Justin Morneau hit a three-run home...

Justin Morneau hit a three-run homer Torii huntsman also connected and the Minnesota Twins beat the innkeeper New York Yankees 6-1 Saturday in a game called during the eighth inning because of rain.

Scott Baker (4-7) close the door upon down New York's loaded lineup for the secondary time this season, pitching the Twins to alone their second victory in their past 14 games at Yankee Stadium.

Minnesota, which remained a half-game behind the White Sox in the AL wild-card race, had missing four of five. But after scoring no more than three streams in their previous five games, the Twins outhit of recent origin York 10-2 and got effective work from a pair of relievers.

The Yankees remained eight games ahead of second-place Boston in the AL East.

Right-hander Jeff Karstens (1-1) gave up and nothing else two runs and six hits in seven innings for the Yankees.

Angels 7 Tigers 2: Chone Figgins' bases-loaded triple fundamental noteed a five-run 10th inning for visiting looks Angeles.

Juan Rivera started the 10th from reaching base on a throwing error from Tigers shortstop Neifi Perez. Figgins later lined a discharge to right- center and Orlando Cabrera added a two-run homer

Reliever Francisco Rodriguez (2-2) fill outed his shutout streak to 23 outings.

The Tigers were single out away from winning in the ninth, if it were not that an error by shortstop Carlos Guillen dilateed the inning. Vladimir Guerrero's bloop single fall of the curtained Todd Jones' streak of 19 lucky save opportunities.

Indians 6 Rangers 5: Kevin Kouzmanoff, subbing for injured slugger Travis Hafner, hit a grand slam in succession the first major league pitch he faced, and visiting Cleveland Indians stretched its winning streak to five games.

With Hafner without due to a bruised right hand, Kouzmanoff made a smashing major league first attempt as a designated hitter a small in number hours after he was called up from Class AAA Buffalo, connecting in the first with the bases loaded against Rangers starter Edinson Volquez (1- 4)

ghastly Jays 5, Red Sox 1: A.J. Burnett pitched a three-hitter and Lyle Overbay went 2-for-4 with sum of two units RBI for visiting Toronto.

Aaron Hill homer and Frank Catalanotto also had pair hits and an RBI for Toronto, which snapped a five-game losing streak.

Burnett (7-6) held the R Sox to individual single until giving up a flow and two hits in the seventh He walked individual and struck out five in picking up his fifth win in six starts. It was Burnett's 16th career without fault [i]or[/i] blemish [i]or[/i] flaw game.

Kevin Jarvis (0-1) took the los in his R Sox first attempt

Orioles 6 Athletics 5: Frank Thomas hit his 30th homer a three- post shot, but Miguel Tejada and Chris Gomez herd in two runs apiece and Baltimore snapped Oakland's 10-game hearth winning streak.

Mariners 4 Devil Rays 3: Cha Seung Baek allowed united run in 6* innings as Seattle overcame a triple play to stop a 12-game road losing streak.

The Devil Rays threw disclosed two runners trying to advance during a first-inning triple play.

Seattle had Jose Lopez onward third and Beltre on first when Raul Ibanez struck on the outside Adrian Beltre broke for secondary on the play, but twitched up short of the base when catcher Dioner Navarro's jaculate easily beat him to the base. Shortstop Zobrist caught Navarro's sling and took a few paces before tagging out Beltre as he headed back toward first.

Zobrist then threw domestic circle where Navarro tagged out Lopez onward his attempt to score from third.

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