Saturday’s AL results

Sun., May 11, 2008

The Spokesman-Review

Yankees 5, Tigers 2: At Detroit, Derek Jeter hit his first homer of the season, Darrell Rasner pitched six-plus strong innings and New York ended a six-game losing streak to the Tigers. Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth for his 10th save in 10 chances.

Indians 12, Blue Jays 0: At Cleveland, Grady Sizemore homered twice and drove in five runs, Aaron Laffey pitched seven sharp innings and the Indians routed Toronto to hand the Blue Jays their fourth straight loss.

Rays 2, Angels 0: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Scott Kazmir pitched six scoreless innings and Tampa Bay beat Los Angeles to hand Joe Saunders his first loss of the season. Evan Longoria drove in the only run off Saunders when he grounded into a force play with the bases loaded in the first inning.

Red Sox 5, Twins 2: At Minneapolis, Coco Crisp and Jed Lowrie hit back-to-back homers to lead off the seventh inning – Crisp’s first since Sept. 6 and Lowrie’s first of his career – and Daisuke Matsuzaka gave up two runs and six hits with seven strikeouts in seven innings to lead Boston over Minnesota.

Rangers 6, Athletics 4: At Arlington, Texas, Milton Bradley homered and drove in three runs as the Rangers beat Oakland for their fifth straight victory, despite having their shutout streak end at 33 innings.

Orioles 6, Royals 5: At Kansas City, Mo., Kevin Millar hit a three-run homer and finished with three hits to help Baltimore beat the Royals on a rainy night for its 12th straight victory over Kansas City.

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