Angels break out of slump by dropping White Sox 5-1

The Yankees took over first place in the East after defeating Tampa Bay.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO -- Aaron Sele allowed four hits in 6 1-3 innings to remain unbeaten, and the Anaheim Angels stopped a four-game losing streak by beating the Chicago White Sox 5-1 Saturday.
Jeff DaVanon had two doubles and a single for the Angels, who scored five in the fourth inning off Jon Rauch (0-1).
Making his sixth start since beginning the season in the bullpen, Sele (4-0) gave up three singles and Paul Konerko's 10th homer in the seventh. He got out of a bases-loaded jam in the fourth when Carlos Lee was caught off second and tagged out in a rundown to end the threat.
The 6-foot-11 Rauch was making his first major league start since Sept. 27, 2002. And like the other three No. 5 starters for Chicago this season, he struggled, giving up five runs and 10 hits in just 3 2-3 innings.
Chicago's fifth starters are a combined 0-7 this season.
Just called up from Triple-A Charlotte, Rauch yielded six hits in a five-run fourth inning.
Vladimir Guerrero and Jose Guillen opened with singles before DaVanon hit an RBI double. Bengie Molina added a sacrifice fly, Casey Kotchman an RBI single and Adam Kennedy a run-scoring grounder to first to make it 4-0. David Eckstein's run-scoring single finished Rauch.
ANAHEIMCHICAGO
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Eckstin ss4011WHarrs 2b4010
Figgins 3b4020Uribe 3b3000
VGrero rf4120Thmas dh4010
JGillen lf5110CaLee lf3010
DVnon cf5131Vlentin ss4000
BMolna c2011Knerko 1b4111
Ktchm 1b4111Gload rf2000
Quinlan dh3110TPerez cf3000
AKndy 2b4011Olivo c3010
Totals355135Totals30151
Anaheim000500000--5
Chicago000000100--1
DP--Anaheim 1, Chicago 2. LOB--Anaheim 9, Chicago 5. 2B--DaVanon 2 (5), Kotchman (3). HR--Konerko (10). SB--Figgins 2 (13), Quinlan (1), Olivo (5). CS--CaLee (3). S--Eckstein. SF--BMolina.
IPHRERBBSO
Anaheim
Sele W,4-06 1-341126
Shields1 2-310000
FRodriguez100013
Chicago
Rauch L,0-13 2-3105510
Adkins2 1-320002
Politte110001
Cotts200034
Balk--Sele. Umpires--Home, Gerry Davis; First, Dave Aschwege; Second, Phil Cuzzi; Third, Brian Knight. T--2:51. A--25,050.
Blue Jays 6, Rangers 2
TORONTO -- Miguel Batista struck out a season-high seven in eight innings to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to their fifth straight victory.
Toronto's Carlos Delgado left after the fifth inning with an irritated right ribcage. He grimaced after swinging the bat on a groundout.
The Rangers have lost a season-high four straight and have scored in just three of their last 36 innings.
Batista (3-4) allowed two runs, five hits and three walks, taking a shutout into the seventh before allowing Laynce Nix's RBI grounder and a run-scoring wild pitch, which pulled Texas to 3-2. Batista was coming off a 7-2 loss to Boston on May 23 in which he gave up five runs in three innings.
TEXASTORONTO
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MYong ss4010Jhnson lf5232
Blalock 3b3010Mnchno 2b3000
ASrano 2b4000VWells cf5010
Fllmer dh4000CDlgdo 1b2001
Txeira 1b4110Berg 1b2020
Dllucci rf2110Zaun c3110
CAllen ph1000JPhlps dh3100
EYong lf3020Rios rf2000
Nix cf4001Hinske 3b4122
Hckaby c3000Gomez ss4130
Totals32261Totals336125
Texas000000200--2
Toronto10010121x--6
DP--Texas 1. LOB--Texas 6, Toronto 11. 2B--Teixeira (9), Dellucci (5). HR--Johnson (5). SB--MYoung (4), Hinske (3), Gomez (1). CS--Dellucci (3), Berg (1). SF--CDelgado.
