ATHLETICS 5, RED SOX 4
At Boston, Dan Johnson doubled home the winning run in the 10th inning after Jonathan Papelbon suffered his first blown save in the ninth and Oakland stopped surging Boston on Tuesday night.
The Red Sox had won four of five games and began the day with the best record in baseball but wasted a 4-2 lead and another strong performance by Curt Schilling.
Papelbon allowed a tying two-run homer by Travis Buck, who hadn t played above Double-A before this season.
Buck s third homer of the year followed a leadoff single by Bobby Crosby.
Oakland scored the winning run off Brendan Donnelly (0-1) on back-to-back doubles by Mike Piazza and Johnson. Justin Duchscherer (2-1) pitched the ninth and Huston Street worked the 10th for his seventh save in eight chances.
Boston had runners at second and third with two outs in the ninth, but Coco Crisp grounded out to first.
Neither Papelbon nor Donnelly had allowed a run this season before Tuesday.
TIGERS 5, ORIOLES 4
At Detroit, pinch-hitter Sean Casey hit a tiebreaking single with one out in the eighth inning to lift Detroit past Baltimore.
Craig Monroe also homered for Detroit and Placido Polanco went 4-for-5 with two RBIs.
Pinch-hitter Carlos Guillen led off the eighth with a walk by Danys Baez (0-1) and was sacrificed to second by Brandon Inge. Curtis Granderson was then walked intentionally.
Casey then pinch hit for Neifi Perez and hit a sinking liner that just eluded diving shortstop Miguel Tejada that scored Guillen with the go-ahead run to make it 4-3. Polanco added a run-scoring single.
Reliever Joel Zumaya (1-1) pitched two innings for the victory.
He struck out four and allowed one hit.
TWINS 9, DEVIL RAYS 1
At St. Petersburg, Fla.
, Sidney Ponson pitched seven impressive innings and Michael Cuddyer drove in two runs before leaving with an injury, leading Minnesota past Tampa Bay.
Ponson (2-3) gave up five hits. Both of his wins this season have come against the Devil Rays.
YANKEES 10, RANGERS 1
At Arlington, Texas, Phil Hughes was working on a no-hitter in the seventh inning of his second major league start when a hamstring injury cost him a chance to make history.
The Yankees prized prospect is expected to miss four to six weeks, a sour end to an otherwise encouraging night for the last-place club. New York responded to criticism from owner George Steinbrenner in a big way Tuesday with a rout of Texas Rangers.
Hank Blalock hit a leadoff double against reliever Mike Myers in the eighth inning for Texas first hit.
INDIANS 12, BLUE JAYS 4
At Cleveland, C.C.
Sabathia was rocked for three homers in the first inning but he buckled down to stay unbeaten and Jhonny Peralta had a career-high five RBIs for host Cleveland.
ANGELS 7, ROYALS 5
At Kansas City, Mo., Vladimir Guerrero hit a first-inning grand slam and surging Los Angeles held on to beat reeling Kansas for the Angeles 10th victory in 12 games.
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