AMERICAM LEAGUE A's, Mariners lose; Angels pinch Royals

Oakland remains the leader in the American League West.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Pete LaForest and Carl Crawford drove in two runs each Saturday to lead the Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the Oakland Athletics, 7-4.
LaForest hit a two-run double and Crawford had a pair of RBI singles for the Devil Rays (56-84), who surpassed their 2002 victory total.
Tampa Bay's Aubrey Huff stole home in the seventh. He broke for the plate as pinch-hitter Terry Shumpert got into position for a bunt, and Ricardo Rincon's pitch went behind Shumpert, allowing Huff to score.
Jose Guillen homered and drove in two runs for the AL West-leading Athletics, who remained two games ahead of second-place Seattle. Oakland has lost three of four following a 10-game winning streak.
Rob Bell (4-3) gave up three runs and six hits in six innings, helping Tampa Bay end a six-game losing streak against the Athletics. Lance Carter pitched the ninth for his 23rd save in 29 chances.
Athletics bench coach Terry Francona was ejected by plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt in the eighth, apparently for expressing displeasure about the strike zone.
Oakland starter Rich Harden (4-4) allowed five runs and eight hits in 32/3 innings. He has given up 25 runs and 34 hits over 271/3 innings in last six starts.
Erubiel Durazo's sacrifice fly put Oakland ahead in the first, but LaForest's two-out, two-run double gave Tampa Bay the lead in the second.
Huff had an RBI grounder and Al Martin drove in a run with a double to make it 4-1 in the third. Huff has 22 RBIs in his past 15 games.
Guillen's fourth-inning homer pulled the A's to 4-2. All six of his homers with Oakland have been solo shots.
OAKLANDTAMPA BAY
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MEllis 2b4220Crwfrd lf5132
Durazo dh3001Baldelli cf3110
Tejada ss5110Huff rf4111
EChavz 3b5011TLee 1b4110
JGillen rf3122AMrtin dh3011
Httberg 1b4000Shmprt dh0000
Long lf4020Lugo ss4110
Mlhuse c4010MAndn 2b3220
Snglton cf3000Lforest c3012
Perez pr0000
Hall c0000
Rolls 3b3000
Totals35494Totals327116
Oakland100110100--4
Tampa Bay02210110x--7
DP--Oakland 3. LOB--Oakland 9, Tampa Bay 6. 2B--Huff (46), AMartin (11), MAnderson (23), Laforest (1). 3B--MEllis (5). HR--JGuillen (6). SB--MEllis (5), Crawford (47), Huff (2), Lugo (10). SF--Durazo.
IPHRERBBSO
Oakland
Harden L,4-43 2-385512
Sparks2 1-321111
Rincon1-311110
Harville2-300000
Neu100020
Tampa Bay
RBell W,4-3663321
Harper221113
LCarter S,23110000
HBP--by RBell (JGuillen). WP--Harden. Umpires--Home, Hunter Wendelstedt; First, Larry Young; Second, Mike Everitt; Third, Jim Wolf. T--2:45. A--10,738.
Orioles 3, Mariners 1
BALTIMORE -- Eric DuBose allowed one run in eight innings and Tony Batista homered and drove in two runs as Baltimore defeated Jamie Moyer and Seattle .
Moyer (17-7) gave up two runs and eight hits over seven innings in losing to Baltimore for the first time since May 30, 1989. The left-hander had won 14 straight decisions against the Orioles and was 14-1 lifetime in 21 appearances.
It was the longest current streak in the majors.
The loss dropped Seattle 11/2 games behind Boston in the wild-card race and kept the Mariners two games back of Oakland in the AL West.
DuBose (2-4) gave up six hits. The rookie struck out six and walked none in his second outstanding performance against the Mariners in a seven-day span. Jorge Julio got three outs for his 31st save in 38 chances.
Batista drove in a fifth-inning run to give the Orioles a 2-1 lead, then hit his 24th homer in the eighth off Julio Mateo.
SEATTLEBALTIMORE
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ISuzuki rf4020BRbrts dh4130
Winn lf3110Matos cf2010
EMrtnz dh4001Mora rf1100
BBoone 2b4000TBtsta 3b4122
CGillen 3b4010Surhoff 1b4021
Cmeron cf4010Frdyce c3000
Olerud 1b4020Bigbie lf3010
RSnchz ss3000DCruz ss4010
DWilsn c3000Morban 2b3000
Strong pr0000
BDavis c0000
Totals33171Totals283103
Seattle000100000--1
Baltimore10001001x--3
E--TBatista 2 (17). DP--Seattle 2. LOB--Seattle 6, Baltimore 8. 2B--CGuillen (17), Cameron (28), BRoberts (19). 3B--Winn (4). HR--TBatista (24). CS--ISuzuki (8), Olerud (1), Matos (7). S--Winn, Matos, Mora, Fordyce.
IPHRERBBSO
Seattle
Moyer L,17-7782243
JMateo121101
Baltimore
Dubose W,2-4861106
Julio S,31110000
Umpires--Home, Sam Holbrook; First, Lance Barksdale;Second, Randy Marsh; Third, Angel Hernandez. T--2:39. A--43,793.
Angels 6, Royals 5
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Pinch-hitter Jeff DaVanon hit a go-ahead two-run single in the seventh inning and Robb Quinlan also had a two-run single as Anaheim rallied in the first game of a doubleheader.
The first game of the doubleheader was a make up of a rainout last Saturday in Kansas City, but the teams had no off days in common the rest of the season to play the game in Kansas City.
KANSAS CITYANAHEIM
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Guiel rf4000Figgins ss4111
Randa 3b5120Owens cf3110
MiSwy dh5000DVnon rf1012
Beltran cf5232GAndsn lf3010
Ibanez lf3110Salmon dh3100
Harvey 1b5131Wooten 3b3100
Berroa ss3021Quinlan 1b3012
Rlaford 2b3001Spiezio 1b1010
Mayne c4010Wesson rf3000
AKndy 2b0000
JMolna c4121
WDgdo 2b3110
Totals375125Totals31696
Kansas City012010100--5
Anaheim00030030x--6
E--Figgins (3). DP--Kansas City 1, Anaheim 1. LOB--Kansas City 10, Anaheim 6. 2B--Figgins (6), Spiezio (32). 3B--Berroa (5). HR--Beltran (22). SB--Beltran (34). CS--Ibanez (3), Quinlan (2). S--Berroa.
IPHRERBBSO
Kansas City
May6 2-365533
Grimsley L,2-5 1-321110
Leskanic110011
Anaheim
Shields574411
Weber W,5-1251101
FRodriguez " "0 '0 '0 '2
Percival S,30100011
HBP--by Shields (Guiel), by Shields (Relaford). Umpires--Home, Jim Reynolds; First, Jack Samuels; Second, Dale Scott; Third, Jim Joyce. T--2:43. A--NA.