Saturday’s AL results

Yankees 3, Red Sox 1: At New York, Kei Igawa shut out Boston for six-plus innings after replacing injured starter Jeff Karstens in the first, and New York snapped a seven-game losing streak with a victory. Jorge Posada hit a two-run homer off knuckleballer Tim Wakefield and Mariano Rivera earned his first save

Twins 11, Tigers 3: At Detroit, Justin Morneau homered and Minnesota roughed up Justin Verlander in the win. Morneau had three hits and scored three times for the Twins, who reached base 23 times – 17 hits, five walks and a hit by pitch.

Rangers 9, Blue Jays 8 (10): At Toronto, Hank Blalock atoned for an earlier error with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to lift Texas to a victory over Toronto. Akinori Otsuka got the win despite giving up the tying run in the ninth.

Athletics 12, Devil Rays 5: At Oakland, Calif., Travis Buck hit a three-run homer in the A’s six-run first, Eric Chavez also hit a three-run shot and Mark Ellis added his first homer of the year as Oakland defeated Tampa Bay. Oakland’s struggling offense produced more runs in two innings than it had in the previous four games combined.

Angels 3, White Sox 0: At Chicago, Jered Weaver pitched 5 2/3 innings for his first win of the season and Gary Matthews Jr. led off the game with a home run to help Los Angeles beat Chicago.

Orioles 7, Indians 4: At Cleveland, Corey Patterson hit a two-run double in the eighth inning to help Baltimore snap a five-game losing streak and end the Indians’ winning streak at six. Ramon Hernandez added a two-run double.

Associated Press