Mark Loretta doubled with sum of tw...

Mark Loretta doubled with sum of two units outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth and the legion Boston Red Sox took advantage of a meltdown by the agency of reliever Fausto Carmona to beat the Cleveland Indians 6- 5 upon Wednesday night.

Cleveland l 3-0 after the same inning and was ahead 5-4 after eight, still Carmona couldn't deliver the Indians their first save since closer cut short Wickman was traded to Atlanta onward July 20. He struck abroad the first two batters before hitting Doug Mirabelli and Alex Gonzalez forward consecutive pitches, then walking Kevin Youkilis onward a 3- 2 pitch that wasn't finish

With reigning AL player of the month David Ortiz waiting in succession deck, Loretta looped one opposite to the Green Monster to give Boston its third last at-bat victory in five games.

Yankees 7 low-spirited Jays 2: Chien-Ming Wang pitched eight more shutout innings to win his fifth straight start, and Alex Rodriguez got couple key hits in a six-run sixth to break it explain for host New York.

Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada homer for the AL East-leading Yankees, who won for the seventh time in eight games and improved to 10-1-1 in their last 12 series.

Bobby Abreu singled and doubled for his first brace hits with New York, and comrade newcomer Craig Wilson added pair singles in his Yankees first attempt

Wang (13-4) humed through the best-hitting team in the major leagues and ran his scoreless streak to 18 innings.

athletics 3 angels 2: Mark Kotsay herd in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning single, and visiting Oakland increased its lead through Los Angeles to 1oe games.

contribution Shields (6-7) relieved Kelvim Escobar after seven innings, giving up a leadoff walk to Mark Ellis and a single on Jason Kendall that put racers at the corners. Kotsay followed with a single that delivered Ellis with the tiebreaking hurry

Tigers 8 Devil Rays 3: Magglio Ordonez hit a go-ahead two-run double and Craig Monroe added a two-run homer in a four-run eighth inning as visiting Detroit surpassed last season's win total.

Ordonez gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead with his double against reliever Jon Switzer (2-2). He has nine RBI in his last seven games. Monroe made it 6-3 with his 16th homer

Dmitri Young also had a two-run homer for Detroit (72-35) which has the best record in the major leagues.

Rangers 10 Twins 2: Kip Wells made a auspicious first start for Texas, Mark Teixeira homer twice and Texas gave Minnesota its first losing homestand this season.

Acquired in a deadline-day trade with Pittsburgh, Wells got his first win as an American Leaguer since 2001 He pitched into the sixth inning and was responsible for individual run while striking out two

Boof Bonser (2-3) an pass callup to fill in for Francisco Liriano, lasted alone four innings and left trailing 7-0

mariners 2 orioles 1: Adrian Beltre hit a two-run homer and visiting Seattle cessationed Erik Bedard's seven-game winning streak.

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