IPHRERBBSO
Texas
Dominguez L,0-15 2-383324
Francisco112221
Ramirez1 1-331102
Toronto
MBatista W,3-4852237
Kershner1-300000
Ligtenberg2-310002
HBP--by Francisco (JPhelps), by Dominguez (Rios), by Dominguez (Menechino). WP--Francisco 2, MBatista 2. Umpires--Home, Dana DeMuth; First, Jim Joyce; Second, Kerwin Danley; Third, Marvin Hudson. T--2:43. A--30,704.
Mariners 5, Red Sox 4
BOSTON -- Freddy Garcia finally received some run support, getting a homer from Raul Ibenez and a two-run double from Dan Wilson to lead the Seattle Mariners over the Boston Red Sox.
Garcia (3-3) allowed four runs and eight hits in 5 2-3 innings, his ERA rising from a league-leading 2.71 to 3.01. Seattle scored just 20 runs in his first nine starts.
Mike Myers struck out all three batters he faced, Shigetoshi Hasegawa got four outs and Eddie Guardardo pitched the ninth for his ninth save in 11 chances.
Tim Wakefield (4-3) gave up five runs, 10 hits and three walks in 6 2-3 innings. Manny Ramirez homered and singled, and Kevin Millar had two hits for the Red Sox, who lost for just the third time in 11 games.
SEATTLEBOSTON
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ISuzuki rf5020Damon cf5000
Winn cf4010Bllhorn 2b4120
Spiezio 3b5000DOrtiz dh5010
Ibanez lf5111MRmrz lf3122
BBoone 2b4110Dubach 1b4110
Olerud 1b3111Millar rf4120
Hansen dh3220Yukilis 3b4001
EMrtnz dh0000Mrbelli c3011
Aurilia ss4011Reese ss1000
DWilsn c4022Crespo ss2010
Varitek c2000
Totals375115Totals374104
Seattle032000000--5
Boston000301000--4
E--Wakefield (2). DP--Boston 1. LOB--Seattle 12, Boston 8. 2B--Winn (10), BBoone (6), Hansen (2), DWilson (7), DOrtiz (21), Daubach (8), Millar (11), Mirabelli (5). HR--Ibanez (9), MRamirez (14). SB--ISuzuki (10), BBoone (5). S--Aurilia.
IPHRERBBSO
Seattle
FGarcia W,3-35 2-384423
MMyers100003
Hasegawa1 1-310001
Guardado S,9110000
Boston
Wakefield L,4-36 2-3105532
Timlin210021
Dinardo000010
AMartinez1-300001
Dinardo pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. PB--Varitek.
Umpires--Home, Wally Bell; First, Laz Diaz; Second, Bill Welke; Third, John Hirschbeck. T--3:10. A--35,250.
Royals 5, Twins 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Dennys Reyes won his first decision in 27 appearances and Carlos Beltran hit a tiebreaking, three-run double that led the Kansas City Royals over the Minnesota Twins.
Reyes (1-0) had not won since beating Seattle in relief for Texas on Sept. 9, 2002. He had gone six starts without a win since defeating Tampa Bay on Sept. 6. 2002.
He struck out five of his first six batters Saturday and finished with eight in seven innings. He allowed two runs -- one earned -- and six hits, walking four.
Jeremy Affeldt pitched the ninth for his third save in four chances.
After Matt Stairs tied it 2-all with a solo homer in the seventh, Johan Santana (2-3) gave up a single to Tony Graffanino and a walk to Byron Gettis in the bottom half.
MINNESOTAKANSAS CITY
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LFord lf4010Berroa ss3100
CGzmn ss4000Beltran cf4013
Mntkw 1b3110MiSwy dh3110
LeCroy dh3010Harvey 1b4011
THnter cf4111Randa 3b4010
JJones rf4000BStiago c4000
Cddyer 2b2021Stairs rf3111
HBlnco c2000Grffnno 2b3110
Offrmn ph1000Gettis lf2110
Prieto 3b3020
Koskie ph1000
Totals31282Totals30575
Minnesota000200000--2
Kansas City10000040x--5
DP--Kansas City 2. LOB--Minnesota 7, Kansas City 4. 2B--Mientkiewicz (12), THunter (9), Beltran (11), MiSweeney (8), Harvey (8). 3B--Cuddyer (1). HR--Stairs (7). SB--LFord (4). CS--Prieto (1). S--HBlanco.
