White Sox edge Mariners, 3-2; Young's homer defeats Twins

Manny Ramirez homered twice in a Red Sox romp.
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CHICAGO -- Mark Buehrle pitched eight effective innings and Paul Konerko homered Saturday to lead the Chicago White Sox over the Seattle Mariners, 3-2.
The Mariners have lost a season-high eight straight games. The losing streak is Seattle's longest since September 1992, when it lost a club-record 14 in a row. At 32-53, Seattle is 21 games below .500 for the first time since Aug. 2, 1994. They've also lost 11 straight on the road.
Buehrle (9-2) has won eight of his last nine decisions. He gave up two runs and scattered nine hits.
Shingo Takatsu pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
Trailing 2-1 in the fifth, the White Sox took advantage of wildness by Mariners starter Matt Thorton to take the lead.
Thorton, making his first major league start, walked Juan Uribe with one out in the fifth and gave up a single to Aaron Rowand. Uribe and Rowand advanced on Magglio Ordonez's groundout. Thorton (1-2) then walked Carlos Lee to load the bases, and Konerko and Joe Crede to make it 3-2.
Konerko hit a 419-foot shot to center for his 22nd homer of the season in the second inning.
SEATTLECHICAGO
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Winn cf4000Uribe 2b2100
JoCbra 1b4121Rwand cf4110
BBoone 2b4011MOrdz dh4000
EMrtnz dh4000CaLee lf2000
Ibanez lf4000Knerko 1b3112
Leone 3b3010Crede 3b3011
Bcchca rf3010Brchrd rf3000
Brders c3010Vlentin ss2000
Blmqist ss3130Burke c3000
Totals32292Totals26333
Seattle101000000--2
Chicago01002000x--3
E--Leone (2). DP--Seattle 1, Chicago 3. LOB--Seattle 3, Chicago 7. 2B--JoCabrera (12), Bloomquist (5). HR--Konerko (22). SB--Bloomquist (5). CS--Borders (1), Uribe (5).
IPHRERBBSO
Seattle
Thornton L,0-2533374
Putz300012
Chicago
Buehrle W,9-2892202
Takatsu S,4100002
Umpires--Home, Ed Rapuano; First, Ted Barrett; Second, Rick Reed; Third, Alfonso Marquez.
T--2:13. A--37,405.
Tigers 4, Twins 2
MINNEAPOLIS -- Dmitri Young hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the sixth inning, Nate Robertson pitched effectively into the seventh.
Ivan Rodriguez, Omar Infante and Marcus Thames also hit solo shots as the Tigers won their 41st game, only two short of their total for 2003 when they lost an AL-record 119 games.
Robertson (8-4) pitched 6 2/3 innings, giving up seven hits and two runs -- both unearned. He struck out seven. Robertson has won six of his past seven decisions.
Ugueth Urbina worked the ninth for his 14th save.
DETROITMINNESOTA
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Infante cf4111CGzmn ss5110
Hggnsn rf4000Cddyer 1b4011
IRdrgz c4111JJones ph1000
DYong dh4111LFord lf4010
CGillen ss3010LeCroy dh5020
CPena 1b4000THnter cf4000
Munson 3b4000Koskie 3b4010
Thmes lf4121Rstvich rf3120
JSmith 2b3010HBlnco c2000
Mauer c0000
Rivas 2b3010
Totals34474Totals35291
Detroit100101100--4
Minnesota000020000--2
E--CPena (5), Munson (9), Robertson (3), Mauer (2). DP--Detroit 1. LOB--Detroit 4, Minnesota 11. 2B--CGuillen (24), Thames (3), Koskie (12), Restovich (2). HR--Infante (7), IRodriguez (12), DYoung (6), Thames (2). SB--CGuillen (7). S--HBlanco.
IPHRERBBSO
Detroit
Robertson W,8-46 2-372027
Levine120000
JWalker1-300010
Urbina S,14100001
Minnesota
Radke L,5-5653308
Fultz2-321100
JRincon1 1-300002
Balfour100012
HBP--by Urbina (LFord). Umpires--Home, Wally Bell; First, John Hirschbeck; Second, Laz Diaz; Third, Bill Welke. T--2:51. A--26,646.
Red Sox 14, Rangers 6
BOSTON -- Manny Ramirez hit two of Boston's five home runs and the Red Sox used a season-high 21 hits to rout Texas.
Nomar Garciaparra, Mark Bellhorn and Jason Varitek also homered for the Red Sox, who have their longest winning streak since also winning five in a row May 21-26. Boston roughed up Kenny Rogers, who entered leading the majors with 12 wins.
The Red Sox's Nos. 1-4 hitters -- Johnny Damon, Bellhorn, Garciaparra, and Ramirez -- went a combined 15-for-21 with four homers and 10 RBIs. Bellhorn, Garciaparra and Ramirez each had four hits.
Derek Lowe (7-8) got off to a rough start, allowing six unearned runs in the second inning -- including Hank Blalock's grand slam.
TEXASBOSTON
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MYong ss3101Damon cf6330
Blalock 3b3114Bllhorn 2b5343
ASrano 2b5000Grcprr dh5343
Fllmer dh4110MRmrz lf5245
Txeira 1b4110Millar rf5110
Dllucci lf4000Kapler rf0000
Mathws rf3000McCty 1b5130
Brajas c4120Varitek c4123
Nix cf3100Yukilis 3b3000
Reese ss5000
Totals33655Totals43142114
Texas060000000--6
Boston35301002x--14
E--Barajas (4), Bellhorn 2 (11), DLowe (3). DP--Texas 1, Boston 2. LOB--Texas 6, Boston 9. 2B--Bellhorn 2 (18), Garciaparra (5), MRamirez (28), McCarty (8). HR--Blalock (23), Bellhorn (11), Garciaparra (4), MRamirez 2 (26), Varitek (10). SB--Damon (9).
IPHRERBBSO
Texas
Rogers L,12-31 2-398801
Wasdin354413
Brocail1 1-320021
Almanzar110000
BShouse142210
Boston
DLowe W,7-8746035
Embree110000
Nelson100022
HBP--by DLowe (Blalock), by Wasdin (Varitek). Umpires--Home, Sam Holbrook; First, Paul Nauert; Second, Randy Marsh; Third, Larry Vanover. T--3:05. A--35,024.
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