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Wednesday’s games

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Red Sox 11, Blue Jays 5: At Toronto, David Ortiz homered twice and drove in four runs, and Curt Schilling earned his 16th win as Boston beat Toronto. Schilling (16-6) allowed one run and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings, striking out nine.

Indians 4, Yankees 3: At Cleveland, Coco Crisp dove headfirst for a go-ahead bunt single in the eighth that helped end the Indians’ nine-game losing streak and spur Cleveland past New York.

Tigers 5, White Sox 4: At Detroit, Marcus Thames drove in three runs, and Nate Robertson (11-7) allowed one run and eight hits in eight innings as Detroit sent Chicago to its sixth loss in seven games.

Twins 8, Rangers 5: At Arlington, Texas, No. 9 hitter Luis Rivas had a double and triple off Ryan Drese (11-7), then homered against Carlos Almanzar leading off the eighth as Minnesota beat Texas.

Athletics 3, Orioles 0: At Oakland, Calif., Marco Scutaro hit a three-run homer off B.J. Ryan (3-4) with two outs in the bottom of the ninth as Oakland beat Baltimore.

Angels 21, Royals 6: At Anaheim, Calif., Jeff DaVanon became the first Angels player in 13 years to hit for the cycle, driving in four runs and leading Anaheim to a victory that completed a seven-game season sweep of Kansas City.