A.L. NIGHT GAMES Detroit shuts out White Sox for third straight victory

Baltimore routed Texas, 10-3.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO -- Gary Knotts outpitched Esteban Loaiza as the Detroit Tigers shut down the Chicago White Sox 1-0 Saturday night for their third straight win.
Knotts pitched 72/3 scoreless innings and Franklyn German completed the combined three-hitter. The Tigers have held the White Sox to a total of seven hits in two days.
Brandon Inge tripled to lead off the third and scored on Omar Infante's sacrifice fly for the only run. The White Sox lost for the sixth time in eight games. Knotts (2-3) retired 18 of the first 21 batters he faced. He gave up two hits, struck out a career-high six and walked two.
Knotts began the seventh inning by hitting Carlos Lee in the left side of his helmet, forcing the White Sox outfielder to leave the game because of a headache.
In the eighth, Knotts walked Joe Borchard leading off the inning and threw a wild pitch. After Joe Crede flied out and pinch-hitter Frank Thomas struck out, German relieved.
German closed for his first save.
Loaiza (7-2), trying to tie Toronto's Cory Lidle for the major league lead in victories, didn't get any help from the White Sox offense for his second straight start.
Loaiza got only two runs of support last Sunday against Minnesota and wound up with a no-decision.
DETROITCHICAGO
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RStiago 2b4010Vlentin ss4000
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DYong lf3010Lee lf2000
CPena 1b4010Rios lf1010
Witt dh2000Dubach 1b4000
Monroe dh0000Knerko dh2000
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Inge c3110Crede 3b3000
Infante ss3001Olivo c2000
Thmas ph1000
SAlmr c0000
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Detroit001000000--1
Chicago000000000--0
DP--Detroit 2. LOB--Detroit 9, Chicago 5. 2B--DYoung (6), CPena (7), MOrdonez (11). 3B--Inge (1). SB--Kingsale (1). S--Inge. SF--Infante.
IPHRERBBSO
Detroit
Knotts W,2-37 2-320026
German S,11 1-310011
Chicago
Loaiza L,7-2741145
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HBP--by Knotts (Lee). WP--Knotts 2. Umpires--Home, Bill Welke; First, Kerwin Danley; Second, John Hirschbeck; Third, Matt Hollowell. T--2:35. A--27,535.
Orioles 10, Rangers 3
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Melvin Mora hit a go-ahead three-run homer and had five RBIs as Baltimore snapped the Rangers' seven-game winning streak.
Texas led 3-1 after six innings, but Mora hit a three-run homer off starter John Thomson in the seventh to give Baltimore a 4-3 lead. The Orioles added six runs in the eighth to break it open.
Omar Daal (3-5) gave up three runs and eight hits in six innings to earn his first victory since May 1. He struck out a season-high eight.
Alex Rodriguez hit his 14th homer for the Rangers.
Mora, who also had a two-run single in the eighth off reliever Todd Van Poppel, was 2-for-5 and extended his streak of multihit games to six. His five RBIs matched a career high set June 10 last season against San Diego.
BALTIMORETEXAS
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Texas002001000--3
E--TBatista (4). DP--Baltimore 1, Texas 2. LOB--Baltimore 9, Texas 4. 2B--TBatista (7), DCruz (3), MYoung 2 (7). HR--Mora (6), Conine (5), Matos (1), ARodriguez (14). SB--Morban (5).
IPHRERBBSO
Baltimore
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Ligtenberg S,1300004
Texas
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Fultz2-311101
Van Poppel045520
JPowell1 2-330000
Van Poppel pitched to 6 batters in the 8th. HBP--by JPowell (GGil). Umpires--Home, Rick Reed; First, Tim Tschida; Second, Dan Iassogna; Third, Alfonso Marquez. T--2:49. A--48,635.