A.L. Thursday’s games

Yankees 5, Rangers 1: Orlando Hernandez won again with another excellent outing and Miguel Cairo hit his first career grand slam as New York won in Arlington, Texas. Hernandez (5-0) has a 2.08 ERA in seven starts since rejoining the rotation a month ago.

Orioles 6, Angels 1: Melvin Mora homered and drove in three runs, Rodrigo Lopez pitched seven strong innings and Baltimore won at Anaheim. The victory was Baltimore’s ninth in 10 games, and ended Bartolo Colon’s six-game winning streak.

Tigers 5, Athletics 3: Rondell White hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning, Craig Monroe connected two batters later and Detroit got a victory in Oakland. Mike Maroth (9-7) pitched seven solid innings to win his fourth straight decision. Monroe finished with three RBIs, adding a run-scoring double in the fourth.

White Sox 3, Royals 2: Carl Everett and Ross Gload homered, and Freddy Garcia pitched six strong innings to lead Chicago past visiting Kansas City. After giving up two runs and three hits in the first, Garcia (10-9) settled in and shut down the Royals, allowing seven hits in six innings, striking out seven and walking none.

Red Sox 6, Devil Rays 0: Pedro Martinez struck out 10 in a six-hitter for his first shutout in almost four years as Boston beat visiting Tampa Bay. Martinez (13-4) walked none and passed Bob Feller and Warren Spahn for 21st place in career strikeouts with 2,590.

Indians 6, Blue Jays 2: Pinch-hitter Ben Broussard hit his second grand slam in four days, sending Cleveland past visiting Toronto. Broussard has three slams overall this season, including a shot Monday against the White Sox. He is the fourth player in major league history with two pinch-hit slams in one season, joining Dave Johnson (1978), Mike Ivie (1978) and Darryl Strawberry (1998).