AMERICAN LEAGUE Martinez sets Detroit down

Boston's ace passed Chuck Finley for 20th place on the all-time strikeout list.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON -- Pedro Martinez struck out eight to move into the top 20 on baseball's career list, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 Saturdayto stretch their winning streak to five.
Bill Mueller had three hits and scored twice for the Red Sox, who have won 11 of 12 to take a 11/2-game lead over Anaheim in the wild-card race and close with 51/2 games of the New York Yankees in the AL East. The Red Sox have won 17 of their last 21 and are 19-8 since trading Nomar Garciaparra to the Chicago Cubs on July 31.
Martinez (14-5) allowed one run and four hits with two walks with two hit batters in seven innings. The three-time Cy Young Award winner finished with 2,614 strikeouts, passing Chuck Finley for 20th place. Alan Embree and Ramiro Mendoza combined for hitless relief.
DETROITBOSTON
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JSmith ss1000Mueller 3b3230
Kapler rf2100
Totals28141Totals32595
Detroit000100000--1
Boston00002030x--5
E--Higginson (4), Mueller (13). LOB--Detroit 7, Boston 8. 2B--Monroe (23), DRoberts (4), Bellhorn (28), Damon (31), Varitek (22). SB--Mueller (2). S--JSmith 2, Kapler.
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Detroit
Bndrm L,7-116 1-343344
JWalker1-342200
Yan1-300001
Levine110001
Boston
PMartinez W,14-5741128
Embree100000
Mendoza100000
HBP--by Mendoza (Monroe), by PMartinez (Inge), by PMartinez (Munson). Umpires--Home, Laz Diaz; First, Bill Welke; Second, John Hirschbeck; Third, Wally Bell. T--2:38. A--35,032.
Rangers 4, Orioles 3
ARLINGTON, Texas-- Rod Barajas homered and drove in the tiebreaking run with a sacrifice fly, and the Texas Rangers extended the Baltimore Orioles' season-high losing streak to 12 games.
David Dellucci also homered for the Rangers, who have won 12 of their last 15 to remain in the AL West and wild-card races.
With the game tied at 3 in the seventh, Texas loaded the bases against B.J. Ryan (3-5) when Laynce Nix walked, Kevin Mench singled, and Gary Matthews Jr. was walked intentionally.
Barajas followed by lofting a fly ball to left field, and Nix scored easily to give the Rangers their first lead.
BALTIMORETEXAS
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Totals33363Totals29474
Baltimore201000000--3
Texas10100110x--4
DP--Baltimore 1. LOB--Baltimore 6, Texas 5. 2B--LLopez 2 (5), MYoung (25), Mench (21). 3B--Newhan (5). HR--Tejada (26), Dellucci (15), Barajas (14). CS--Blalock (2). SF--Barajas.
IPHRERBBSO
Baltimore
RLopez653314
BRyan L,3-5111121
Julio110001
Texas
Rogers6 2-363338
Francisco W,5-11 1-300001
FCordero S,41100000
Umpires--Home, Marvin Hudson; First, Dana DeMuth; Second, Jim Joyce; Third, Kerwin Danley. T--2:58. A--41,676 (49,115).
Athletics 5, Devil Rays 4
OAKLAND, Calif.-- Eric Chavez homered for the third straight game and Tim Hudson won his third consecutive start.
The A's sixth straight victory extended their AL West lead to two games over Anaheim after the Angels lost 7-1 at home to Minnesota.
Eric Byrnes added a two-run homer for Oakland, which overcame three errors a day after rallying from a four-run deficit to win 8-7.
Hudson (10-4) retired the first six batters before a walk to Randall Simon leading off the third. Chavez, the A's Gold Glove third baseman, committed a fielding error in the third to allow Carl Crawford to reach, and Mark McLemore's fielding error at second in the fifth led to two unearned runs.
The Devil Rays received a warning after starter Dewon Brazelton plunked rookie Bobby Crosby in his left upper arm in the fourth following Byrnes' homer. Brazelton hit Erubiel Durazo with a pitch last weekend after the designated hitter homered.
Chavez hit his 27th homer in the first, sending a 1-2 pitch from Brazelton (6-5) over the wall in left-center for a two-run shot. McLemore doubled before Chavez.
After Scott Hatteberg grounded out, the A's got two more hits, including Durazo's RBI single that scored Jermaine Dye from second following his double, making it 3-0.
TAMPA BAYOAKLAND
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Totals35454Totals31585
Tampa Bay000040000--4
Oakland30020000x--5
E--McLemore (3), EChavez (8), Crosby (15). DP--Tampa Bay 1. LOB--Tampa Bay 5, Oakland 3. 2B--Blum (20), Fordyce (4), McLemore (9), Dye (22), Durazo (28). HR--EChavez (27), Byrnes (19).
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Tampa Bay
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Halama320001
Colome100001
Oakland
THudson W,10-4744214
RRincon2-300000
Bradford1-300000
Dotel S,16110002
HBP--by Brazelton (Crosby). Umpires--Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Jim Reynolds; Second, Andy Fletcher; Third, Tim Welke. T--2:25. A--48,099.