AMERICAN LEAGUE Red Sox delay Yankees' clinching

Boston pounded New York; Texas and Chicago also won.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox blew out the Yankees and made sure New York can't clinch the AL East in Fenway Park.
Manny Ramirez doubled in the tiebreaking run during a seven-run eighth on Saturday night and the Red Sox beat New York 12-5 to preserve their chances of an AL East title. Jason Varitek and Doug Mirabelli each doubled in two runs in the inning.
New York's magic number is four, so victories on Saturday and today would have won the division; instead, Boston cut its deficit to 4 1/2 games and clinched the season series (10-8) against the Yankees for the first time since 2000. The Red Sox lead the AL wild-card race by six games over the Anaheim Angels.
Boston had hoped to sweep the Yankees to propel itself back into the division race. But New York won the series opener on Friday night when they rallied against tiring Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez after manager Terry Francona chose to send him out for the eighth inning.
On Saturday night, Francona wasn't around to see the offensive explosion, having been ejected in the sixth arguing a fan interference call. It was New York manager Joe Torre who left his pitcher in too long. Paul Quantrill (6-3) extinguished a Boston rally in the seventh, then helped fuel one in the eighth, when he was charged with four runs.
NEW YORKBOSTON
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Jeter ss4000Damon cf6110
ARdrgz 3b3100Bllhorn 2b3110
Shffield rf4010Reese 2b0100
Matsui lf3311MRmrz lf5221
BWllms dh2100DRbrts lf0000
Posada c4024DOrtiz dh4121
Olerud 1b4000Millar 1b2100
Cairo 2b2010Mntkw 1b0000
JaGbi ph1000Varitek ph1112
Lofton cf4000McCty 1b0000
Nixon rf4121
Kapler rf0100
Mrbelli c3224
OCbera ss3012
Mueller 3b5011
Totals31555Totals36121312
New York010202000--5
Boston01022007x--12
E--Jeter (12), Millar (7). DP--Boston 2. LOB--New York 4, Boston 10. 2B--Posada 2 (31), Bellhorn (36), MRamirez (41), DOrtiz (44), Varitek (28), Mirabelli (10). HR--Matsui (28), Mirabelli (9). SB--Damon (19). SF--OCabrera 2.
IPHRERBBSO
New York
JVazquez4 2-375524
Sturtze1 2-310012
Heredia000000
Quantrill L,6-3124421
Nitkowski012200
Proctor2-321100
Boston
Wakefield6 1-355321
Leskanic1 1-300021
Foulke W,5-31 1-300000
Heredia pitched to 1 batter in the 7th, Nitkowski pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. HBP--by Nitkowski (Nixon), by Wakefield (Cairo), by Sturtze (Mirabelli), by JVazquez (Mirabelli). WP--JVazquez. Umpires--Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First, Jim Wolf; Second, Tim McClelland; Third, Tony Randazzo. T--3:23. A--34,856.
Rangers 5, Mariners 4
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Michael Young's tying triple sparked a two-run rally in the seventh inning, and the Texas Rangers again pulled within two games of the AL West lead.
Ichiro Suzuki's two-run single gave him 250 hits, seven shy of George Sisler's 84-year-old major league record with eight games remaining.
Suzuki went 1-for-5 and is batting .374, best in the majors. He tied Rogers Hornsby (1922) and Chuck Klein (1930) for fifth on the single-season hits list. Al Simmons is next with 253 in 1925.
The Rangers, who have won six of seven and 11 of 15, are tied with Anaheim for second place in the AL West -- two games behind Oakland. The Angels beat the Athletics 5-3 earlier Saturday.
SEATTLETEXAS
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ISuzuki rf5012EYong 2b5000
Winn lf5010Alxndr 2b0000
EMrtnz dh4121Blalock 3b3110
Ibanez 1b4000MYong ss3121
JoCbra 2b4010Txeira 1b3000
Reed cf4120Mench rf3222
DWilsn c3110Dllucci lf3000
Blmqist pr0000BJordn dh4121
Olivo c0000Nix cf4010
Dobbs 3b3100Brajas c4000
Lopez ss4001
Totals36484Totals32584
Seattle100300000--4
Texas02000120x--5
E--Dobbs (1), Blalock (17), MYoung (18). LOB--Seattle 7, Texas 8. 2B--Nix (20). 3B--MYoung (9), BJordan (1). HR--EMartinez (12), Mench (24). SB--MYoung (12). CS--JoCabrera (3). SF--Mench.
IPHRERBBSO
Seattle
RFranklin663227
Hasegawa L,4-6122220
Villone100001
Texas
Young4 1-384304
Dickey W,6-73 2-300012
FCordero S,48100000
HBP--by Young (Dobbs). WP--Dickey. Umpires--Home, Paul Schrieber; First, Jerry Layne; Second, Ed Montague; Third, Jerry Meals. T--2:45. A--48,048.
White Sox 5, Royals 1
CHICAGO -- Mark Buehrle pitched a four-hitter and Jose Valentin hit his 28th homer to lead Chicago.
Carlos Lee also homered for Chicago, which has won six of its last eight games.
Buehrle (15-10) pitched his third complete game of the season, striking out six and walking one. He gave up the lone run on a homer by Joe Randa in the fourth inning.
The left-hander has won 15 or more games in three of his four full seasons in the majors.
Kansas City starter Denny Bautista (0-4) hit Aaron Rowand with a pitch and walked Lee in the sixth. Paul Konerko's RBI single and Ross Gload's run-scoring groundout gave the White Sox a 2-1 lead.
KANSAS CITYCHICAGO
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DJesus cf4010WHarrs 2b3000
Berroa ss4000Rwand cf3110
Randa 3b4111CaLee lf3211
Pckerg 1b4000Knerko dh4011
Nunez rf3000Gload 1b3111
Buck dh4010Uribe 3b4010
Rlaford lf3000Vlentin ss2111
ACstillo c3000Brchrd rf4011
Murphy 2b3010Burke c3000
Totals32141Totals29575
Kansas City000100000--1
Chicago00000212x--5
E--Berroa (27), Randa (11), Valentin (20). DP--Kansas City 1. LOB--Kansas City 5, Chicago 7. 2B--Murphy (3), Uribe (30). HR--Randa (8), CaLee (29), Valentin (28). SB--WHarris (19).
IPHRERBBSO
Kansas City
Bautista L,0-4642233
DReyes2-311111
Camp112212
Cerda1-310011
Chicago
Buehrle W,15-10941116
HBP--by Bautista (Rowand). WP--Bautista. Balk--Bautista.
Umpires--Home, Mark Carlson; First, Brian Runge; Second, Gary Darling; Third, Bill Hohn. T--2:13. A--20,625 .