Thursday’s results, continued

Tigers 7, Yankees 6: At Detroit, Carlos Guillen singled in the winning run to cap a two-run ninth-inning rally and the Tigers beat New York to avoid a four-game sweep. Detroit trailed 6-5 going into the ninth, but rallied off ex-teammate Kyle Farnsworth. With one out, Marcus Thames walked, and took second on Ivan Rodriguez’s base hit. Magglio Ordonez followed with a game-tying single, and Guillen lined a hit to right field to score Rodriguez.

Indians 12, White Sox 8: At Cleveland, Ronnie Belliard hit a three-run homer to help the Indians defeat Chicago for a third consecutive time. Jermaine Dye homered twice and drove in five runs, while Jim Thome had three RBIs for Chicago, which led 5-2 and 8-7. The defending World Series champion White Sox beat Cleveland 11-0 in the series opener.

Athletics 4, Twins 0: At Oakland, Calif., Barry Zito allowed four hits over seven scoreless innings, leading the Athletics past Minnesota. Frank Thomas hit his 460th career homer in the second, while Mark Kotsay and Dan Johnson also connected in Oakland’s second straight victory after losing 10 of their previous 11 games.

Devil Rays 8, Orioles 6: At Baltimore, Jonny Gomes homered, Carl Crawford tripled in two runs and scored twice, and Tampa Bay ended a six-game losing streak by defeating the Orioles in a rain-delayed game.