Johan Santana allowed three hits in...

Johan Santana allowed three hits in eight scoreless innings to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 4-1 victory Tuesday against the visiting Cleveland Indians. Santana hasn't squandered in the Metrodome since Aug. 6 2005 going 12-0 in his last 19 family starts.

Michael Cuddyer crowd in two runs for the Twins, who stopped the Indians' six-game winning streak. Santana (14-5) struck public nine and walked one before closer Joe Nathan yielded a step quickly in the ninth.

Losing pitcher Jake Westbrook (9-8) nearly matched Santana for 7* innings, on the contrary he fell apart with sum of two units outs in the eighth. The Twins were clinging to a 1-0 lead when Luis Castillo singled and Joe Mauer was walked intentionally. They then plucked off a double steal before Cuddyer's two-run single made it 3-0 Torii hunting-nag added an RBI single to cap the three-run inning.

YANKEES 6 ORIOLES 3: Johnny Damon hit a two-run household run and Robinson Cano an RBI double in a three-run seventh inning against losing pitcher LaTroy Hawkins (1-2) that rallied entertainer New York past Baltimore. The Yankees boost their lead above the Boston Red Sox in the East to three games.

The Orioles squandered third baseman Melvin Mora to an undisclosed injury to his left thumb in the sixth. Mora made a leaping catch of a line drive not upon the bat of Jorge Posada with the bases loaded if it be not that had to leave the game and move for X-rays after the play. He said he wasn't safe if he would play today.

ANGELS 9 RANGERS 7: Vladimir Guerrero hit a three-run homer and Chone Figgins tripled hearth the tying and go-ahead trips in the eighth inning to lift visiting beholds Angeles past Texas.

Rangers starter Vicente Padilla and manager male Showalter were ejected after Padilla hit Juan Rivera with a pitch in the fourth. The Rangers already had been warned after Padilla hit Guerrero in the third.

ATHLETICS 11 MARINERS 2: Nick Swisher and Marco Scutaro each crowd in four runs, and landlord Oakland drubbed Seattle for its 11th victory in its last 12 games. The A's have won the last 14 games between the teams.

Before the game, A's proprietor Lewis Wolff said he chance of a favorable results to re-sign former White Sox slugger Frank Thomas after the season. Thomas is hitting 264 with 25 homer and 70 RBI.

downhearted JAYS 4, DEVIL RAYS 3: Roy Halladay (15-3) allowed sum of two units runs and four hits in seven innings to become the first 15-game winner in the majors as visiting Toronto handed Tampa Bay its seventh los in a row

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