Garciaparra Ties Hit-Streak Record

Rookie Nomar Garciaparra tied an A.L. record and Tim Wakefield pitched into the ninth inning Sunday as the visiting Boston Red Sox beat the Anaheim Angels 3-2 to snap a three-game losing streak.

Garciaparra singled twice to extend his hitting streak to 26 games, tying the league’s rookie record set by Guy Curtright of the Chicago White Sox in 1943.

Benito Santiago holds the major league mark for rookies with a 34-game hitting streak in 1987.

Wakefield (9-14) allowed four hits, walked three and struck out four. The knuckleballer was relieved by Tom Gordon after issuing a leadoff walk to Tim Salmon in the ninth.

Gordon got three outs - all on fly balls to the warning track - for his second save.

Garciaparra, 46 of 122 (.377) during his streak, singled, stole second and scored against Ken Hill (6-11) in both the third and fifth innings. His hitting streak is the longest by a Red Sox player since Wade Boggs hit safely in 28 straight in 1985.

White Sox 3, Rangers 1 Arlington, Texas

Ozzie Guillen hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning as Chicago ended a five-game losing streak against Texas.

Darren Lewis singled with two outs in the seventh, and Guillen followed with his third homer of the year and 23rd in 13 seasons in the majors.

Jason Bere (2-0), making his second start since undergoing surgery on his right elbow last September, allowed four hits over 6-2/3 innings, with eight strikeouts and two walks.

Athletics 4, Indians 1 Oakland

Jimmy Haynes pitched five shutout innings and combined with four relievers on a five-hitter for Oakland.

Haynes (2-3) won for the second time in three starts, allowing two hits in his 91-pitch outing.

David Justice homered for the third time in three games for the Indians.

Jays 11, Royals 8 (13) Kansas City, Mo.

Jose Cruz Jr.’s two-run homer in the 13th inning, his second of the game, won it for Toronto.

Jacob Brumfield singled to open the 13th off Larry Casian (0-2) and Carlos Garcia sacrificed. Cruz, who had the first four-hit game of his career, hit his 20th homer into the left-field seats. It was the third two-homer game for Cruz.

Toronto had a season-high 21 hits to hand the Royals their fifth straight loss. Chili Davis hit a three-run homer and Larry Sutton hit his first M.L. homer for Kansas City.

Brewers 6, Tigers 0 Milwaukee

Jose Mercedes pitched a four-hitter for his first major league shutout and Milwaukee hit three solo homers.

Jeromy Burnitz, Mark Loretta and Jeff Cirillo each hit solo homers as Phil Garner became the winningest manager in Brewers history. Garner has 423 wins, one more than Tom Trebelhorn (422-397, 1986-1991).

Orioles 5, Twins 1 Baltimore

Scott Kamieniecki pitched seven strong innings and Baltimore completed a three-game sweep of Minnesota by hitting three home runs.

All three homers came off LaTroy Hawkins (4-9) as Baltimore moved 39 games over .500 (83-44) for the first time since August 1979.

Geronimo Berroa had a two-run shot and Brady Anderson and Rafael Palmeiro connected with the bases empty to power the Orioles to their fifth straight win, and ninth in 10 games. Baltimore has won 22 of 28.

Minnesota went 1-10 on its 11-game road trip and has lost 13 of 14 overall. Baltimore won the series from the Twins 10-1.

Clearing the bases

Haynes’ win was just the 21st this season by an Oakland starter. The fewest wins ever by a starting rotation is 23 by the Mets, and only four teams in major league history have failed to reach 30. … Cal Ripken marked his 37th birthday by playing in his 2,443rd straight game. He went 1 for 3 and got his 999th career walk. … Paul Molitor got his 3,142nd hit, tying him with Robin Yount for 14th on the career list. … The Twins’ Chuck Knoblauch extended his hitting streak to 16 games.