AMERICAN LEAGUE Twins' Santana dominates KC

Freddy Garcia won another game for the White Sox.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Johan Santana allowed one hit in eight innings, and Lew Ford and Justin Morneau backed him with consecutive home runs, leading the Minnesota Twins over the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Saturday.
Santana (8-6) improved 6-2 with a 1.43 ERA in his last eight starts, allowing only a leadoff double to Angel Berroa in the second inning as Minnesota stopped a five-game losing streak.
Santana, who pitched a three-hit shutout against Kansas City on July 6, struck out nine to raise his league-leading total to 145. He walked four and hit a batter.
Joe Nathan finished for his 24th save in 25 chances, completing the first one-hitter against the Royals since Pittsburgh pitched one on July 13, 2001.
Kansas City got an unearned run in the eighth when Alberto Castillo walked, advanced on a wild pitch, continued to third on catcher Henry Blanco's throwing error and scored on David DeJesus' grounder.
Jimmy Gobble (5-7) allowed four runs and five hits in six innings, dropping to 0-3 against the Twins this year and 0-4 in his career.
Minnesota went ahead in the sixth on doubles by Luis Rivas and Jacque Jones. Ford, in a 1-for-23 skid, hit his 10th homer. Morneau, called up this week to replace the disabled Doug Mientkiewicz, then connected for a 4-0 lead.
MINNESOTAKANSAS CITY
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Koskie 3b4010DBrwn lf2000
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Rivas 2b4110JBtista 3b3000
Totals33474Totals26111
Minnesota000004000--4
Kansas City000000010--1
E--HBlanco (3), ACastillo (1), Gobble (3). DP--Kansas City 1. LOB--Minnesota 5, Kansas City 4. 2B--JJones (13), Rivas (10), Berroa (14). HR--LFord (10), Morneau (3). SB--LFord (12), Koskie (6). CS--Berroa (4). S--DBrown.
IPHRERBBSO
Minnesota
Santana W,8-6811049
Nathan S,24100000
Kansas City
Gobble L,5-7654404
Huisman220010
Bukvich100010
HBP--by Santana (Berroa), by Gobble (LFord). WP--Santana 2. Umpires--Home, Ed Rapuano; First, Ted Barrett; Second, Rick Reed; Third, Alfonso Marquez. T--2:30. A--30,094.
White Sox 5, Athletics 2
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Freddy Garcia won for the third time in four starts since his trade to the White Sox.
Paul Konerko, Carlos Lee and Aaron Rowand homered for the White Sox, who won for only the second time in their last 17 games at Oakland.
Garcia (7-8) is 3-1 with a 3.95 ERA since Seattle dealt him to the White Sox on June 27, and he improved to 5-0 in six day games this season. He allowed two runs -- one earned -- and two hits in 6 2/3 innings, struck out six and walked two.
Damaso Marte pitched 1 1-3 innings, and Shingo Takatsu finished the four-hitter to remain perfect in six save chances.
Mark Redman (6-7) lost his fourth straight start, his longest losing streak since an eight-game skid from May 15, 2001, and May 15, 2002. He allowed five runs and six hits in seven innings.
After allowing eight homers in his first 14 starts, Redman has allowed 11 in his last four. Chicago is on pace to hit a team-record 235 homers.
Erubiel Durazo drove in two runs for the A's, who lost for the sixth time in nine games.
Konerko put Chicago ahead in the second with his 23rd homer, his eighth in his last 20 games, and Ben Davis singled for a 2-0 lead.
After an error by shortstop Jose Valentin in the fourth, Durazo tied the score with a two-run double.
Lee homered for a 3-2 lead in the sixth, and Rowand hit a two-run drive in the seventh.
CHICAGOOAKLAND
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MOrdz dh4000Scutaro 2b1000
CaLee lf4111EChavz 3b3110
Knerko 1b3111Dye rf3100
Crede 3b4000Httberg 1b3000
Brchrd rf3110Durazo dh4012
Uribe 2b4010Crosby ss4000
BDavis c3111Kielty lf4010
Mlhuse c4010
Totals32565Totals33242
Chicago020001200--5
Oakland000200000--2
E--Valentin (13), Konerko (4), Crede (6). DP--Oakland 1. LOB--Chicago 3, Oakland 7. 2B--Durazo (16), Kielty (10). HR--Rowand (10), CaLee (12), Konerko (23). SB--EChavez (5).
