs to beat Minnesota.

Blue Jays 2, Royals 1

Kansas City, Mo.

Joe Carter tripled in the ninth inning and scored on Charlie O’Brien’s sacrifice fly, giving Toronto a victory over Kansas City.

Clearing the bases

The fourth-inning double by Minnesota’s Paul Molitor was his 534th, tying him with Lou Gehrig for 19th place on baseball’s all-time list. … The Angels have not won a road series since June 10-12 at Kansas City. … Texas has been at least tied for first place for all but four days this season. … The Rangers are 70 for 89 in stolen base attempts (79 percent), the best percentage in the majors. … Albert Belle became the second player in Indians history with back-to-back 40-homer seasons. Rocky Colavito did it in 1958-59.