Thursday’s A.L. results

Tigers 12, Indians 3: At Detroit, Gary Sheffield, Carlos Guillen and Placido Polanco all hit home runs, leading the Tigers to a win over Cleveland. Detroit won the three-game series, pulling within a game of the Central-leading Indians.

Yankees 7, Twins 6: At New York, Hideki Matsui hit a tiebreaking two-run homer off Pat Neshek in the eighth inning to lift the Yankees to a victory over Minnesota. Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrera also homered for New York, which played without Alex Rodriguez for the first time this season.

White Sox 11, Orioles 6: At Chicago, Tadahito Iguchi fell a single shy of the cycle, and Jermaine Dye hit a three-run homer to lead the White Sox to a win over Baltimore. Juan Uribe added a two-run homer in the sixth for Chicago, which banged out 13 hits – one shy of its season high.

Red Sox 15, Devil Rays 4: At Boston, Coco Crisp hit a grand slam in the first and Josh Beckett earned his 12th win as the Red Sox handed Tampa Bay its 11th consecutive loss. Tampa Bay was swept for the third straight series. A fourth this weekend in Kansas City would pull them within one of the franchise record of 15 straight losses set in 2002.

Angels 5, Rangers 2: At Arlington, Texas, Kelvim Escobar won his 10th game after being snubbed again for a spot in the All-Star game and Los Angeles avoided a three-game sweep with a victory over Texas. Escobar (10-3) allowed one run and three hits over seven innings, with eight strikeouts and three walks. The right-hander is 4-0 in six starts since the start of June.