AL roundup: Angels extend win streak

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Chone Figgins and Maicer Izturis, normally the table-setters in the Los Angeles Angels' lineup, both homered during a nine-run fourth inning and the AL West leaders extended their winning streak to a season-high eight games Saturday with an 11-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

Matt Palmer (8-1) allowed two runs and four hits in five innings. The Angels have averaged 7.33 runs in the 30-year-old rookie's 12 starts.

Rays 10,

Blue Jays 9, 12 innings

TORONTO (AP) - Jason Bartlett hit an RBI double in the 12th inning, capping the biggest comeback in Tampa Bay history, and the Rays erased an eight-run deficit to beat Toronto.

Down 8-0 after four, Tampa Bay cut it to 9-7 heading into the ninth against closer Scott Downs. The AL champions tied it on solo homers by Carlos Pena and Willy Aybar, handing Downs his third blown save.

Red Sox 7, Orioles 2

BOSTON (AP) - David Ortiz jump-started Boston's sluggish offense with a three-run homer, Adam LaRoche added a two-run shot in his Red Sox debut and Jon Lester pitched into the eighth inning against struggling Baltimore.

Jacoby Ellsbury added two RBI doubles for the Red Sox, who won their second straight after a season-high five-game losing streak and moved within 1 1/2 games of the AL East-leading Yankees.

Tigers 4,

White Sox 3, 10 innings

DETROIT (AP) - Carlos Guillen's RBI single in the 10th gave Detroit a victory over Chicago.

After the Tigers sent the game into extra innings with a ninth-inning rally, Clete Thomas led off the 10th with a single off D.J. Carrasco (3-1) and went to second on Miguel Cabrera's base hit. Guillen then chopped a ball up the middle that barely eluded shortstop Alexi Ramirez.

Royals 6, Rangers 3

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Luke Hochevar struck out a career-high 13 in seven innings and closer Joakim Soria earned a rare six-out save, helping Kansas City beat Texas to end a 10-game losing streak.

Hochevar (6-3) had the second-most strikeouts in team history and was particularly effective against Texas' big three, striking out Josh Hamilton, Andruw Jones and Hank Blalock a combined nine times.

Indians 10, Mariners 3

SEATTLE (AP) - Asdrubal Cabrera homered, drove in two runs and scored three times to back a strong start by Jeremy Sowers in Cleveland's testy victory over Seattle.

Sowers (3-7), recalled from Triple-A before the game, held the Mariners scoreless over seven innings, allowing four hits in his best outing this season.