AMERICAN LEAGUE Millar hits milestone home run as Boston rallies past Baltimore

Manny Ramirez became the fastest player to hit 100 home runs for Boston.
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BOSTON -- Kevin Millar hit the 10,000th homer at Fenway Park, a two-run shot in the eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox rebounded from a doubleheader sweep by rallying to beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 Saturday night.
Fenway Park, which opened in 1912, joined Wrigley Field, Yankee Stadium and the since-demolished Tiger Stadium as the only ballparks to have had at least 10,000 homers hit there.
Manny Ramirez hit a solo homer for Boston, his 100th in a Red Sox uniform to become the fastest player in team history to reach that plateau. It was his 1,388th at-bat with Boston. Jimmy Foxx did it in 1,390 at-bats.
Boston moved to within three games of the New York Yankees in the AL East a day after losing to the Orioles, 10-4 and 4-2, in a day-night doubleheader Friday.
Ramirez opened the eighth with a single off Travis Driskill (3-5) and was taken out for pinch-runner Damian Jackson.
David Ortiz followed with a single to left, and Jackson advanced to third on the hit. Gabe Kapler pinch-ran for Ortiz.
Jackson then scored on a wild pitch before Millar homered to left field.
Alan Embree (4-1) got Jay Gibbons to ground out with runners on first and second to end the eighth.
Byung-Hyun Kim worked the ninth and allowed Brook Fordyce's homer before getting his ninth save in 10 chances.
The Orioles were held hitless by Tim Wakefield until they took a 3-2 lead with three runs in the fourth.
After breezing through the first 10 outs, Wakefield gave up a one-out triple to Luis Matos. Jay Gibbons followed with and RBI single and Tony Batista homered into the seats above the Green Monster.
Ramirez tied it in the sixth by sending a 2-2 pitch over the Green Monster to halt a 6-for-41 slump.
Wakefield pitched 72/3 innings, allowing three runs on five hits with one walk and five strikeouts.
BALTIMOREBOSTON
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BRbrts 2b5000Damon cf4020
DCruz ss4010Mueller 3b3022
Matos cf3110Grcprr ss4000
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TBtsta 3b4112DJcksn dh0100
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Bigbie lf4020Millar lf2112
JLeon 1b3000McCty 1b0000
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Totals34474Totals31695
Baltimore000300001--4
Boston00200103x--6
DP--Baltimore 1. LOB--Baltimore 6, Boston 6. 2B--Bigbie (6), Mueller (35), TWalker (27). 3B--Matos (3). HR--TBatista (20), Fordyce (3), MRamirez (26), Millar (19). S--Nixon.
IPHRERBBSO
Baltimore
Moss763341
Driskill L,3-5133301
Boston
Wakefield7 2-353315
Embree W,4-1 1-300000
BKim S,9121110
HBP--by Wakefield (Matos). WP--Driskill. Umpires--Home, Jeff Kellogg; First, Joe West; Second, Bill Miller; Third, Bill Welke. T--2:24. A--34,883.
Athletics 7, White Sox 2
CHICAGO -- Ramon Hernandez homered twice and drove in a career-high five runs.
With the Kansas City Royals' 6-2 win over Tampa Bay, Chicago fell out of the top spot of the AL Central, which they held for a day.
The White Sox are a half-game behind the Royals.
The A's have won 13 of their last 19 games. The second-place A's remained two games behind the AL West-leading Seattle Mariners, who defeated the New York Yankees 2-1 Saturday.
Chad Bradford (6-3), who spent part of three seasons with the White Sox before being traded for Miguel Olivo in December of 2000, pitched 21/3 scoreless innings of relief for the win.
Oakland scored three runs in the first inning off White Sox starter Jon Garland.
Scott Hatteberg reached safely on first baseman Paul Konerko's error to lead off the game. Jose Guillen bunted safely, and one out later, Miguel Tejada drove in Hatteberg on a bloop single to left. Garland (8-8) struck out Eurbiel Durazo then gave up Hernandez's two-run double off the left-field fence for a 3-0 lead.
Guillen drove in Mark Ellis on an RBI single in the second inning.
The A's took a 6-0 lead in the third. Garland gave up a lead off single to Durazo and Hernandez followed by hitting an 0-1 pitch into the right-center stands.
Hernandez hit a solo home run, his 16th, off Billy Koch in the ninth. It was his third career multihomer game and his first of the season.
OAKLANDCHICAGO
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EChavz 3b5010SAlmr c1000
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Durazo dh4110CEvrtt cf1000
RaHrdz c5235Thmas dh4010
Long lf5010MOrdz rf4000
MEllis 2b4100Lee lf4010
Snglton cf4010Knerko 1b4110
Crede 3b4121
Vlentin ss4000
Burke c2011
WHarrs 2b1000
Totals417137Totals36292
Oakland312000001--7
Chicago000020000--2
E--Konerko (2). LOB--Oakland 10, Chicago 8. 2B--RaHernandez (19), Singleton (20), Konerko (13), Crede (17). HR--RaHernandez 2 (16).
IPHRERBBSO
Oakland
Lilly4 1-372203
Bradford W,6-32 1-300015
Rincon1-300000
Harville110001
Foulke110002
Chicago
Garland L,8-8596313
Wunsch100000
DWright110010
Schoeneweis110001
Koch121100
HBP--by Wunsch (Hatteberg). Umpires--Home, Jim Joyce; First, Dale Scott; Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Laz Diaz. T--3:01. A--36,151.
Twins 8, Tigers 4, 10 innings
DETROIT -- Jacque Jones hit a two-run, go-ahead double and Torii Hunter had a two-run homer in Minnesota's four-run 10th inning.
Hunter had four RBIs, while Jones had three for the Twins, who rallied from a 4-0 deficit.
Bobby Higginson hit his ninth homer and drove in three runs for Detroit.
With the game tied at 4, Chris Mears retired the first batter in the 10th, then walked Doug Mientkiewicz and Corey Koskie. Rookie Shane Loux entered and Jones greeted him with a liner to the right-center field scoreboard to drive in two runs.
Hunter followed with a long homer to left, his 21st, to give Minnesota an 8-4 lead.
Juan Rincon (3-4) picked up the win with a scoreless inning of relief.
MINNESOTADETROIT
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JJones dh5233Witt lf3010
Mohr dh0100Petrick lf0000
THnter cf5124Monroe lf1000
Przyns c4021CPena 1b3010
Rstvich rf2000Munson 3b4010
CGzmn ss5000Inge c4120
RStiago ss3000
Totals398118Totals354114
Minnesota0002020004--8
Detroit1030000000--4
E--Higginson (3), Munson (19). DP--Detroit 2. LOB--Minnesota 8, Detroit 6. 2B--Mientkiewicz (30), JJones 2 (24). HR--THunter (21), Higginson (9). SB--THunter (5), ASanchez (26). CS--CGuzman (8), CPena (5). S--WMorris 2, RSantiago.
IPHRERBBSO
Minnesota
Radke7 1-384413
Romero1-300010
Hawkins1-300000
Rincon W,3-4230001
Detroit
Roney532231
JWalker2-332200
Spurling1 1-310001
Eckenstahler2-310001
DPatterson1-300000
Mears L,0-11 1-302230
Loux032210
Sparks2-300001
Loux pitched to 4 batters in the 10th.
Umpires--Home, Rob Drake; First, Doug Eddings; Second, Mike Winters; Third, Ron Kulpa. T--3:09. A--19,199.