Thursday’s AL results

Red Sox 4, Royals 1: At Kansas City, Mo., Daisuke “Dice-K” Matsuzaka struck out 10 in seven innings to lead Boston over Kansas City. Manny Ramirez had an RBI double in the first, and Julio Lugo doubled in the fifth, stole third and scored on catcher John Buck’s throwing error. Boston added two runs in the eighth on Joel Peralta’s wild pitch with a runner on third and Coco Crisp’s RBI single.

Devil Rays 7, Yankees 6: At New York, Alex Rodriguez flopped in another key at-bat when he popped out with the bases loaded to end the eighth and Tampa Bay spoiled Andy Pettitte’s return to the Yankees.

White Sox 4, Indians 3: At Chicago, Roberto Hernandez hit A.J. Pierzynski with a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, forcing in the winning run in Chicago’s win over Cleveland.

Athletics 4, Angels 3: At Anaheim, Calif., Mike Piazza hit his first home run as a full-time designated hitter, connecting against Francisco Rodriguez with two outs in the ninth as Oakland beat Los Angeles.

Blue Jays at Tigers, ppd.: The Toronto at Detroit game was postponed because of cold weather and will be made up on Sept. 10.