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Thursday’s games

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Tigers 3, Athletics 1: Mike Maroth won again, pitching eight sharp innings as Detroit beat visiting Oakland. Maroth, who is 4-1, ended the Athletics’ season-high three-game winning streak, allowing one run and five hits. He walked one and struck out four.

Yankees 7, Angels 4: Jon Lieber retired his first 11 batters, then gave up four straight hits before getting 11 more outs in a row, leading New York past visiting Anaheim. Ruben Sierra, Hideki Matsui and Bernie Williams all hit solo homers off Angels starter John Lackey.

Devil Rays 6, Rangers 3: Carl Crawford snapped a sixth-inning tie with an RBI single and had three hits, and Tampa Bay ended a season-high seven-game losing streak with a win over visiting Texas.

Orioles 1-5, White Sox 0-6: Paul Konerko broke out of a 2-for-31 slump with a go-ahead three-run home run and had five RBIs as Chicago split a doubleheader with visiting Baltimore. In the opener, Daniel Cabrera made an impressive major league debut, allowing just two hits in six strong innings as Baltimore shut out the White Sox.

Blue Jays 12, Red Sox 6: Orlando Hudson tied a franchise record with five runs scored, and Miguel Batista earned his first win with his new team as Toronto beat visiting Boston.