IPHRERBBSO
Chicago
FGarcia W,7-86 2-322126
Marte1 1-310012
Takatsu S,6110000
Oakland
MRedman L,6-7765533
Lehr200000
Umpires--Home, Rob Drake; First, Angel Hernandez; Second, Mark Wegner; Third, Larry Young. T--2:36. A--26,285.
Yankees 5, Tigers 3
DETROIT -- Orlando Hernandez keeps winning while the New York Yankees wait for Kevin Brown and Mike Mussina to come off the disabled list.
El Duque won his second straight start since the Yankees brought him up, and the Yankees won their sixth victory in seven games.
Gary Sheffield homered and drove in three runs for the Yankees. Detroit, which matched its 2003 wins total Friday, lost for just the third time in nine games.
Before a crowd of 41,857, the third-largest in Comerica Park's five-year history, Hernandez (2-0) allowed three runs and six hits in five innings. Hernandez, who struck out six and walked three, beat Tampa Bay 10-3 last weekend, his first game in the major leagues since 2002.
NEW YORKDETROIT
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Shffield rf5133IRdrgz c4020
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TClark 1b0000RoWhte lf3110
Posada c4010CPena 1b3010
Matsui lf4000Munson 3b4112
Sierra dh4111Inge cf4000
EWilsn 2b4010
Totals405135Totals35383
New York100030100--5
Detroit020010000--3
E--Lofton (2). LOB--New York 9, Detroit 8. 2B--Lofton (6), EWilson (5), Higginson (16). HR--Sheffield (17), Sierra (9), Munson (14). CS--IRodriguez (1).
IPHRERBBSO
New York
OHrndz W,2-0563336
Quantrill1 1-320001
Gordon1 2-300004
MRivera S,33100001
Detroit
Knotts L,5-45 2-3104403
Yan1-331101
JWalker200001
Urbina100011
Yan pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. WP--Yan. Umpires--Home, Dana DeMuth; First, Jim Joyce; Second, Kerwin Danley; Third, Marvin Hudson. T--3:01. A--41,857.
Orioles 3, Devil Rays 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Miguel Tejada had three hits and an RBI.
Tejada, batting .356 with 27 RBIs in his last 29 games, went 3-for-4 after going hitless in his first two games since the All-Star break, when he won the Home Run Derby.
Lopez (7-5) allowed one run on five hits, struck out one and walked five in 5 1/3 innings. Relievers Buddy Groom, B.J. Ryan, Jason Grimsley and Jorge Julio held Tampa Bay in check the rest of the way, with Julio working the ninth to earn his 14th save in 16 opportunities.
Julio gave up a solo homer to Aubrey Huff with two outs before getting Jose Cruz Jr. on a popup.
The loss was the sixth in seven games for the Devil Rays, who have been held to just 19 runs during the stretch. They were 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position against Lopez and needed a first-inning wild pitch to get their only run home from third against the Baltimore right-hander.
Grimsley struck out Rey Sanchez with the bases loaded to end the eighth, and Tampa Bay stranded 11 while finishing 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position.
The Orioles made it 1-1 by scoring an unearned run on a bizarre sequence that began with Tejada doubling off the right-field wall with two outs in the third. Tejada rounded second, stumbled and fell before scrambling to his feet to continue to third.
Sanchez's relay throw from shallow right -- which should have easily nailed Tejada -- skipped past third baseman Huff for a throwing error, allowing the Orioles' All-Star to score.
BALTIMORETAMPA BAY
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Tejada ss4131Huff 3b4211
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Bigbie lf3000Lugo ss3010
Hrst Jr rf3010Fick dh2000
LLopez dh3001Cantu dh1000
Raines cf4000THall c2000
Matos cf0000RSnchz 2b4010
Totals32372Totals33271
Baltimore001110000--3
Tampa Bay100000001--2
E--BRoberts 2 (6), RSanchez (2). DP--Baltimore 1. LOB--Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 11. 2B--BRoberts 2 (28), Tejada 2 (22), Crawford (18), RSanchez (9). HR--Huff (15). SB--Crawford (39). CS--Hairston Jr. (6). SF--LLopez.
IPHRERBBSO
Baltimore
RLopez W,7-65 1-351151
Groom110001
BRyan100011
Grimsley2-300001
Julio S,14111100
Tampa Bay
Brazelton L,2-34 2-353242
Harper2 1-300004
Colome120001
LCarter100000
HBP--by Grimsley (THall). WP--RLopez, Brazelton. Umpires--Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Tim Welke; Second, Gary Cederstrom; Third, Jim Reynolds. T--3:11. A--18,571.
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