IPHRERBBSO
Minnesota
Santana L,2-36 1-364426
Romero2-311100
Roa100000
Kansas City
DReyes W,1-0762248
BriAnderson2-300001
Leskanic1-310001
Affeldt S,3110001
HBP--by Romero (Berroa). WP--DReyes. PB--HBlanco. Umpires--Home, Doug Eddings; First, Dan Iassogna; Second, Jeff Kellogg; Third, Mike Jost. T--2:34. A--24,676.
Yankees 5, Devil Rays 3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Kevin Brown allowed three hits in 7 2-3 innings and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to take over first place in the AL East.
Bernie Williams, Ruben Sierra and Enrique Wilson homered for the defending AL champions, who climbed to a season-high 12 games over .500 (30-18) with their sixth straight win on a 12-game road trip that ends Sunday.
Pitching on a week's rest because he left the Yankees for two days to handle a personal matter, Brown (6-1) limited the Devil Rays to Toby Hall's leadoff single in the third until Hall led off the eighth with his third home run of the season.
Carl Crawford walked, stole second and scored on Rocco Baldelli's two-out double, chasing the Yankees starter. After reliever Felix Heredia gave up an RBI double to Aubrey Huff, leaving New York with a 5-3 lead, Tom Gordon struck out Fred McGriff to end the inning.
NEW YORKTAMPA BAY
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Jeter ss5011Crwfrd lf2100
BWllms cf4131Baldelli cf4111
ARdrgz 3b4020Huff 1b4011
Shffield rf5010McGrff dh4000
Posada c4000JoCruz rf3000
Matsui lf3100Lugo ss4000
Sierra dh4121THall c4121
TClark 1b4001Blum 3b3000
EWilsn 2b3211Frdyce ph1000
RSnchz 2b3000
Totals365105Totals32343
New York100102010--5
Tampa Bay000000030--3
E--Jeter (4). DP--Tampa Bay 1. LOB--New York 9, Tampa Bay 5. 2B--Sierra (6), Baldelli (8), Huff (6). HR--BWilliams (5), Sierra (5), EWilson (4), THall (3). SB--EWilson (1), Crawford (24).
IPHRERBBSO
New York
KBrown W,6-17 2-333335
Heredia010000
Gordon1-300001
MRivera S,18100000
Tampa Bay
Hndrck L,2-55 2-384441
Harper2 2-321111
LCarter2-300000
Heredia pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Umpires--Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Marty Foster; Second, Joe Brinkman; Third, Tim Tschida. T--2:42. A--25,692.
Orioles 8, Tigers 4
DETROIT -- Miguel Tejada homered for the third straight game and Larry Bigbie drove in three runs, leading the Baltimore Orioles to a win over the Detroit Tigers.
Daniel Cabrera (3-1) allowed three runs -- two earned -- on seven hits in five innings for the win. He walked four and struck out three.
John Parrish gave up one run and two hits in four innings in relief for his first save.
Baltimore got to Jeremy Bonderman (4-4) early, pounding him for seven runs and 10 hits in just 2 1-3 innings.
BALTIMOREDETROIT
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Hrst Jr 2b5122ASnchz cf5110
Mora 3b5110CGillen ss5011
Tejada ss4122IRdrgz dh5131
RPlmo 1b4021Hggnsn rf4000
JvLopz c4110CPena 1b2001
Surhoff rf5220Monroe lf4000
Matos cf3100Munson 3b2000
Bigbie lf3123Inge c4110
LLopez dh3010JSmith 2b4131
BRbrts dh0000
Totals368138Totals35494
Baltimore142000001--8
Detroit101100001--4
E--Mora (13), Tejada (7). DP--Detroit 2. LOB--Baltimore 8, Detroit 9. 2B--Hairston Jr. (1), LLopez (1), IRodriguez 2 (11). 3B--JSmith (1). HR--Tejada (8). SB--Hairston Jr. (3), Mora (7), Bigbie (5), BRoberts (17). S--Matos, LLopez. SF--CPena.
IPHRERBBSO
Baltimore
Cabrera W,3-1573243
Parrish S,1421103
Detroit
Bndrm L,4-42 1-3107712
Levine2 2-300032
DPatterson200003
Colyer1 1-331111
Dingman2-300000
WP--Cabrera, Colyer. Umpires--Home, Jerry Layne; First, Jerry Meals; Second, Ed Montague; Third, Paul Schrieber. T--3:05. A--30,440.